Columbia Catholics celebrate, admire Pope Francis
Chase Freidel was taking a test in Spanish class when someone looked up at the TV and saw white smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel chimney. That meant one thing: A new pope.
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On Wednesday, the Cardinals of the Catholic church elected Jorge Mario Borgeglio of Argentina to be the new pope. He’s the first pope from South America, and the first from the Jesuit order of priests....
View ArticleColumbia Catholic experienced Rome during Pope Francis' election
Br. Wesley Dessonville, OP, is a Dominican friar student brother studying for the priesthood in St. Louis at the Aquinas Institute. He is currently on his pastoral year at the St. Thomas More Newman...
View ArticlePope Francis and the Media
Two years after Pope Francis was selected to lead the Roman Catholic church, Global Journalist's Jason McLure sits down with three Catholic news agency journalists who to examine his popularity and how...
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This summer, the United States Supreme Court will make a decision on whether to legalize same-sex marriage. But some countries in Latin America have already done that, with Argentina, Brazil and...
View ArticleGlobal Journalist: The Francis Effect
Next week is an historic one for Pope Francis. He’ll make his first trip to the United States since becoming pope in March 2013. He’ll visit President Obama in Washington D.C., stop by a high school in...
View ArticleSen. Roy Blunt meets Pope Francis during US Visit
Missouri's Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt met Pope Francis and was there when he donated a rare bible to the Library of Congress.The pope donated a St. John's illuminated Bible to the national library...
View ArticleThomas Merton's Personal Belongings Resurface in Missouri, Nearly Fifty Years...
During Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. last month, he praised the late Thomas Merton as one of four great Americans. Merton was one of the most influential Catholic writers of the 20th century. He...
View ArticleColumbia Catholics celebrate, admire Pope Francis
Chase Freidel was taking a test in Spanish class when someone looked up at the TV and saw white smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel chimney. That meant one thing: A new pope. "We all looked up, and we...
View ArticleCatholic youth respond to Pope Francis
On Wednesday, the Cardinals of the Catholic church elected Jorge Mario Borgeglio of Argentina to be the new pope. He’s the first pope from South America, and the first from the Jesuit order of...
View ArticleColumbia Catholic experienced Rome during Pope Francis' election
Br. Wesley Dessonville, OP, is a Dominican friar student brother studying for the priesthood in St. Louis at the Aquinas Institute. He is currently on his pastoral year at the St. Thomas More Newman...
View ArticleCatholics on Twitter all a-flutter with ‘Lumen Fidei’ and new saints
Pope Francis released his first encyclical this morning, completeing the work that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI had begun. The text, called "Lumen Fidei" (Latin for "The Light of Faith"), focuses on the...
View ArticlePope Francis and the Media
Two years after Pope Francis was selected to lead the Roman Catholic church, Global Journalist's Jason McLure sits down with three Catholic news agency journalists who to examine his popularity and...
View ArticleGay Rights in Latin America
This summer, the United States Supreme Court will make a decision on whether to legalize same-sex marriage. But some countries in Latin America have already done that, with Argentina, Brazil and...
View ArticleGlobal Journalist: The Francis Effect
Next week is an historic one for Pope Francis. He’ll make his first trip to the United States since becoming pope in March 2013. He’ll visit President Obama in Washington D.C., stop by a high school in...
View ArticleSen. Roy Blunt meets Pope Francis during US Visit
Missouri's Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt met Pope Francis and was there when he donated a rare bible to the Library of Congress. The pope donated a St. John's illuminated Bible to the national library...
View ArticleThomas Merton's Personal Belongings Resurface in Missouri, Nearly Fifty Years...
During Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. last month, he praised the late Thomas Merton as one of four great Americans. Merton was one of the most influential Catholic writers of the 20th century. He...
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President-elect Donald Trump has suggested that he’ll nominate U.S. Supreme Court justices that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that ended many abortion restrictions in the U.S. If he...
View ArticleColumbia Catholics celebrate, admire Pope Francis
Chase Freidel was taking a test in Spanish class when someone looked up at the TV and saw white smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel chimney. That meant one thing: A new pope. "We all looked up, and we...
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