The American Conservative: This is the world we live in: Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx has cancelled, perhaps temporarily, a presentation by a priest from the Catholic ministry Courage, which encourages gay Catholics to live chaste lives, in accordance with Catholic teaching … Continue reading
UCANews: Church officials in Germany have defended plans by the country’s bishops’ conference to allow some divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Communion, insisting they have the Pope’s endorsement. Robert Eberle, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Freiburg: “We already have our … Continue reading
UCANews: When he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis was known to sneak out at night and break bread with the homeless, sit with them literally on the street and eat with them, as part of his aim to … Continue reading
Catholic Stand:The building is not at first impressive, obscured by the huge glass and steel office buildings around it. I kneel and make the sign of the cross and enter. Inside is a glorious Catholic Church. The Sanctuary is all … Continue reading
Catholic Herald: The world is not hostile to the Gospel and Christians should not treat it as such, the Archbishop of Birmingham has said at the annual civic Mass on the feast of Christ the King. Fifty years on from … Continue reading
LifeSite News: The elderly couple said they were “deeply disappointed and saddened” at the decision that has “reinforced the notion that gay rights must trump everything else.” They have said that they have been the victims of an ongoing hate … Continue reading
CNA: In his daily homily Pope Francis reflected on the end times, saying that faith will be increasingly pushed out of the public square and that persecution of Christians is a “prophecy” of what is to come. The Pope directed … Continue reading
AsiaNews: The war in Syria continues to drive hundreds thousands of people across the border into Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. By the end of 2013, the number of refugees fleeing the conflict could rise to more than 3 million, this … Continue reading
UCANews: Pierre Faber, a “Reformed” Jesuit priest whom Francis sees as a model figure, is to be proclaimed as saint before Christmas, Stefania Falasca reports in an article for Italian Catholic newspaper Avvenire. The process for his cause in the Congregation … Continue reading
UCANews: Germany’s Roman Catholic bishops plan to push ahead with proposed reforms to reinstate divorced and remarried parishioners despite a warning from the Vatican’s top doctrinal official, according to a senior cleric. Stuttgart Bishop Gebhard Fürst told a meeting of lay Catholics … Continue reading
(Gloria.TV News) A sermon delivered in 1900 by famous Greek-Catholic Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky (1865-1944), a candidate for sainthood, was added to Russia’s Federal List of Extremist Materials on 4 October, Forum 18 has reported. The sermon focuses on the Catholic … Continue reading
John Allen, National Catholic Reporter: Plans to move the U.S. embassy to the Vatican onto the grounds of the larger American embassy to Italy, though in a separate building and with a distinct entrance, are drawing fire from five former American … Continue reading
CNA: Choosing to be faithful, the Pope continued, is equally important in both smallest and the most difficult situations, highlighting how throughout the history of the Church we see that there are “men, women, old, young, that make this choice.” “When … Continue reading
Vatican Radio: Pope Francis had a private meeting in the Vatican on Monday afternoon with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. During their cordial discussion, the two leaders talked about the need for peace in Syria and the wider … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Thousands of Nepali Catholics, Hindus and Buddhists on Saturday took part in Christ the King procession organised by the Catholic Church in Kathmandu to mark the closing of the Year of Faith, which ended with a solemn Mass in St Peter’s … Continue reading
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