Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: The story is appalling, yet I can’t help finding a comic aspect to the German bishops’ announcement that Bishop Ludger Schepers “will be the representative for queer pastoral care.” On first reading that announcement, I assumed … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Walter Sanchez Silva: In March 2022, the late Cardinal George Pell published an at the time anonymous critique of Pope Francis’ pontificate under the pseudonym “Demos.” Now another cardinal, who identifies himself as “Demos II,” has published another anonymous … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Reports have circulated for several years now of Catholic priests being told to cease saying private Masses by themselves and celebrate with other priests instead, a practice called concelebration. In 2021, for example, the Vatican … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Are you terrified by “the peril of the theocratic future toward which the country has been hurtling?” Neither am I. But Linda Greenhouse is. That fear is the latest fashion on the radical left. In a … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: For nearly a decade, the most consistently reliable English-language news coverage of Vatican affairs has been found in the Wall Street Journal, thanks to their man in Rome, Frank Rocca. Some readers have questioned why CWN … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Cardinal Vincent Nichols has declined to give permission for the old Latin rite celebration of the Easter Triduum in Westminster, making it the first time since the 1990s that the Easter Triduum won’t be celebrated … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: Cardinal Raymond Burke this week invited Catholics to join in praying a nine-month novena seeking Mary’s intercession beginning on March 12 and culminating on the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12. … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Two important pieces appeared online over the past weekend. Each one summarized a major difficulty facing Pope Francis. Taken together these two short essays convey the impression that the contradictions of this pontificate may be reaching a … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Today, on the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, all good Catholics should be praying for Pope Francis. Let’s be honest: It may not be easy to muster the enthusiasm we would like for a Pontiff who … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, AC Wimmer: What would Thomas Aquinas think of artificial intelligence (AI), and what does a large language model think of Thomas Aquinas? According to one German theologian, the Catholic saint and doctor of the Church can contribute … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold: An exhibit that includes more than 100 relics of Jesus Christ, the Holy Family, and numerous saints will be exhibited at a parish in northern New Jersey on Saturday, Feb. 24, from noon to 7 … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: A cardinal taking part in a “historic” closed-door meeting on Friday between the heads of Italy’s Freemasonic lodges and senior Catholic Church leaders has called for a “permanent” dialogue to be opened with the secretive … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: What happened in St. Patrick’s cathedral last week could happen in your parish soon, if your community is unprepared. Is your parish ready? Granted, New York, the self-proclaimed “capital of the world,” offered a unique opportunity … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Daniel Payne: The pastor of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City said the church has offered a Mass of Reparation after a controversial irreverent funeral service was held there this week for a well-known transgender advocate. … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: When the Council of Cardinals was created in 2013, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras was named as the group’s chairman (the official term was “coordinator”). He continued in that role until March of last year, … Continue reading
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