Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: The Vatican announced Tuesday that Cardinal Matteo Zuppi will visit Moscow this week as part of the peace mission entrusted to him by Pope Francis. Zuppi will arrive in Russia’s capital on June 28, less … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Jonathan Liedl: Ever since their parish was suppressed in 2016, former parishioners and others connected to St. Adalbert Church in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood have tried to keep the church building in the community’s hands. But now, St. … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Shannon Mullen, Jonathan Liedl: The Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops has completed a formal investigation of Bishop Joseph E. Strickland and the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, according to multiple media reports and confirmed by EWTN News. The inquiry, … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The methodology to be used for the upcoming Synod on Synodality is aimed at reaching “an inclusive consensus” that welcomes dissenting views and helps to avoid polarization by embracing a concept termed “conversation in the … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is the sentence that won Daisy Almaraz, a Catholic school seventh grader in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, a national competition. The sentence doesn’t contain any … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Sister Lucia dos Santos, the eldest child to witness the Fatima apparitions. In a decree signed on June 22, the pope recognized Lucia’s heroic virtue and declared … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The Vatican’s former deputy auditor general who had been suing the Vatican for unlawful dismissal died of cancer Wednesday at his home in Turin, Italy. He was 63 years old. Ferruccio Panicco had a pending … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The need to properly preserve the remains of St. Thomas More’s head and to be able to properly venerate the first-class relic has taken on an added urgency as it continues to deteriorate in an … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “Put out into the deep…” (Lk 5:4) That was the admonition that Jesus gave to his disciples: an admonition that Pope John Paul II repeated in the conclusion of his for the Great Jubilee, Novo Millennio … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, David Ramos: Due to an intense heat wave and drought that has spread in various parts of Mexico, a more than 400-year-old Catholic church has completely emerged from the waters in the state of Chiapas. The church … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “A synodal Church is a listening Church,” proclaims the instrumentum laboris, the preparatory document for the Synod on Synodality. The theme of listening—to the Holy Spirit, to the people, to the needy, to the disaffected—is the … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, AC Wimmer: A pectoral cross bequeathed by the late Pope Benedict XVI to a parish in his native Bavaria has been stolen from the church where it was on display. According to CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language partner … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold: Cambridge University researchers developed the world’s first synthetic human embryo models using stem cells but without using an egg or sperm, which has sparked ethical concerns and questions about whether scientists are on the verge … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: Pope Francis published an apostolic letter on Monday praising the 17th-century mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal as “a tireless seeker of truth.” Pascal (1623-1662) was a French scientist who helped to lay the foundation for … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Despite shrines being exempt from Pope Francis’ restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass, England’s national shrine is effectively banning pilgrims’ ability to celebrate and attend the ancient rite both in private and in public. Participants … Continue reading
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