Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: Pope Francis said Wednesday he will release a follow-up environmental document to the 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ on Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Speaking at the end of his general audience … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Anna Kurian: The French saint Jeanne Jugan (1792–1879), whose feast day is celebrated Aug. 30, founded the congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor, which spread throughout the world, including to the United States. Her intuition … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “Today it is a sin to possess atomic bombs; the death penalty is a sin,” Pope Francis told a gathering of Jesuits in Lisbon earlier this month. These are stern, clear, uncompromising statements. But, the Pope … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Peter Pinedo: Fourteen states and several pro-life groups joined a lawsuit, Vitagliano v. County of Westchester, on Friday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule laws restricting pro-lifers’ free speech near abortion clinics across the country. Kentucky, … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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