National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The first of two general assemblies of the Synod on Synodality that was completed last month was, as expected, fraught with plenty of acrimony and contention. Eagerly awaited by some, thoroughly dreaded by others, the … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Some years ago, an English friend shocked me by suggesting that the Coronation of a new British sovereign should be recognized as the eighth sacrament of the Church. I admired his patriotic zeal, but the theological … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: In a striking personal intervention, Pope Francis has written a letter to four German Catholic laywomen who quit the German Synodal Way earlier this year. In the letter, published in the German newspaper Welt on … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: After a month of Vatican insistence on listening to all perspectives, it is ironic, to say the least, that the next big news story was the removal of an American bishop, apparently for talking too much. … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, was one of several U.S. bishops who spoke passionately in support this week of a proposal to name the 19th-century English cardinal St. John Henry Newman a “doctor of … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: As the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) wraps up its meeting in Baltimore, I see two encouraging signs. First, the American bishops joined with the bishops of England and Wales in asking Pope Francis to … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: The U.S. bishops voted Tuesday to advance the cause of beatification and canonization of Servant of God Isaac Thomas Hecker, a 19th-century American priest who founded the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle, today … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: The House of Delegates of the American Medical Association (AMA) has rebuffed an effort to change the organization’s current stance in opposition to physician-assisted suicide, a development that drew praise from members of the Catholic … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Nicolás de Cárdenas: A week after desecrating and robbing a chapel in the Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante in Spain, the thieves have sacramentally confessed and returned the stolen sacred objects. Bishop José Ignacio Munilla of the diocese made … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: To avoid any misunderstanding let me begin by saying that what follows is not a criticism of Pope Francis. It is a criticism of the Vatican press office. Last Monday at an audience with the Conference … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Francesca Pollio Fenton: Despite not being religious, Dean Gregory, the father of 8-month-old Indi Gregory, expressed that his time in court fighting for his daughter’s life felt like he had been “dragged to hell.” The experience moved … Continue reading
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
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