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Profiles, interviews and analysis of Vatican insiders, and the people who the Vatican is talking about.

St. Edith Stein: Understanding the Feminine

This converted Jewish intellectual and atheist articulated the truth of God's design for Women By Mary Ellen Stanford*   St. Edith Stein identified what Pope John Paul II later called "the feminine genius" Edith Stein (1891-1942), once the brilliant student of the philosopher Edmund Husserl, is now revered by Catholics as St. Teresa Benedicta of the [...]

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By Matthew Trojacek with G. Galazka, CNA and CNS photos Pope Francis gives New Vatican role to Cardinal Turkson On April 4, Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Peter Turkson as the new chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. The Ghanaian cardinal succeeds the 79-year-old Argentine Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, [...]

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Fr. Gino Belleri: “Icon of a Vatican that no longer exists” dies on May 16 at age 93

"Bookseller to the Popes" saw seven papal conclaves in his lifetime By Andrea Gagliarducci (ACIStampa) He said that during the conclave of 1963 he put a giant picture of Montini in front of the bookshop, with the certainty that he would be elected Pope. And so it was. But Don Gino Belleri, who was ordained a [...]

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Cardinal Angelo Sodano: Curial leader dies May 27 at age 94

The former Secretary of State and Dean of the College of Cardinals died after 60 years in Vatican service By Catholic News Service/ITV staff Grzegorz Galazka photo Cardinal Angelo Sodano, former Vatican Secretary of State and former Dean of the College of Cardinals, died in Rome May 27 at the age of 94. According [...]

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A Shining Example of the “Feminine Genius”

Alice von Hildebrand was both intellectually uncompromising — and womanly I was fortunate enough to have struck up an informal relationship with Alice von Hildebrand in the course of my duties as Assistant Editor of this journal. It consisted, in fact, almost exclusively of emails we traded back and forth; some of them commenting on the [...]

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Plautilla Bricci (1616-1705): Italy’s First Woman Architect

Plautilla’s Madonna and Child that caused her to take a vow of chastity. An idealized portrait probably of Plautilla Bricci Melania G. Mazzucco, born in Rome on October 6, 1966, is one of Italy’s most distinguished authors. She writes fiction, scholarly tomes, art historical essays, and historical novels. Her first international success [...]

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Alice von Hildebrand: Intellectual Giant, Champion of Catholic Womanhood

Through eight decades, Dr. von Hildebrand spoke of the meaning and beauty of Truth By Fr. Gerald Murray, with ITV staff Alice von Hildebrand, the Belgian-born war refugee and, subsequently, noted Catholic philosopher died at her home in New Rochelle, New York, on January 14. She was 98. Fr. Gerald Murray gave the homily at Alice [...]

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By Matthew Trojacek with G. Galazka, CNA and CNS photos Vietnam's New Priests Inspired to Missionary Zeal A batch of new priests from two northern dioceses in Vietnam are expected to spread the word and bring Catholic values to local people. Archbishop Joseph Vu Van Thien of Hanoi ordained 15 priests at Hoang Nguyen Church in [...]

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A Unique Solution for the Church in China?

By Priscilla Smith McCaffrey Martin Mosebach, now 70, is an award-winning German Catholic novelist and essayist who has traveled repeatedly in China and has a great love of religious tradition and culture. Author Priscilla Smith McCaffrey asked Mr. Mosebach for his thoughts on the state of the Catholic Church in China. Martin Mosebach: My few and [...]

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