Charles Collins, Author at Crux

Copyrighting the Church: From the Vatican to the Missionaries of Charity
- Vatican
- July 21, 2017
The recent decision by a religious order to trademark its religious habit has been condemned by one former Vatican official as inappropriate, even though the Vatican itself has claimed the right to protect the image of the pope, claiming it as intellectual property.
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Is the “Marian Option” the key to saving civilization?
- Interviews
- July 18, 2017
If we want to talk about conversions, protection from enemies, battling heresy, building culture and so on, Mary’s influence is unparalleled. In “The Marian Option,” Dr. Carrie Gress says even if it does appear that the power of evil is winning in today’s world, we know that Mary is still more powerful.
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Jesuit journal close to pope says “Manichean vision” behind Trump
- Vatican
- July 13, 2017
An article in the influential Rome-based Jesuit publication ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ argues “a strange form of surprising ecumenism is developing between Evangelical fundamentalists and Catholic Integralists brought together by the same desire for religious influence in the political sphere” in the United States.
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Vatican cardinal on a quest for the soul inside the machine

June 28, 2017

Modern technological advances are calling into question what it means to be human. Biotechnology is changing people from guardians into creators. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi says these new technologies “have ethical and cultural implications that need to be considered.”

New head of Pontifical Academy of Science a natural Francis choice

Vatican

June 23, 2017

With his choice of Joachim von Braun as the new President of the Pontifical Academy of Science, Pope Francis has indicated he wants the institution to take a more active role in trying to find solutions to planetwide problems like ending poverty and saving the environment.