Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: My friend A, a lawyer, tells me that he is dismayed by what it happening to his profession. The weaponization of the justice system, the flagrant favoritism showed by prosecutors, the growing tendency of judges to … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: Pope Francis changed canon law on Tuesday regarding the governance of Opus Dei and any future personal prelatures. In a motu proprio issued Aug. 8, the pope assimilated the personal prelature to “public clerical associations … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: Pope Francis has appointed Slovak Archbishop-Bishop Cyril Vasil’ to resolve a decades-long liturgical dispute in the Syro-Malabar Church in India. Francis has directly intervened several times in the controversy, which centers on a debate about … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Daniel Payne: The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday claimed to have uncovered evidence of “multiple” field offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation coordinating an investigation into traditionalist Catholics earlier this year. A leaked memo from … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: For the past 14 years, Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth has had to sensitively steer the English translations of the liturgical books of the reformed Roman Rite — a work, he stresses, that has “largely been one … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: J’adoube. Chess players will recognize the French phrase, which a player uses to let his opponent know that he is straightening out his pieces rather than making a move. Today I feel the same sort of … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: U.S. entrepreneur Matthew Sanders says a new artificial intelligence project that his company has founded “could be a game changer” for the Catholic Church. “Our core objective is to make Catholic insight and Church teaching … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Andrea Gagliarducci: During the month of July, Pope Francis was not expected to have audiences, with some exceptions. But, in the last part of the month, he had meetings with young pilgrims who passed through Rome before … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares, Hannah Brockhaus, & Daniel Ibañez: On his return flight from World Youth Day on Sunday, Pope Francis explained why he opted to skip reading a prayer in Fatima that consecrated the Church and “countries at … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold: As the feast day of St. Dominic de Guzman is celebrated Tuesday, Aug. 8, members of the Dominican order and thousands of Catholic laity are continuing a nine-month novena before heading to Washington, D.C., for a … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Jonathan Liedl: In a newly published interview, Pope Francis described the ongoing Synod on Synodality as fulfilling “the dream of Paul VI” and underscored that the process is about recovering a lost form of ecclesial participation, not … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: Church attendance has dropped off since the pandemic for Generation X more sharply than for other age groups, according to a new survey. The survey of 2,000 adults conducted by the Cultural Research Center at … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Jonathan Liedl: The incorrupt body of St. Benedict the Moor, a 16th-century son of slaves who joined the Franciscans and would become the patron saint of African missions, has been all but destroyed after a wildfire engulfed … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Summertime, and millions of Americans have headed for the shores, the mountains, or the lakes. People need recreation, relaxation, and family time, and the Catholic Church wholly approves of the summer vacations— merely reminding the faithful … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: All of the Lord’s gifts to mankind are aimed at catching souls and binding them to his love, says St. Alphonsus Liguori in a homily that appears in today’s Office of Readings. All of God’s … Continue reading
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