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Edgardo Mortara

You can’t take a child from his parents, even if you think you’re saving his soul

July 30, 2021

There is an error Catholics and other Christians can commit, and have committed, despite the Church’s own historic warning against it. That is the error of supposing that children can legitimately be taken away from their parents for the sake of their spiritual welfare. The subject has come out most recently in the story of

Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/04/18

April 17, 2018

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There’s more to Edgardo Mortara’s story than one controversial event

February 08, 2018

Mortara's memoirs can teach us about openness to grace - whether or not Pius IX was right to remove him from his parents

Morning Catholic must-reads: 02/02/18

February 02, 2018

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Morning Catholic must-reads: 30/01/18

January 30, 2018

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Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/01/18

January 10, 2018

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Mark Rylance to play Pope Pius IX in new Spielberg film

April 13, 2016

Filming of The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara will begin this summer

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