Future Pope Leo XIV's doctoral thesis offers clues to his pontificate
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Dominican Father Thomas Joseph White reads the thesis of then-Father Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, titled "The Role of the Local Prior in the Order of St. Augustine," which Prevost wrote while a student at Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in the early 1980s. / Credit: Zofia Czubak/EWTN News Vatican City, May 15, 2025 / 13:25 pm (CNA).According to the rector of Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope Leo XIV's doctoral thesis has a vision that could be extended to the papacy.
Dominican Father Thomas Joseph White reads the thesis of then-Father Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, titled "The Role of the Local Prior in the Order of St. Augustine," which Prevost wrote while a student at Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in the early 1980s. / Credit: Zofia Czubak/EWTN News
Vatican City, May 15, 2025 / 13:25 pm (CNA).
According to the rector of Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope Leo XIV's doctoral thesis has a vision that could be extended to the papacy.
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2025 Bradley Prize recipient Jimmy Lai. / Credit: Courtesy of the Bradley FoundationCNA Staff, May 30, 2025 / 14:40 pm (CNA).Jimmy Lai, the imprisoned pro-democracy advocate and Hong Kong entrepreneur, is the honorary recipient of the 2025 Bradley Prize for his unwavering commitment to free speech, democracy, and journalistic integrity. His son, Sebastien Lai, accepted the award on his father's behalf at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The Bradley Prize recognizes Lai's role as a Catholic human rights activist standing against one of the world's most oppressive regimes.Imprisoned for over four years and currently in solitary confinement, Lai, 77, faces potential life imprisonment under Beijing's 2020 national security law, which has stifled dissent and suppressed free speech in Hong Kong. "Jimmy's extraordinary courage and deeply held beliefs in journalistic integrity, human dignity, and democracy are an inspiration to all who value freedom," said Rick Gr...
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null / Credit: New Africa/ShutterstockCNA Staff, May 29, 2025 / 14:42 pm (CNA).A lawsuit filed in Wisconsin alleges that an employee of a Catholic Charities affiliate there stole millions of dollars as part of a yearslong scheme involving credit card fraud and fake invoices. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee said in the lawsuit, filed earlier this month in Wisconsin circuit court, that former employee Brandi Ellis "abused her authority and misappropriated millions of dollars" when serving in a variety of financial roles within the organization. Ellis allegedly worked as an accountant, an accounting manager, and eventually as a finance manager at the charity, with her employment taking place from February 2014 to May 2024. The suit alleges that Ellis paid "false invoices ostensibly reflecting work and/or services completed or provided by vendors" but which actually funneled money to vendors with "personal or professional connections" to Ellis.&nbs...
