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Ratzinger Prize winners Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger, left, and Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz.

Old Testament expert and philosopher from Germany win 2021 Ratzinger Prize

Oct 1, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis will present the award on Nov. 13. Read more

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Statue of St. John the Baptist with golden cross, Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic.

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St. Mary Cathedral in Hamburg, Germany.

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Cassandra Baker, now a coordinator for the Catholic Montessori Institute, presents a math lesson introducing the decimal system to a 4-year-old student in spring 2023 at the Christ the King Catholic Montessori Grade School in Mandan, North Dakota.

UMary launches world’s first Catholic Montessori institute

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CNA explains: How the Catholic view of human rights developed

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Health and Human Services investigates Michigan health group for religious discrimination

Bishop Robert Barron responded on June 22, 2025, to criticism of a talk he gave at the first meeting of President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission in Washington, D.C.

Bishop Barron responds to criticism over participation in Religious Liberty Commission

The Texas capitol building, where Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law on June 21, 2025, that requires public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.

Gov. Greg Abbott signs law requiring Ten Commandments in all Texas classrooms

Purple stole and confessional.

Justice Department sues Washington state over law forcing priests to break confession seal

Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile at the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square for Mass on Pentecost Sunday on June 8, 2025.

Jubilee of Seminarians, Bishops, and Priests gets underway in Rome

Thousands took to the streets in Cork, Ireland, on Sunday June 22, 2025, to participate in the city’s 99th consecutive annual Eucharistic procession in Ireland’s second-largest city.

Thousands gather in Cork, Ireland, for 99th consecutive Eucharistic procession

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