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Horse Statue and the Colosseum

The Lion of Pessimism

Very Rev. Paul Murray
President of the Spirituality Faculty, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
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Seeing with a Coherent Moral Vision

Weekly Update

The moment we begin to diminish elements of the Gospel, we begin to unravel the whole.

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Foundations
Raphael's Allegory of Justice

“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.

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Michelangelo's "Pieta"

Enrichment

Michelangelo's Pietà captures a serene moment of surrender, as the Virgin Mary cradles the body of her crucified son in her lap.

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Encounter the perennial truths of the faith as they are applied to particular questions of life, education, and professional disciplines.
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Q&A

God Wants His World Back

Rev. John Riccardo
Executive Director, ACTS XXIX
Msgr. James P. Shea
President, University of Mary
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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.
Rev. John Riccardo Executive Director, ACTS XXIX
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The Wonderment of a Conclave

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The Holy Spirit at Calvary

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Q&A

Sport: A Metaphor for Life with Andrew Swafford and Fr. Craig Vasek

Dr. Andrew Swafford
Rev. Craig Vasek
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Foundations
Investigate the first and foundational principles of the Catholic imaginative vision.
Current Theme Understanding the Papacy
Peter Receives the Keys by Paolo de Matteis

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.

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Poersen's Peter Preaching in Jerusalem

Understanding the Role of the Pope

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Pope Crowns Charlemagne

The Papacy Throughout History

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The Conclave of 1903

The Conclave: Apostolic Succession at Work

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