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Fr. Antonio Spadaro and Carlo Petrini at a press conference for the book “TerraFutura” in Rome Sept. 8, 2020.

Pope Francis praises dialogue in conversations with agnostic Slow Food founder

Sep 8, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

A book publishing conversations between Pope Francis and Carlo Petrini, the founder of the Slow Food organization, highlights the pope’s... Read more

Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J., editor in chief of La Civilta Cattolica.

Papal aides say prosperity gospel is distorted take on the ‘American Dream’

Jul 19, 2018

By Elise Harris

After publishing a highly controversial essay in July 2017 alleging the existence of an “ecumenism of hate” between Catholics and... Read more

Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J., editor in chief of La Civilta Cattolica.

Civilta Cattolica inspired counterproductive debate, American critics say

Aug 3, 2017

A prominent Jesuit publication’s essay on American religion and politics continues to provoke responses from critics concerned its two authors... Read more

Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J., editor in chief of La Civilta Cattolica, aboard the papal flight to Quito, July 5, 2015.

What Civilta Cattolica's analysis of US Christianity missed

Jul 17, 2017

By Matt Hadro

An analysis piece in La Civilta Cattolica alleging an “ecumenism of hate” between Catholics and Evangelical Fundamentalists is seriously flawed... Read more

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A photograph shows an outside view of the Gemelli hospital in Rome on June 8, 2023, where Pope Francis has been hospitalized following an operation for an abdominal hernia on June 7.

Pope Francis stable, receives poster from family of baby he baptized in hospital in March

Pro-life protesters outsider the Belfast High Court as Northern Ireland abortion laws were being challenged in Belfast, U.K., Oct. 3, 2019.

Catholic bishop condemns abortion curriculum in Northern Ireland’s schools

Parental and religious freedom rights advocates, including a group of Muslim parents, on June 6, 2023, protest a Maryland school system policy that removes parents’ authority to opt their children out of homosexual and transgender coursework.

Muslim-led parents’ group protests LGBT curriculum mandate in Maryland school system

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Congress must act against online child exploitation, U.S. bishops say

A large statue of St. John Paul II at the entrance of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is recovering from surgery he underwent on June 7, 2023.

Pope Francis is recovering in same hospital room where John Paul II was treated

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento, California.

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Father James Jackson, FSSP, delivers the homily at the funeral Mass for slain Boulder police officer Eric Talley on March 29, 2021, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado

Father James Jackson pleads guilty in child pornography case

Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peter’s Square on May 31, 2023.

Pope Francis in ‘good general condition’ one day after abdominal surgery

An Arlington, Texas, police car.

Fort Worth Diocese releases photos allegedly showing drug use at Carmelite monastery

Parental and religious freedom rights advocates, including a group of Muslim parents, on June 6, 2023, protest a Maryland school system policy that removes parents’ authority to opt their children out of homosexual and transgender coursework.

Muslim-led parents’ group protests LGBT curriculum mandate in Maryland school system

Father Leandro NaunHung.

Parents of priest in Cuba attacked with machetes in home invasion