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Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP, Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, brought a lot of theology and a little bit...

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The Prayer-Filled Pandemic During the pandemic, I not only spent a considerable amount of time praying, but I also thought a great deal about the nature of prayer, what it should mean in our lives, what we do when we pray. “Grace,” circa 1918, by Swedish-American photographer Eric Enstrom. In 2002, the iconic photograph was designated the state photograph of Minnesota (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) For many years whenever I thought about the nature of prayer, the following words entered my mind: “Prayer is the raising of the mind and heart to God.” I imagine I learned that definition from...

Dissertation will explore Christianity and Holocaust February 28, 2021 A couple years ago, Prof. Robert Ventresca at King’s University College in London, Ont., was marking papers submitted to him by a precocious, intense, serious and curious undergraduate enrolled in his seminar on the role of religion in the Holocaust. Now the world-renowned Catholic scholar of the Holocaust is looking forward to the research his former student Mia Theocharis will produce on Christianity and the role it played in — and after — the Holocaust as she works toward a PhD at the University of St. Mi...