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Zelda Caldwell

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Zelda Caldwell

    How Disneyland Inspired One Diocese to Double Down on ‘Radical Hospitality’ (opens the original)

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    Former Disney executives are stepping in to help one California diocese boost its evangelization efforts. A Catholic diocese in Southern California is turning to a surprising source for lessons on how its parishes can be more welcoming: Disneyland, known since 1955 as “The Happiest Place on Earth.” The Diocese of Orange is partnering with former Disney executives from the world-famous theme park located within the diocese to train staff and volunteers at parishes across the diocese in what they

  2. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Zelda Caldwell

    Catholic theologian takes job in Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (opens the original)

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    Chad Pecknold, a longtime professor at The Catholic University of America, has begun working for the government agency that oversees immigration enforcement. A prominent Catholic theologian who has previously defended the Trump administration’s immigration policies on theological grounds has joined the Department of Homeland Security, the agency confirmed. Chad Pecknold, who has taught theology at The Catholic University of America (Catholic University) since 2008, is now the principal director

  3. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Zelda Caldwell

    China Pressured a US Catholic Group to Censor Its Keynote Speaker. They Complied. (opens the original)

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    Emails obtained by the Register show that the US-China Catholic Association canceled a prominent professor’s keynote address after Chinese government officials requested his removal from the conference program. A U.S.-based Catholic organization yielded to pressure from Chinese government officials to cancel a prominent professor’s invitation to speak at its conference, emails obtained by the Register show. Fenggang Yang, a Chinese-born sociology professor at Purdue University and director of th

  4. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Zelda Caldwell

    The Lebron James Mass Photo Was Fake — The Priest Who Posted It Has No Regrets (opens the original)

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    The pastor of Queen of Peace Church outside Philadelphia has no regrets. ‘I try to catch on to whatever’s happening in the area and build up the hype,’ he told the Register. When Father James DeGrassa posted a photo on Instagram of himself posing with LeBron James in front of the altar at his parish just north of Philadelphia, he knew his parishioners would get that it was a joke and that the photo was just an AI-generated fake, he told the Register. What Father DeGrassa couldn’t have imagined i

  5. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Zelda Caldwell

    ‘The Odyssey’: What the Classic Reminds Us About Our True Home (opens the original)

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    Providence College professor Raymond Hain says the most important thing ‘The Odyssey’ shows us is ‘the importance of home, of the challenges and gifts bestowed on us by the permanent and stable things in life.’ With the release of this summer’s blockbuster film The Odyssey, based on Homer’s ancient epic poem, suddenly — and perhaps improbably — everyone seems to want to talk about what the tale of Odysseus’ 10-year journey home from the Trojan War means for us today. For Raymond Hain, professor

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