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Graduates pose with their degrees at St. Mary’s University College in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland’s only Catholic college celebrates 125 years of training teachers

Dec 29, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

St. Mary’s University College in Belfast is marking the 125th year of a remarkable journey that began in 1900. Read more

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Graduates pose with their degrees at St. Mary’s University College in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland’s only Catholic college celebrates 125 years of training teachers

Pope Leo XIV, Pope Francis, Michael Iskander, Bishop Mark Seitz, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Andrea Bocelli. Credit: Vatican Media; ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images; Jason Davis/Getty Images; Hakim Shammo/EWTN News; Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem; Franco Origlia/Getty Images

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The lethal injection chamber at the Oklahoma State Penintentiary, May 7, 2010. Credit: Josh Rushing via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

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Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 28, 2025.

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Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 28, 2025.

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Monsignor Maurizio Gronchi. Credit: EWTN Noticias

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Empty wheelchairs used during the Nov. 4, 2025, anti-assisted suicide event in Rome.

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Bottega Ferrigno is located in the iconic “Christmas Alley,” part of the southern Italian city of Naples’ historic San Gregorio Armeno neighborhood.

Italian family preserves 300-year tradition of handmade Nativity scenes

José Antonio Kast | Credit: Photo courtesy of Goya Productions

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A child holds a phone with the Replika app open and an image of an AI companion. Apps that promise to help recreate digital versions of deceased family members using AI pose a “spiritual danger” to Catholics and others who may use the technology in place of healthy grief, experts say. | Credit: Generated by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system on Shutterstock

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