Catholic News Agency, Daniel Payne: The U.S. population will peak later this century before experiencing a decline by 2100, the U.S. Census Bureau said this week, with low fertility numbers partly explaining the projected decrease. The bureau said in a press … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: The Diocese of Rome has planned a full year of events to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, which was dedicated on Nov. 9, 324. The church is the cathedral … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: The new analysis of a study that claims to be the largest national survey of Catholic priests conducted in more than 50 years has found, among other things, that priests describing themselves as “progressive” are … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Today’s news that the Vatican has approved the baptism of transsexuals bears all the earmarks of the current papacy. The statement from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith does not directly contradict prior authoritative … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: The Vatican’s pediatric hospital has offered to treat 8-month-old baby Indi Gregory after a British court ruled that she be removed from life support against her parents’ wishes. Gregory, who was born in February, suffers … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: The Diocese of Brooklyn announced Saturday that a local pastor who allowed a pop star to shoot a lewd music video in the church no longer has administrative oversight over the parish. Additionally, the diocese … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Last week, as this year’s meeting of the Synod on Synodality moved toward a close, I noticed that my Catholic friends were divided into two camps. Some were following the news from the Synod carefully. They … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Andrés Henríquez: For the first time since its inception, the “One Million Children Praying the Rosary” campaign this year surpassed the emblematic figure of 1 million children praying together for peace and unity in the world, according … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Matthew Santucci: More than 1,000 pilgrims gathered in Rome for an annual three-day pilgrimage for those devoted to the Traditional Latin Mass held Oct. 27–29. The Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage takes its name from Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Marinella Bandini: For the first time since the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas on Oct. 7, the Catholic Church of the Holy Land gathered around its patriarch on the feast day of Our Lady, … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The first assembly of the Synod on Synodality enabled all to express their opinions and the views of African delegates on natural marriage and family were certainly heeded, but the event’s legitimacy continues to be … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: From what can be gathered from the publicly restricted discussions at the Synod on Synodality, delegates talked a great deal about welcoming and inclusion, about some potentially radical changes in Church governance, and specific issues … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Saturday, October 28 was a beautiful day here in New England. The weather was unseasonably warm, the foliage season (a bit late this year) was peaking, and the full hunter’s moon was rising as we drove … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Is there some mundane everyday event that prompts you toward theological musing? For me, it’s the simple act of looking in the mirror. To be perfectly honest, if I’m looking in the mirror, there’s a good … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former prefect for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, says the Synod on Synodality is not an episcopal assembly but more like an Anglican synodal meeting, and is being … Continue reading
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