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Charles and Jill Fischer Provost; Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History
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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.”
The Washington Post
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.
Crux
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.
BBC News
Pope Benedict XVI: What the death of a former pope means for the Vatican
December 31, 2022
"We've never had this before where a living pope will help bury a dead pope," Catholic historian John McGreevy said.
The Atlantic
The Reinvention of the Catholic Church
December 11, 2022
As John T. McGreevy observes in Catholicism: A Global History From the French Revolution to Pope Francis, signs that the Church has lost vitality are abundant.
National Catholic Reporter
John McGreevy masterfully traces church history from the French Revolution to Pope Francis
October 17, 2022
John McGreevy's new book Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis is, as the title suggests, ambitious.
The New York Times
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
October 06, 2022
CATHOLICISM: A Global History From the French Revolution to Pope Francis, John T. McGreevy.
The New York Times
An Epic Struggle for the Soul of Catholicism
September 12, 2022
Now comes John T. McGreevy, a professor of history at Notre Dame and author of three books on Catholicism, with an attempt at making narrative sense of one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of the oldest institution in the Western world.
Inside Higher Ed
New Presidents or Provosts: Fitchburg State U, Hampton U, Holy Cross College, Spartanburg Methodist College, Tennessee College of Applied Technology Morristown, U of Arkansas CC Batesville, U of Maryland Eastern Shore, U of Notre Dame, Vermont Law School
May 17, 2022
John T. McGreevy, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History and former dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed Charles and Jill Fischer Provost there.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Transitions: Hampton U. Names New President; Columbia U. President to Step Down Next Year
April 28, 2022
John T. McGreevy, a professor of history and former dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, has been named provost.
The Washington Post
Pope Francis says U.S. bishops debating Biden Communion should be pastors, not politicians
September 15, 2021
John McGreevy, a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, said it was “fairly clear” that Francis was encouraging Catholics and bishops “not to use Communion as a weapon against particular politicians for particular issues.”
Religion & Politics
U.S. Catholic Bishops Succumb to Partisan Politics in Eucharist Debate
June 22, 2021
John T. McGreevy is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.
National Catholic Reporter
Villanova conference elevates calls for Biden to be denied Communion
April 27, 2021
Despite a predominantly unified front among most conference speakers in their approach to Biden, University of Notre Dame historian John McGreevy offered a markedly different message.
The Wall Street Journal
Can Catholic Social Teaching Unite a Divided America?
February 05, 2021
Roosevelt called the encyclical “just as radical as I am” and “one of the greatest documents of modern times,” according to John McGreevy, a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame.
Crux
U.S. bishops ‘working group’ on Biden divides Catholic opinion
November 27, 2020
University of Notre Dame history professor John McGreevy is less concerned about the timing of the announcement and more with the creation of the working group in the first place.