All Catholic bishops are required to submit a letter of resignation when they reach 75 years of age, but recently Francis has ...

Jake Robinson scored 13 points, including the first dunk of his career on the final play of the game, as the fourth-seeded ...

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Finally, Pope Benedict XIV, when archbishop of Bologna, following these illustrious examples) wrote his eleventh Ecclesiastical ... certain modifications. St. Gregory seems to have been the ...

This is the final column submitted by Gerry O'Shea who passed away last month after a short illness. Over the course of many ...

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