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In a changing city, look back at the Irish archbishops who built the Church in New York
- Church in the US, Interviews
- Mar 17, 2017
Ireland has played an important role in the life of the Catholic Church in America, and nowhere is this more apparent than in New York City, where every archbishop has been of Irish heritage. A new book – ‘Sons of St. Patrick: A History of the Archbishops of New York from Dagger John to Timmytown’ – looks at this history.
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For the ex-slave who blessed Denver, a path to sainthood opens
- Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
- Dec 19, 2016
Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila of Denver opened a cause for the canonization of Julia Greeley during an early morning Sunday Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. Greeley was born into slavery in Hannibal, Missouri where her life of devotion and service continues to inspire.
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Maybe Nero didn’t persecute Christians after all
- Commentary
- Dec 18, 2016
Although a persecution of Christians under Nero after a fire in Rome is part of the Christian imagination, one scholar says the evidence is thin both for the persecution and even for the possibility that Romans could so early have recognized Christians judicially or religiously.
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Olympics have deep religious and spiritual roots

The Olympics — both the long-gone ancient version and the modern version unspooling this month — have deep religious and spiritual roots, which, some scholars say, are in jeopardy as every host city tries to go bigger, better and more memorable than the last.

Is Catholicism being scrubbed from Ireland’s ‘Easter Rising’?

Church

Apr 21, 2016

2016 marks the centenary of the Irish ‘Easter Rising’ that paved the way for much of the island to win independence from Great Britain. But, commemoration of the event is exposing sharp differences in modern Ireland about how the influence of Catholicism is being marked. Whilst the uprising was a

U.S. bishops recall ‘heroic history’ of Civil Rights Act of 1964

Life

Sep 9, 2014

WASHINGTON — In a statement marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called the legislation a “monumental step forward” but added that there is “still much work to do.” “The act itself did not eradicate racial discrimination