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
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Generation Xers’ church attendance drops to millennial levels, survey suggests
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
Body of saint, patron of African Americans, significantly damaged in Sicilian church fire
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
Good vacation, bad liturgy: the Catholic dilemma
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
St. Alphonsus Liguori: All God’s Gifts Aimed at Binding Mankind to His Love
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
Ask the intercession of St. Ignatius to reform the corrupt Jesuit order
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: On this feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, I hope you will join me in praying for the reform of the order that he founded. Heaven knows the Jesuits are long overdue for reform. My own … Continue reading
Shrine of Vryssi: The centuries-old Marian holy site you’ve probably never heard of
Catholic News Agency, Anna Kurian: On a small island called Tinos in the Aegean Sea along a remote slope of the Patellas mountain lies a holy site that attracts pilgrims from all over Greece. Our Lady of Vryssi, or “Virgin … Continue reading
Shroud of Turin gets ‘true crime’ treatment in science-driven documentary
Catholic News Agency, Shannon Mullen: In 1988, carbon-dating tests concluded the Shroud of Turin was a 700-year-old fake. Thirty-five years later, 21st-century science is pointing to a dramatically different conclusion. The carbon tests overseen by the British Museum and Oxford … Continue reading
How often do bishops hear the truth?
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: After an episcopal ordination some time back, I was sitting at lunch with the newly consecrated bishop, the archbishop who had ordained him, and several other older prelates. The archbishop addressed his young colleague: Now that … Continue reading
What Are the Philosophical and Theological Roots of the Confusion in the West?
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: What are the roots of the widespread confusion that reigns in the West? What went wrong in philosophical and theological thought that has brought the West to what Benedict XVI once called “the edge of … Continue reading
Vatican and German bishops discuss theological questions from Synodal Way
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: German bishops and representatives of the Roman Curia met in the Vatican on Wednesday to continue discussions started last year about the German Synodal Way. According to a joint statement from the Vatican and the … Continue reading
FBI gives documents to Congress relating to memo targeting Catholics
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: The FBI handed over to Congress on Tuesday internal documents relating to the bureau’s now-withdrawn leaked memo that recommended investigating devotees of the Traditional Latin Mass. The leaked memo, dated Jan. 23, which originated from … Continue reading
‘Witness to So Many Graces’ — Cardinal Burke’s Shrine to Our Lady in Wisconsin Celebrates 15 Years
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: A Marian shrine founded by Cardinal Raymond Burke that serves as a “place of ceaseless prayer for the corporal and spiritual welfare of God’s children, especially those in most need,” celebrates its 15th anniversary on … Continue reading
Americans’ belief in God, heaven, hell continues prolonged decline
Catholic News Agency, Daniel Payne: Americans are increasingly rejecting the idea of God along with other religious and spiritual concepts, continuing a decades-long trend that shows an ongoing decline in belief in key religious tenets. A July poll from Gallup shows … Continue reading
This week’s installment of Vatican confusion
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: The early leader in the competition for the Understatement of the Week is my old friend Robert Royal, with this entry: Theology departments in Catholic colleges and universities are not exactly noted for slavish orthodoxy, peer … Continue reading