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Argentina's president tells Christian business leaders to recover 'best capitalism'

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Pontifical universities in Rome gear up for in-person classes this fall

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To understand this papacy, forget Rome – head to Lampedusa

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Mississippi bishops aim to follow Thea Bowman's lead on racism

Elise Ann Allen

Benedict XVI remembers brother as ‘man of God’

- Church in the Americas
- Jul 9, 2020
Argentina's president tells Christian business leaders to recover 'best capitalism'

Closing the XXIII annual meeting of Argentina’s Christian Association of Business Executives (ACDE), the country’s president called for the recovery of the “best capitalism” exemplified by the ACDE’s founder Enrique Shaw, who is being considered for sainthood.
- Vatican
- Jul 9, 2020
Benedict XVI remembers brother as ‘man of God’

In a letter read aloud at his brother’s funeral in Regensburg, retired pope Benedict XVI recalled several characteristics which he felt best described his eldest sibling, including a love of music, joy in adversity and a deep piety.
- Church in the US
- Jul 9, 2020
Mississippi bishops aim to follow Thea Bowman's lead on racism

Pointing to the late Sister Thea Bowman as an “icon of hope,” the bishops of both Mississippi dioceses have pledged to “liberate the Church from the evil of racism that severely compromises our mission.”
- Vatican
- Jul 9, 2020
Pontifical universities in Rome gear up for in-person classes this fall

With coronavirus restrictions continuing to relax throughout Europe, pontifical universities in Rome are busy planning for an in-person academic year with new health and sanitary measures in place to ensure the virus doesn’t spread.
- News Analysis
- Jul 9, 2020
To understand this papacy, forget Rome – head to Lampedusa

Pope Francis's 2013 trip to Lampedusa was just four and a half hours long, but rarely has a mere half-day in the life of a papacy been so replete with both symbolism and substance.