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  1. How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defence industry

    January 31, 2023

    (subscription required) This affliction is not unique to the US, says Eugene Gholz, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, as armies always use more weapons than intended. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  2. The Politics of Being Pope Francis

    January 20, 2023

    Making things more tenuous, according to Ulrich Lehner, a theology professor at the University of Notre Dame, Francis has rejected the typical practice of using the College of Cardinals as an advisory board in favor of consulting a small circle of trusted advisers. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  3. Could Europe end up with a worse inflation problem than America?

    January 19, 2023

    Recent work by Rüdiger Bachmann of the University of Notre Dame and colleagues shows that workers in Germany are more likely to change jobs when demand is high than during recessions. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  4. Lectures in History: American Colonies after the Seven Years War

    January 18, 2023

    University of Notre Dame professor Katlyn Carter taught a class about British imperial reforms and American colonial grievances in the wake of the Seven Years War (1756-63).

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  5. Rise in middle-aged white ‘deaths of despair’ may be fueled by loss of religion, new research paper argues

    January 16, 2023

    The working paper, from Tyler Giles of Wellesley College, Daniel Hungerman of the University of Notre Dame, and Tamar Oostrom of The Ohio State University, looked at the relationship between religiosity and mortality from deaths of despair.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  6. Fact check: Pope’s death confirmed with traditional means, not hammer

    January 11, 2023

    The claim that a hammer is used for tapping on the pope's head is “a legend," though one that has been "repeated countless times as early as the 1850s," said Ulrich Lehner, a University of Notre Dame theology professor.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  7. A Korean War Wall of Remembrance Set Hundreds of Errors in Stone

    January 09, 2023

    Erika Doss, a professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame who has written extensively about monuments, said that Americans increasingly see recognizing individuals as critical. “We see ourselves as a nation of individuals, so listing the names becomes unifying,” she said. But she wondered how so solemn a gesture could have gotten so flawed this time. She asked, “Didn’t they have an editor?”

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  8. Pope Francis presides over funeral for ‘taboo-breaking’ predecessor

    January 04, 2023

    “It was a real break with precedent and very unlike a pope that took the Church’s tradition very seriously,” said John McGreevy, who is also provost at the University of Notre Dame. “It was one of the great things he did.”

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  9. Future doctor of the church? Scholars say Benedict XVI stands the test of time

    January 04, 2023

    John Cavadini, a theology professor at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, said that with the encyclicals, Pope Benedict is "taking up a very basic facet of our faith … and explaining it to people."

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  10. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s reported last words: ‘Lord, I love you’

    January 01, 2023

    Pope Benedict XVI died Saturday at the age of 95, according to the Vatican. Ulrich Lehner with the University of Notre Dame spoke with LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow about the retired pope's legacy.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  11. How Nazi Germany loomed over Pope Benedict’s childhood

    January 01, 2023

    John McGreevy, a historian of the modern Catholic church at the University of Notre Dame and author of “Catholicism: A Global History From the French Revolution to Pope Francis,” said that it was clear Benedict was influenced by growing up under an authoritarian regime.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  12. How the Federal Reserve affected 2022′s stock market

    January 01, 2023

    "I think they know they gambled and lost and that they have to do something serious in order to get inflation back under control” said Jeffrey Campbell, an economics professor at the University of Notre Dame and former Federal Reserve economist. “I fear that they took a gamble that inflation wasn’t too real at the beginning of 2021."

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  13. US Catholics recall Benedict XVI as theologian, teacher and pastor

    January 01, 2023

    John McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, who recently published the book Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis, commented that in some ways Benedict’s death marks the end of the post-Vatican II era.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  14. Lone Gray Wolf’s Journey Sheds New Light on Elusive Predator

    January 01, 2023

    Such concerns are part of a fraught relationship between wolves and humans in North America, said Jon T. Coleman, an environmental history professor at the University of Notre Dame. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.