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Why Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity Are Not Absolute Values
Weekly Update
The future of bioethics ought to be founded on America's promises, one author argues: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (for physician and patient alike).
Foundations
“In His Likeness”: The Life of Christian Virtue
For the Christian, virtue and vice have less to do with self-actualization than the opportunity to use the fullness of our humanity to participate in the fullness of divine life.
Enrichment
Overlooking a crater lake hidden within the hills southeast of Rome, the papal palace (and gardens and observatory) at Castel Gandolfo has provided popes a respite from Rome's summer heat.
Encounter the perennial truths of the faith as they are applied to particular questions of life, education, and professional disciplines.
Jesus is not weak. Jesus is the one who assailed the strong man, as he puts it in the Gospels, and he has taken on the enemy and won. He’s the one who is calling you to follow him.
Q&A
Sport: A Metaphor for Life with Andrew Swafford and Fr. Craig Vasek
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Investigate the first and foundational principles of the Catholic imaginative vision.
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Understanding the Papacy
Why Did God Give Us a Pope?
The more we understand the nature of this choice gift of God, the better we will be able to respond to the Spirit’s action in the world, and to receive the graces it brings according to God’s often hidden purposes.
Understanding the Role of the Pope
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The Papacy Throughout History
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The Conclave: Apostolic Succession at Work
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