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George Weigel is the distinguished senior fellow and William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington.

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The Gaeltacht Mhúscraí composer and choir director Peadar Ó Riada has been conferred with an honorary Masters degree in music from UCC to honour his contribution to the Irish cultural landscape.

About 28 percent of U.K. Catholics abstain from meat on all Fridays, reducing greenhouse gas emissions .012 percent. A similar level of compliance in the U.S. would have a 20 times greater impact.  

There is no list of ex cathedra teachings, but that’s because there are only two: Mary's Immaculate Conception and her Assumption into heaven.

The initiative comes from an Italian group of traditional Catholics, ‘Pro Libertate Missalis.’

Suzaan Boettger’s long awaited Inside the Spiral: The Passions of Robert Smithson constitutes an epitome of probing inquiry into a major artist’s “life and work,” as many old biographies said.

Clericalization led to the separation of the clergy from the faithful in the church's liturgy celebrated before the Second Vatican Council, said Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household.

The Life – Darkness and despair can overjoy the hope, love and beauty that God creates, sisters say.

The frequent request went, “Save me a place at the table.” Words about sharing a meal with a friend as well as a deep spiritual faith of the late Rev.