Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: Members of religious orders affiliated with two Catholic high schools in Massachusetts have told Worcester Bishop Robert McManus that they will not be implementing the diocese’s new policy concerning gender ideology and sexual confusion because, … Continue reading
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Appeals court sides with anti-abortion protesters in D.C. First Amendment dispute
Catholic News Agency, Daniel Payne: A federal appeals court this week sided with a group of pro-life protesters who claim the city of Washington, D.C., discriminated against them by arresting them for anti-abortion messages they had written with chalk in … Continue reading
Former liberation theologian says movement fueled decline of Catholicism in Brazil
Catholic News Agency, Marcelo Musa Cavallari: The long dominance of liberation theology is at the root of the decline of Catholicism in Brazil, according to Friar Clodovis Boff. Until 2007, the religious was an important theologian of liberation theology, although … Continue reading
Rejoice in the truth, not in the scandal
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Earlier this week, an internet search took me to the web site of the Archdiocese of Albany, New York, where I happened upon an official profile of retired Bishop Howard Hubbard. The profile is formulaic, listing … Continue reading
The fascinating history of the feast of Mary’s assumption
Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff: On Aug. 15, Catholics around the world mark the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into heaven. But while the feast day is a relatively new … Continue reading
Priest brings the prayers of Mary to revive small mountain churches in the Alps
Catholic News Agency, Anna Kurian: The natural region of Trièves in the French Alps south of Grenoble is a haven of spiritual, natural, and architectural treasures. For the few missionary priests in this vast, secularized territory, keeping parishes alive is … Continue reading
‘For us, it’s like a miracle’: Catholic church appears to survive devastating Maui fire
Catholic News Agency, Kevin J. Jones: The devastating Maui fires appear to have spared Maria Lanakila Catholic Church in Lahaina, providing a symbol of hope amid catastrophic destruction. At least 93 deaths had been reported as of Sunday, Aug. 13, … Continue reading
Pope Francis appoints EWTN’s Colin Donovan to Marian pontifical academy
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: Pope Francis appointed Colin Donovan, vice president of theology at EWTN Global Catholic Network, to the Pontifical International Marian Academy, which is tasked with promoting theological understanding and devotion to the Mother of God, the … Continue reading
The Treason of the Professions
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: My friend A, a lawyer, tells me that he is dismayed by what it happening to his profession. The weaponization of the justice system, the flagrant favoritism showed by prosecutors, the growing tendency of judges to … Continue reading
Pope Francis changes canon law on Opus Dei and any future personal prelatures
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: Pope Francis changed canon law on Tuesday regarding the governance of Opus Dei and any future personal prelatures. In a motu proprio issued Aug. 8, the pope assimilated the personal prelature to “public clerical associations … Continue reading
Pope Francis appoints delegate to resolve Syro-Malabar liturgical dispute in India
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: Pope Francis has appointed Slovak Archbishop-Bishop Cyril Vasil’ to resolve a decades-long liturgical dispute in the Syro-Malabar Church in India. Francis has directly intervened several times in the controversy, which centers on a debate about … Continue reading
House Judiciary Committee: ‘Multiple FBI field offices’ collaborated over anti-Catholic memo
Catholic News Agency, Daniel Payne: The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday claimed to have uncovered evidence of “multiple” field offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation coordinating an investigation into traditionalist Catholics earlier this year. A leaked memo from … Continue reading
‘The Liturgy Is a Gift’: Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth Steps Down After Navigating ‘Choppy Waters’ of New English Liturgical Translations
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: For the past 14 years, Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth has had to sensitively steer the English translations of the liturgical books of the reformed Roman Rite — a work, he stresses, that has “largely been one … Continue reading
Did I mislead my readers?
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: J’adoube. Chess players will recognize the French phrase, which a player uses to let his opponent know that he is straightening out his pieces rather than making a move. Today I feel the same sort of … Continue reading
Magisterium AI: A Game Changer for the Church?
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: U.S. entrepreneur Matthew Sanders says a new artificial intelligence project that his company has founded “could be a game changer” for the Catholic Church. “Our core objective is to make Catholic insight and Church teaching … Continue reading