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Canon law professor Edward Peters had taught at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit since 2005.

Canon law expert Edward Peters is third faculty member fired by Detroit archbishop

Jul 29, 2025

By Matt McDonald

Canon law professor Edward Peters, 68, had taught at Sacred Heart Major Seminary since 2005. Read more

Ralph Martin appears on a December 2020 episode of “EWTN Live.”

Firing was ‘a shock’ for theologian Ralph Martin

Jul 25, 2025

By Matt McDonald

Ralph Martin, 82, said Archbishop Edward Weisenburger told him Wednesday he “was terminating my position at the seminary effective immediately.” Read more

Seminarians chat as they walk along the promenade in front of Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. Starting in the fall semester of 2024, first-year seminarians at Sacred Heart and seminaries across the country will undertake a "propaedeutic" year focused on personal, spiritual, and relationship growth, limiting the use of technology while spending more time in prayer and communion with others.

First-year seminarians will unplug from technology starting in fall at Detroit seminary

Apr 14, 2024

By Daniel Meloy

Starting in the fall, seminarians at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit are going to have more prayer time and... Read more

Fr. Richard Cassidy, professor of Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, dresses in Roman prisoner garb as he holds a copy of his newest book, "A Roman Commentary on St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians." Fr. Cassidy's eighth scholarly work, the book explores the subversive nature of St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians, which the apostle wrote from behind bars in a Roman prison cell.

Chained, not silenced: Sacred Heart professor's book infiltrates St. Paul's prison cell

Apr 30, 2022

By Dan Gallio

Paul’s epistle to the Philippians, composed in chains and secreted out of his Roman jail cell, is intentionally “counter-slavery” argues... Read more

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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

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Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

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Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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