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Bishop Stika: A man of ‘peace’ and ‘prayer’ now leads the Catholic Church

March 14, 2013

Describing the Church’s new leader as a man of peace and prayer, Bishop Richard F. Stika spoke March 13 to the Knoxville media soon after Pope Francis was introduced to the world. Just as Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation was surprising, so was the relatively quick election of Cardinal Jorge Mario …

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UTK students consider Catholic law society

May 10, 2022 1:56 pm | By Emily Booker

Bishop Stika meets with group looking to form a faith-based legal organization on campus By Jim Wogan The University of Tennessee-Knoxville could be the next college campus to host a Catholic legal society for students. While the idea is still in its early stages, Bishop Richard F. Stika met recently with seven students from UTK to discuss the idea for a Catholic student legal society there. The 90-minute discussion took place over lunch at the Chancery on April 6. The meeting was initiated by Bishop Stika, although the idea belongs to the students themselves. “We came to propose this idea and to tell Bishop Stika what we have been up to, and how it has been going so far. He was very supportive,” said Jake Valete, a second-year law student at UTK and the spokesperson for the group. Mr. Valete said the group, which has been meeting informally, has grown... Read more →

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