Category: News

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 →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: As the current phase of the Synod on Synodality draws to a close, some of the assembly participants have questioned whether it is a Synod of Bishops given that, for the first time, lay members … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: New data from the Vatican show that Africa added the greatest number of Catholics in 2021 out of all the continents and that all the world’s continents registered at least a modest increase in the … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: Concerned students at the University of Notre Dame have objected to an upcoming drag show set to be held on campus as part of a one-credit course, which the university has defended as falling under … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Nicolás de Cárdenas: On Nov. 18, the Archdiocese of Seville will celebrate the beatification of 20 martyrs of the systematic religious persecution carried out during the 1936–1939 Spanish Civil War. The 20 martyrs to be beatified in … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Tina Dennelly: Pope Francis and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone on Sunday afternoon to discuss “the latest developments in Israel and Gaza,” according to a statement from the White House. The Holy See Press Office … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: The Diocese of Stockton, California, has issued a warning about a pair of imposters posing as Catholic clergymen in the city of Modesto and charging high fees for blessings and sacraments. The diocese said that … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Cardinal George Pell was “prescient” in identifying “all the key issues” about the current Synod on Synodality, but what troubled him most was “the attack on divine Revelation” with the resulting possibility that development of … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: No, Pope Francis has not actually said that the Church can offer blessings for same-sex unions. He has not said that. But at this late date, can anyone still doubt that’s what he thinks—and that it … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: A final Vatican hearing yesterday of the Vatican’s ex-auditor Libero Milone lawsuit against the Vatican lasted just 30 minutes, much shorter than expected, and a verdict is expected before Christmas. Milone is suing the Vatican … Continue reading →