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Growing Pains at Ave Maria University

By BRIAN FRAGA | AVE MARIA, Fla. — Like most 12-year-olds, Ave Maria University is growing and developing, in a sometimes painful manner. Founded in 2003 by Catholic philanthropist and Domino’s Pizza founder Thomas Monaghan, this small liberal… Original Article

Pop Culture's Ambiguous Definitions of Death

By DONALD DeMARCO | There are three phrases currently being promoted that have provided an effective impetus for legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia: “Death with dignity,” “the autonomous human being” and “a humanistic perspective.” Each of… Original Article

Metropolitan Cantor Institute

Initiated in 1998, the Metropolitan Cantor Institute (MCI) of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh has a three-fold purpose: To prepare men and women to serve as parochial cantors, To serve as a resource center for liturgical music, and To … Continue reading →

What Pope Francis Owes the Salesians

By ANDREA GAGLIARDUCCI/CNA/EWTN NEWS | TURIN, Italy — Pope Francis is a Jesuit, but he has Salesian roots. A Salesian priest was the matchmaker for Pope Francis’ parents and baptized the future Pope, while Francis owes his priestly vocation to … Continue reading →

Pope Francis Reconnects With Relatives in Turin

By ANDREA GAGLIARDUCCI/CNA/EWTN NEWS | TURIN, Italy — Pope Francis during his two-day trip to Turin visited his relatives and his ancestors’ parish, his father, an Italian emigrant to Argentina, having been baptized in the city. On June 21, he… … Continue reading →

6 Things You Need for Prayer

By Dan Burke | Finding God through Meditation, by St. Peter of Alcantara, brings the wisdom of the great saint into your hands. St. Peter directed St. Teresa of Avila on difficult questions she had about prayer and she turned … Continue reading →

Religious Freedom at Home or Abroad Is Personal

By PETER JESSERER SMITH | WASHINGTON — Robert George is a Catholic Princeton professor, human-rights activist and the newly elected chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. The commission, an independent bipartisan body… Original Article