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the goal of providing a valuable resource for individuals, organizations, and communities both within and beyond the Catholic Church that seek to engage in dialogue.</p> </div> <figure class="article__featured"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240313140352_d46ab421e65378cd1211f96c15c417590552d9557cf6d16d5cf378321e04d8e3.webp" type="image/webp"> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240313140352_d46ab421e65378cd1211f96c15c417590552d9557cf6d16d5cf378321e04d8e3.jpg" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 681px)" srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240313140352_0f7360cdbc185f23e6d42feff669559286b80131e67ba91ecd79ef87ec8296d1.webp" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 681px)" srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240313140352_0f7360cdbc185f23e6d42feff669559286b80131e67ba91ecd79ef87ec8296d1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"> <img src="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240313140352_0f7360cdbc185f23e6d42feff669559286b80131e67ba91ecd79ef87ec8296d1.jpg" alt="Statue of Confucius at Confucian Temple in Shanghai, China." title="Statue of Confucius at Confucian Temple in Shanghai, China. "> </picture> <figcaption>Statue of Confucius at Confucian Temple in Shanghai, China. (photo: Shutterstock)</figcaption> </figure> <div class="articleMetadata marginTop30"> <span class="articleMetadata__byline">Courtney Mares/CNA</span> <span class="articleMetadata__section"><a href="/section/world">World</a></span> <time class="articleMetadata__info" datetime="2024-03-13T14:52:40-05:00">March 13, 2024</time> </div> <div class="article__text"> <p>The Vatican sponsored a dialogue in Taiwan this week as the Catholic Church prepares to release official guidelines for engagement with Confucianism, one of the most influential religious philosophies in the history of China.</p> <p>Father Paulin Kubuya, the undersecretary for the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, traveled to New Taipei City for the meeting at Fu Jen Catholic University. He told CNA in an interview on March 12 upon his return to Rome that the guidelines could help Catholics in East Asia to navigate living out the faith amid their cultural traditions.</p> <div class="embed-block"><img alt="Father Paulin Kubuya in the offices of the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA" class="img-fluid" src="https://admin.catholicnewsagency.com/storage/image/4695827a-da40-488d-a50b-f57a6fbebb53.jpg"><p class="embed-block__description">Father Paulin Kubuya in the offices of the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA</p></div> <p>Father Kubuya is from the Democratic Republic of Congo and is fluent in Chinese after serving as a Xaverian missionary in Taiwan. During his time as a missionary, he saw how converts to Catholicism wrestled with what to do with the traditions and rituals that they grew up with, such as veneration of one’s ancestors.</p> <p>“Confucianism, until the 19th century, provided Chinese, Korean, Japanese [societies] with guidelines on how to conduct themselves,” the priest explained, adding that “The Analects of Confucius” still informs basic formation and education in Taiwan.</p> <div class="inBodyAd marginBottom30"> <div id='NCR_EN_Article_A'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display('NCR_EN_Article_A'); }); </script> </div> </div> <p>“For Asian Christians … this dialogue, these guidelines will be helpful, because it will enable them to dialogue with themselves,” he said.</p> <p>The Vatican is drafting the guidelines with the goal of providing a valuable resource for individuals, organizations, and communities both within and beyond the Catholic Church that seek to engage in dialogue with followers of Confucianism, according to the dicastery.</p> <p>The workshop in Taiwan was the fruit of more than two years of preparation. The Vatican’s interreligious dialogue office invited experts in Confucianism from around the world to share their insights in a series of online meetings leading up to the in-person meeting in Taiwan.</p> <p>“Hopefully by engaging Confucianism in a dialogue … a Christian coming from Asia and who is coming from that background, he will know the position of the Church, he will know how he can put together his cultural tradition and the faith that he has received and live in peace with it,” FKubuya said.</p> <div class="inBodyAd marginBottom30"> <div id='NCR_EN_Article_B'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display('NCR_EN_Article_B'); }); </script> </div> </div> <p>“Hopefully by engaging Confucianism in a dialogue … a Christian coming from Asia and who is coming from that background, he will know the position of the Church, he will know how he can put together his cultural tradition and the faith that he has received and live in peace with it,” Father Kubuya said.</p> <p>The Vatican’s current dialogue with Confucianism builds upon the work of pioneering Catholic missionaries in Asia in centuries past, like <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254455/pope-francis-praises-matteo-ricci-for-proclaiming-the-gospel-in-china" target="null">Venerable Matteo Ricci</a>, the 17th-century Jesuit known for introducing Christianity to China’s imperial Ming Dynasty.</p> <p>Ricci saw in Confucianism “a high culture” and engaged with the literati in the heart of the Imperial City of Beijing.</p> <p>Later missionaries in China took issue with Confucian practices, particularly in what they saw as ancestor worship, giving rise to the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/Chinese-Rites-Controversy" target="null">Chinese Rites Controversy</a>, explained Kubuya, who is the author of the book “Meaning and Controversy Within Chinese Ancestor Religion.”</p> <div class="inBodyAd marginBottom30"> <div id='NCR_EN_Article_C'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display('NCR_EN_Article_C'); }); </script> </div> </div> <p>The Vatican intervened in the matter on numerous occasions in the 17th and 18th centuries with Clement XI and Benedict XIV both banning Chinese rights. Two centuries later, Pius XII issued a decree in 1939 allowing Chinese Catholics to observe ancestral rites.</p> <p>“In Taiwan, the Catholic community is tiny. It’s a minority community, but I always say that they are few, but very ripe because they are well determined and their Christian identity is very strong,” Father Kubuya said.</p> <p>African Priests Witnessing to the Gospel in Asia</p> <p>As a Xaverian missionary priest, Father Kubuya is aware that he is part of the continuation of the Church’s missionary legacy in Asia. , the 16th-Jesuit missionary in Asia who died before realizing his dream of evangelizing China.</p> <div class="inBodyAd marginBottom30"> <div id='NCR_EN_Article_D'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display('NCR_EN_Article_D'); }); </script> </div> </div> <p>The Xaverian order was founded by St. Guido Maria Conforti, a 19th-century Italian missionary who was inspired to carry on the missionary work of <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254333/pope-francis-share-the-gospel-with-zeal-like-st-francis-xavier" target="null">St. Francis Xavier</a>, the 16th-Jesuit missionary in Asia who died before realizing his dream of evangelizing China.</p> <p>Father Kubuya recalls that he was one of 12 Congolese priests serving as missionaries in Taiwan before he was called upon to serve in the Roman Curia.</p> <div class="embed-block"><img alt="Father Paulin Kubuya in the offices of the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA" class="img-fluid" src="https://admin.catholicnewsagency.com/storage/image/c27a1c05-a3a8-42bc-9cf4-21a290f961f5.jpg"><p class="embed-block__description">Father Paulin Kubuya in the offices of the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA</p></div> <p>In Taiwan, “the idea that many Buddhists, Taoists, Confucians have is they think that Christian priests, missionaries are all foreigners, meaning Westerners, Americans, or Europeans, so by seeing us from Africa, they started understanding that actually the Church is very complex, is rich, and does not exclude. This was my experience,” he said.</p> <p>“I think that our presence [in Asia] displays the catholicity of the Church, that the Church will work beyond colors, beyond languages,” he said. “That the Catholic Church is universal because we are coming from everywhere.”</p> <div class="inBodyAd marginBottom30"> <div id='NCR_EN_Article_E'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display('NCR_EN_Article_E'); }); </script> </div> </div> <p>Vatican’s ongoing dialogue with Taoism</p> <p>The dialogue on Confucianism in New Taipei City, titled “Christians Fostering Dialogue with Confucians: Guidelines and Prospects,” was one of two workshops in Asia sponsored by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue this week. </p> <p>A second event on <a href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2024-03/cardinal-chow-christians-taoists-hong-kong-dialogue.html" target="null">dialogue with Taoism</a> is taking place in Hong Kong March 11–13, organized by the Vatican dicastery and titled “Cultivating a Harmonious Society through Interreligious Dialogue.”</p> <p>Taoism is different from Confucianism in that it involves the <a href="https://www.taoistfederation.org.sg/en/taoist-gods/" target="null">worship of deities</a>. The Vatican’s Taoism colloquium in Hong Kong focused on the themes of “Christian and Taoist Scriptural Foundations for Cultivating a Harmonious Society,” “Cultivating Harmony Through Worship and Liturgy,” “Tao/the Way and De/Virtue in Dialogue and Practice,” “Holiness in Taoism and Christianity,” and “Transmitting Religious Beliefs and Values in a Globalized World.”</p> <div class="inBodyAd marginBottom30"> <div id='NCR_EN_Article_F'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display('NCR_EN_Article_F'); }); </script> </div> </div> <p>Cardinal Stephen Chow, the bishop of Hong Kong, told Vatican News that he hopes the recognition of a shared spirit of service between Christianity and Taoism will help “the value and meaning of religion [to be] better appreciated in China.”</p> <p>“The vision of the Taoist religion is to foster a movement of the world toward peace and unity, where humanity and the Way — we would say the ‘Logos’ — are connected,” the Jesuit cardinal said.</p> <p>Christianity and Taoism “share the values of mercy, simplicity, and not striving for worldly achievements,” Cardinal Chow said.</p> </div> <ul class="article__keywords"> <li>Keywords: </li> <li><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/tag/vatican">Vatican</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/tag/taiwan">taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/tag/confucianism">Confucianism</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/tag/china">China</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/tag/taoism">Taoism</a></li> </ul>  <div id='NCR_EN_Slider'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('NCR_EN_Slider'); }); </script> </div> <button class="article__commBtnHide" style="display:none;">Toggle Comments</button> <div id="coral_thread" class="article__comms"> <button class="article__commBtn marginBottom10">Show Comments <span class="coral-count article__commsCou nt" data-coral-id="115672" data-coral-url="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/vatican-seeks-to-break-new-ground-in-confucian-and-christian-dialogue" data-coral-notext="true"></span></button> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> $("#coral_thread button").on("click", function() { var d = document, s = d.createElement('script'); s.src = 'https://ncregister.coral.coralproject.net/assets/js/embed.js'; s.async = false; s.defer = true; s.onload = function() { Coral.createStreamEmbed({ id: "coral_thread", autoRender: true, rootURL: 'https://ncregister.coral.coralproject.net', // Uncomment these lines and replace with the ID of the // story's ID and URL from your CMS to provide the // tightest integration. 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"> </picture> </a> </figure> <h3 class="articleGrid__headline"><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/dictatorship-in-nicaragua-7-priests-left-the-country-and-arrived-safely-at-the-vatican">Dictatorship in Nicaragua: 7 Priests Left the Country and Arrived ‘Safely’ at the Vatican</a></h3> <div class="mainArticle__teaser"> <p>Vatican News also noted that this is the fifth group of priests exiled from Nicaragua: In October 2022 and February 2023 two groups were exiled to the United States, while in October 2023 and January 2024 two other groups left for Rome.</p> </div> <div class="articleMetadata"> <span class="articleMetadata__byline">Walter Sánchez Silva/ACI Prensa/CNA</span> <a href="/section/world">World</a> <a class="articleMetadata__comments articleMetadata__info" href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/dictatorship-in-nicaragua-7-priests-left-the-country-and-arrived-safely-at-the-vatican#coral_thread"> <span class="coral-count" data-coral-url="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/dictatorship-in-nicaragua-7-priests-left-the-country-and-arrived-safely-at-the-vatican" data-coral-notext="true"></span> </a> </div> </article> <article class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <figure class=" icon icon--audio"> <a href="https://www.ncregister.com/audio/register-radio-may-18-2024"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024051711058_b05ebacd0016648fbd23eb14d63f347857e3b297ccefe5cb9d5543ffc4765f28.webp" type="image/webp"> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024051711058_b05ebacd0016648fbd23eb14d63f347857e3b297ccefe5cb9d5543ffc4765f28.jpg" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 681px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024051711058_b05ebacd0016648fbd23eb14d63f347857e3b297ccefe5cb9d5543ffc4765f28.jpg" type="image/jpeg"> <img class="lazyload" data-src="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024051711058_b05ebacd0016648fbd23eb14d63f347857e3b297ccefe5cb9d5543ffc4765f28.jpg" alt="Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions." title="Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. "> </picture> </a> </figure> <h3 class="articleGrid__headline"><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/audio/register-radio-may-18-2024">Scrutiny of the Supernatural and Vatican-China Relations (May 18)</a></h3> <div class="mainArticle__teaser"> <p>The Vatican has issued new norms on the approval of apparitions and other supernatural phenomenon. Register contributor Jimmy Akin provides his analysis. Then we look at the complicated relationship of the Catholic Church and Communist China with Vatican journalist Frank Rocca. </p> </div> <div class="articleMetadata"> <span class="articleMetadata__byline"><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/author/jeanette-de-melo">Jeanette De Melo</a></span> <a href="/section/register-radio">Register Radio</a> <a class="articleMetadata__comments articleMetadata__info" href="https://www.ncregister.com/audio/register-radio-may-18-2024#coral_thread"> <span class="coral-count" data-coral-url="https://www.ncregister.com/audio/register-radio-may-18-2024" data-coral-notext="true"></span> </a> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div id="#tab2" class="tab__content"> <div class="articleGrid articleGrid--twoColumns"> <article class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <figure class=" icon icon--commentary"> <a href="https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/laffin-next-ag-must-restore-trust"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20241123101148_47f1af409f50a528e0860e9ebf3e9c22837a7d17323adeb899fda32aba4fb8ce.webp" type="image/webp"> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20241123101148_47f1af409f50a528e0860e9ebf3e9c22837a7d17323adeb899fda32aba4fb8ce.jpg" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 681px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20241123101148_47f1af409f50a528e0860e9ebf3e9c22837a7d17323adeb899fda32aba4fb8ce.jpg" type="image/jpeg"> <img class="lazyload" data-src="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20241123101148_47f1af409f50a528e0860e9ebf3e9c22837a7d17323adeb899fda32aba4fb8ce.jpg" alt="Florida’s former attorney general Pam Bondi speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting on Feb. 23 in National Harbor, Maryland." title="Florida’s former attorney general Pam Bondi speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting on Feb. 23 in National Harbor, Maryland. "> </picture> </a> </figure> <h3 class="articleGrid__headline"><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/laffin-next-ag-must-restore-trust">Next Attorney General Must Restore Trust, Not Seek Retribution</a></h3> <div class="mainArticle__teaser"> <p>Commentary: The de-politicization of the Department of Justice, not its reverse politicization, should be the order of the day.</p> </div> <div class="articleMetadata"> <span class="articleMetadata__byline"><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/author/peter-laffin">Peter Laffin</a></span> <a href="/section/commentaries">Commentaries</a> <a class="articleMetadata__comments articleMetadata__info" href="https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/laffin-next-ag-must-restore-trust#coral_thread"> <span class="coral-count" data-coral-url="https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/laffin-next-ag-must-restore-trust" data-coral-notext="true"></span> </a> </div> </article> <article class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <figure class=" icon icon--cna"> <a href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/couples-find-sacramental-marriages-in-god-s-perfect-timing"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024112306114_464d97c485d826cbc593c5b05fe2c0e1fb55244ff2bea4b29858ec70895ce0b6.webp" type="image/webp"> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024112306114_464d97c485d826cbc593c5b05fe2c0e1fb55244ff2bea4b29858ec70895ce0b6.png" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 681px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024112306114_464d97c485d826cbc593c5b05fe2c0e1fb55244ff2bea4b29858ec70895ce0b6.png" type="image/webp"> <img class="lazyload" data-src="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024112306114_464d97c485d826cbc593c5b05fe2c0e1fb55244ff2bea4b29858ec70895ce0b6.png" alt="A groom flashes a peace sign at wedding-goers while processing out of St. Mary’s Church in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, after having his marriage sacramentally blessed at the Marriage Mass on Oct. 19, 2024." title="A groom flashes a peace sign at wedding-goers while processing out of St. Mary’s Church in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, after having his marriage sacramentally blessed at the Marriage Mass on Oct. 19, 2024. "> </picture> </a> </figure> <h3 class="articleGrid__headline"><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/couples-find-sacramental-marriages-in-god-s-perfect-timing">Couples Find Sacramental Marriages ‘in God’s Perfect Timing’</a></h3> <div class="mainArticle__teaser"> <p>In total 121 couples had their marriages convalidated this year in the archdiocese, a substantial increase from last year’s 42.</p> </div> <div class="articleMetadata"> <span class="articleMetadata__byline">Nicholas Elbers/The B.C. Catholic</span> <a href="/section/news">News</a> <a class="articleMetadata__comments articleMetadata__info" href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/couples-find-sacramental-marriages-in-god-s-perfect-timing#coral_thread"> <span class="coral-count" data-coral-url="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/couples-find-sacramental-marriages-in-god-s-perfect-timing" data-coral-notext="true"></span> </a> </div> </article> <article class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <figure class=" icon icon--cna"> <a href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/ukrainian-archbishop-encourages-trump-to-go-to-ukraine"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024112307118_23a94d6135faf1c53dadf1f159466f33e8e37ff5af34257c916015c67c9279c8.webp" type="image/webp"> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024112307118_23a94d6135faf1c53dadf1f159466f33e8e37ff5af34257c916015c67c9279c8.png" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 681px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024112307118_23a94d6135faf1c53dadf1f159466f33e8e37ff5af34257c916015c67c9279c8.png" type="image/webp"> <img class="lazyload" data-src="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024112307118_23a94d6135faf1c53dadf1f159466f33e8e37ff5af34257c916015c67c9279c8.png" alt="Archbishop Boris Godziak, Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archiparagi of Philadelphia." title="Archbishop Boris Godziak, Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archiparagi of Philadelphia. "> </picture> </a> </figure> <h3 class="articleGrid__headline"><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/ukrainian-archbishop-encourages-trump-to-go-to-ukraine">Ukrainian Archbishop Encourages Trump to Go to Ukraine</a></h3> <div class="mainArticle__teaser"> <p>Hundreds of thousands have been killed as a result of the Russian invasion, with more than 14 million people forced to leave their homes.</p> </div> <div class="articleMetadata"> <span class="articleMetadata__byline">Kate Quiñones/CNA</span> <a href="/section/world">World</a> <a class="articleMetadata__comments articleMetadata__info" href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/ukrainian-archbishop-encourages-trump-to-go-to-ukraine#coral_thread"> <span class="coral-count" data-coral-url="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/ukrainian-archbishop-encourages-trump-to-go-to-ukraine" data-coral-notext="true"></span> </a> </div> </article> <article class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <figure class=" icon icon--cna"> <a href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/skull-of-st-thomas-aquinas-to-visit-washington-dc-on-international-tour"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024112305110_af7c9f97ebc7b0e38fb72dc02c89d9c1586ca14fb598602572a9f521b65a37b3.webp" type="image/webp"> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024112305110_af7c9f97ebc7b0e38fb72dc02c89d9c1586ca14fb598602572a9f521b65a37b3.png" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 681px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024112305110_af7c9f97ebc7b0e38fb72dc02c89d9c1586ca14fb598602572a9f521b65a37b3.png" type="image/webp"> <img class="lazyload" data-src="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024112305110_af7c9f97ebc7b0e38fb72dc02c89d9c1586ca14fb598602572a9f521b65a37b3.png" alt="The relics of St. Thomas Aquinas are kept in Toulouse, France, where the Dominican order was founded." title="The relics of St. Thomas Aquinas are kept in Toulouse, France, where the Dominican order was founded. "> </picture> </a> </figure> <h3 class="articleGrid__headline"><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/skull-of-st-thomas-aquinas-to-visit-washington-dc-on-international-tour">Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas to Visit Washington, DC, On International Tour</a></h3> <div class="mainArticle__teaser"> <p>Friday’s event will begin with a solemn Mass celebrated by Cardinal Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Washington, followed by an opportunity to venerate the relics.</p> </div> <div class="articleMetadata"> <span class="articleMetadata__byline">Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA</span> <a href="/section/nation">Nation</a> <a class="articleMetadata__comments articleMetadata__info" href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/skull-of-st-thomas-aquinas-to-visit-washington-dc-on-international-tour#coral_thread"> <span class="coral-count" data-coral-url="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/skull-of-st-thomas-aquinas-to-visit-washington-dc-on-international-tour" data-coral-notext="true"></span> </a> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div id="#tab3" class="tab__content"> <div class="articleGrid articleGrid--twoColumns"> <article class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <figure class=" icon icon--blog"> <a href="https://www.ncregister.com/blog/saints-and-art-st-rafal-kalinowski"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20241121101128_82d672e411ad16506d490700b0462580d51218e76f23b26b6cbaa5c006bfe44c.webp" type="image/webp"> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20241121101128_82d672e411ad16506d490700b0462580d51218e76f23b26b6cbaa5c006bfe44c.jpg" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 681px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20241121101128_82d672e411ad16506d490700b0462580d51218e76f23b26b6cbaa5c006bfe44c.jpg" type="image/jpeg"> <img class="lazyload" data-src="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20241121101128_82d672e411ad16506d490700b0462580d51218e76f23b26b6cbaa5c006bfe44c.jpg" alt="Aleksander Sochaczewski, “Morning,” 1897" title="Aleksander Sochaczewski, “Morning,” 1897 "> </picture> </a> </figure> <h3 class="articleGrid__headline"><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/blog/saints-and-art-st-rafal-kalinowski">St. Rafał Kalinowski, Pray for Us!</a></h3> <div class="mainArticle__teaser"> <p>SAINTS & ART: The spiritual influence of Kalinowski (1835-1907) was marked on Karol Wojtyła, the future St. John Paul II, who canonized him in 1991.</p> </div> <div class="articleMetadata"> <span class="articleMetadata__byline"><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/author/john-grondelski">John Grondelski</a></span> <a href="/section/blogs">Blogs</a> <a class="articleMetadata__comments articleMetadata__info" href="https://www.ncregister.com/blog/saints-and-art-st-rafal-kalinowski#coral_thread"> <span class="coral-count" data-coral-url="https://www.ncregister.com/blog/saints-and-art-st-rafal-kalinowski" data-coral-notext="true"></span> </a> </div> </article> <article class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <figure class=" icon icon--blog"> <a href="https://www.ncregister.com/blog/brugger-dmq-marriage-on-city-streets"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20241118151136_031498b25799d96e231f44c0b9f9ffa2ebd84a8676a68635a1e1dda52cfd09ef.webp" type="image/webp"> <source media="(max-width: 680px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20241118151136_031498b25799d96e231f44c0b9f9ffa2ebd84a8676a68635a1e1dda52cfd09ef.jpg" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 681px)" data-srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20241118151136_031498b25799d96e231f44c0b9f9ffa2ebd84a8676a68635a1e1dda52cfd09ef.jpg" type="image/jpeg"> <img class="lazyload" data-src="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20241118151136_031498b25799d96e231f44c0b9f9ffa2ebd84a8676a68635a1e1dda52cfd09ef.jpg" alt="‘Just Married’" title="‘Just Married’ "> </picture> </a> </figure> <h3 class="articleGrid__headline"><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/blog/brugger-dmq-marriage-on-city-streets">May a Catholic Get Married on the Streets of New York City?</a></h3> <div class="mainArticle__teaser"> <p>DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: What are the conditions under which a layperson may witness a marriage? 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