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October 8, 2015

Pope Francis, Renewed Vision of Religious Freedom: International Religious Liberty Award Dinner

Introduction Senator Hatch, Elder Von Keetch, Elder Wilford Anderson, Dean Rasband, Mr. Marcus Faust, and honored guests, it is a pleasure to be with you this evening. I am grateful to the J. Reuben Clark Law Society & the International Center for Law & Religious Studies at Brigham Young University for honoring me with this...
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Nostra Aetate 50th Anniversary

Introduction I am very grateful to be with all of in that spirit of friendship and cooperation which characterizes the Jewish and Roman Catholic communities here in Baltimore and far beyond. I wish to thank Art Abramson and indeed the entire Council for all the ways we partner in serving the common good of our...
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Reflections from the road: Feet for Francis Day 5

How good a host was St. Cornelius Parish in Chadds Ford, Pa.? Monsignor Greg Parlante’s staff rigged a shower in a room off the chapel in its parish center, so we were able to awake without any road dust on us the morning of Thursday, Sept. 25. Patricia Guerra, a
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African woman professes perpetual vows in Arbutus

Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Vivien Echekwubelu professed her perpetual vows as a religious sister Oct. 3.
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Synod changes: Making less time for speeches, more time for dialogue

Because the number of bishops in the world – and at the synods – continues to grow, the amount of time they are given for speeches to the assembly has been reduced.
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Pope’s encyclical proves a hot topic for archdiocese-sponsored discussion

The president of Catholic Relief Services was among a panel of speakers who discussed the pope's encyclical on the care of creation.
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Emmitsburg played key role in welcoming pope to U.S.

President Obama gave Pope Francis a key that once belonged to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
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Movie Review: ‘The Walk’

Philippe Petit's book about his highwire walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center has been charmingly dramatized as "The Walk."
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