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Above: the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Rieti Nestled in the heart of central Italy, Rieti enchants visitors with its storied past, architectural splendor, and enduring cultural legacy. Renowned journalist and writer Guido Piovene († 1974) captured its essence with poetic precision: At the heart of Rieti’s treasures stands the Basilica Cathedral of…
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I recently took issue with the unqualified use of the term “faithful Jew” to describe our Lord, arguing that this expression (bereft of the nuance provided by Gideon Lazar) is likely to mislead Catholics by too closely associating Jesus with modern Judaism, which departs from divine religion in important respects. I also insinuated that such…
Philosophers from Aristotle to Aquinas remind us to begin with first principles: to see things as they really are. Even Marcus Aurelius counseled, “Of each particular thing, ask, what is it in itself?” Strikingly, this same wisdom is expressed in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), albeit through the words of a villain. In the…
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Pope Leo XIV greets Italian singer Andrea Bocelli at the inauguration of the Laudato Si’ ecological village at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Sept. 5, 2025. / Credit: EWTN/Screenshot ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 8, 2025 / 14:43 pm (CNA). Following the inauguration of the Laudato Si’ ecological village, Italian singer Andrea Bocelli highlighted “the honor of…
Students from the University of Dallas’ Rome semester (left to right: Thomas DeReuil, Eugene Keating, and Jonathan Tindall) attended the canonization of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 7, 2025. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 8, 2025 / 16:46 pm (CNA). On Sunday, the area…
