Catholic News Agency, Walter Sanchez Silva: Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, the prelate of Opus Dei, said the institution he has led since January 2017 “does not want to be an exception” in the Catholic Church. The prelate gave his comments June … Continue reading
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‘No one’ supports abortion up until birth? In a twisted sense, true
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “No one supports abortion up until birth,” tweeted Jen Psaki, the former Biden press secretary, after this week’s GOP presidential debate. She was wrong—quite obviously, demonstrably wrong. But in several twisted senses she was right. If … Continue reading
100 Weeks: French Lay Catholics Persevere in Praying for an End to Restrictions on Traditional Latin Mass
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: French lay faithful who have been peacefully praying outside Church offices in Paris following the suppression of the traditional Latin Mass in the city will reach a milestone Aug. 26, when they gather for their … Continue reading
Greek Catholic Bishop: Synod on Synodality Is Not Like Eastern Synods
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Despite claims to the contrary, the upcoming Synod on Synodality is unlike any synod of the Eastern Churches — it resembles a parliamentary process, and lacks a clear and coherent goal, a Greek Catholic bishop … Continue reading
‘Forgotten by All’: The Ordeal of Armenian Victims of Azerbaijan’s Blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh
National Catholic Register, Solène Tadié: The people of Armenia, the world’s oldest Christian kingdom, are fighting once again for their survival. Nearly three years after the end of the latest war with its neighbor and historic enemy Azerbaijan, following which … Continue reading
Please, bishops, promise not to lock down churches again
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “It may be time to break out the masks against Covid, some experts say.” That was the headline on a CNN report posted yesterday. Is Covid making a comeback, then? Actually, no. But it might, and … Continue reading
Catholic farmer booted from farmers market for views on same-sex weddings wins in court
Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold: A Michigan farmer can continue selling his products at a farmers market after a court ruled that city officials in East Lansing, Michigan, violated his religious freedom when they barred his participation in the event … Continue reading
New Book Warns of ‘Revolutionary’ Threat Posed by Synod on Synodality
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Cardinal Raymond Burke has congratulated the authors of a new book aimed at exposing the dangers they say are associated with the upcoming Synod on Synodality — a process he describes as a “revolution” that … Continue reading
Just-war theory allows for no blank checks in Ukraine
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: When I teach an undergraduate course about the Church’s tradition of just-war teaching, I always emphasize how the moral questions are wrapped up in prudential judgments. No one has perfect information about the strengths and intentions … Continue reading
Pope Francis writing a second environmental document after Laudato Si’
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: Pope Francis announced during an audience with lawyers Monday that he is writing a second part to his 2015 environmental encyclical Laudato Si’. The pope said with this new writing he is updating Laudato Si’ … Continue reading
The Federal Bureau of Intimidation
National Catholic Register: After news leaked out earlier this year about the existence of an internal FBI memo targeting “radical-traditionalist Catholics” as potential domestic terrorists, FBI Director Christopher Wray hastily assured Congress it was merely a highly regrettable blunder initiated … Continue reading
Two Worcester Catholic schools say they won’t implement bishop’s new gender policy
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: Members of religious orders affiliated with two Catholic high schools in Massachusetts have told Worcester Bishop Robert McManus that they will not be implementing the diocese’s new policy concerning gender ideology and sexual confusion because, … Continue reading
Appeals court sides with anti-abortion protesters in D.C. First Amendment dispute
Catholic News Agency, Daniel Payne: A federal appeals court this week sided with a group of pro-life protesters who claim the city of Washington, D.C., discriminated against them by arresting them for anti-abortion messages they had written with chalk in … Continue reading
Former liberation theologian says movement fueled decline of Catholicism in Brazil
Catholic News Agency, Marcelo Musa Cavallari: The long dominance of liberation theology is at the root of the decline of Catholicism in Brazil, according to Friar Clodovis Boff. Until 2007, the religious was an important theologian of liberation theology, although … Continue reading
Rejoice in the truth, not in the scandal
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Earlier this week, an internet search took me to the web site of the Archdiocese of Albany, New York, where I happened upon an official profile of retired Bishop Howard Hubbard. The profile is formulaic, listing … Continue reading