Author Archives: Jillian Singer

Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff: A drunken thief was injured after falling on the sword of a statue of St. Michael the Archangel that he was trying to steal from a church in Monterrey, Mexico. Report is here.

Catholic News Agency, Francesca Pollio Fenton: Sister Andre Randon, a French nun and the oldest person in the world, has passed away at the age of 118. Randon became the world’s oldest person on April 19, 2022, when Kane Tanaka … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: A text is being attributed to the late Cardinal George Pell that summarizes deep concerns he and many others in Rome have had about the current crisis in the Church and the direction of this … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Francesca Pollio Fenton: The highly anticipated sequel to “The Passion of the Christ” is set to begin filming this spring. The film, “The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection,” will focus on the days immediately following Christ’s crucifixion. Actor, … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: A Catholic priest burned to death on Sunday after bandits set fire to his parish rectory in northern Nigeria. The body of Father Isaac Achi was found among the charred parish building of Saints Peter … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff: The executive committee of the Argentine Bishops’ Conference invited the country’s faithful to celebrate “with joy and fervor” the 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis as the successor of St. Peter. Cardinal Jorge … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: About twenty years ago, in a series of email messages, the late Father Paul Mankowski and I exchanged arguments against the legal recognition of same-sex marriage. This was a private conversation, at first, and since we … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: The Vatican promoter of justice announced Monday that the investigation into the vanishing of Emanuela Orlandi, a teenaged Vatican citizen whose disappearance in the 1980s has since spawned myriad conspiracy theories, will be reopened. Report is … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Cardinal George Pell has died in Rome this evening at the age of 81. The Australian cardinal had been admitted to a Rome hospital for routine hip replacement surgery on Tuesday afternoon. Report is here.

Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: Pope Francis on Friday issued a document reorganizing the Vicariate of Rome in what he called a time of “epochal change.” The apostolic constitution, In Ecclesiarum Communione, replaces a 1998 constitution promulgated by Pope John … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: For the third year in a row, a Catholic podcast has bolted out of the gate after New Year’s Day to become the No. 1 most popular on Apple Podcasts, beating out secular podcasts from … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff: The excavation site of the Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem, the place where Jesus restored sight to a blind man, will be open to the public for the first time. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Shortly before Pope Benedict XVI made his apostolic visit to the United States in 2008, EWTN commissioned German philosopher Raphaela Schmid and myself to film and produce The Papacy of Reason — Inside the Mind … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Joe Burkuras: The altar of an Arkansas Benedictine monastery was destroyed Thursday, and several relics of ancient saints were stolen. Subiaco Abbey in Subiaco, Arkansas, said in a press release that on Jan. 5, a man using … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Andrea Gagliarducci: There is no doubt that the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Jan. 5 was a pope’s funeral. Not only was the funeral rite the one foreseen for the death of a pope, but … Continue reading →