Paul Thigpen, Theologian Who Explored ‘Wondrous’ Question of Extraterrestrial Life, Dies at 71
A convert to Catholicism, Thigpen wrote prolifically on saints, the Blessed Mother, and the possibility of intelligent alien life, among other topics.
A convert to Catholicism, Thigpen wrote prolifically on saints, the Blessed Mother, and the possibility of intelligent alien life, among other topics.
COMMENTARY: The longtime theologian and historian died Sept. 3 at the age of 95.
The October synod assembly is a continuation of the multiyear Synod on Synodality, which began in October 2021
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In a letter, theologians concluded by appealing to “all people of goodwill to support the victims of this aggression.”
A remembrance of Dagny Kjaergaard, who played an unseen but decisive role in the composition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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