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- May 28, 2020
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In Italy, even getting a pug offers a graduate lesson in Catholicism
- Jul 27, 2019
If you’re at all interested in Catholicism, just moving around Italy is like a graduate education in Church history.
Ancient model for modern dialogue: St. Francis in the sultan’s court
- Mar 10, 2019
Pope Francis continues to draw attention to the meeting of St. Francis and Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil in 1219 near Damietta, a port on the Nile River near where it flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
Thieves break into Dublin church, steal head of mummy
- Feb 25, 2019
Anglican Archbishop Michael Jackson of Dublin said he was shocked after thieves broke into a church in the Irish capital, vandalizing the crypt and taking the head of an 800-year-old mummy known as “the Crusader.”
Catholic college drops knight mascot, cites connection to “religious wars”
- Mar 20, 2018
A month after announcing it would continue to use the Crusader moniker, the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, now says it will no longer use the image of a knight to represent the school.
Catholic college to stay ‘Crusaders’ despite push to change name
- Feb 5, 2018
Despite objections some students and staff have to the name, saying it is insensitive, the College of the Holy Cross will continue to be known as the Crusaders.
Franciscans involved in making of ‘The Sultan and the Saint’ documentary
- Dec 10, 2017
A new documentary, “The Sultan and the Saint,” is the story of St. Francis leaving Assisi to cross enemy lines and meet with the sultan in Damietta, Egypt, during the Fifth Crusade. The two discussed interfaith conflict, war and the search for peace.
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