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
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
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