Category: News

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: It’s happening again this year. It happens every year. At the little chapel where Leila and I go every weekday morning, it’s more and more difficult to find an empty pew at the early Mass. If you’re … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: This past weekend the Vatican hosted the signing of the Declaration on Human Fraternity, in a made-for-media extravaganza. Thirty Nobel Prize winners signed the statement. International recording artists performed. The ceremony was simulcast around the world. … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold: A former Anglican bishop from Wales will be received into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church next month and serve as a priest with the Anglican Ordinariate, which was set up by former Pope … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: Vatican judges on Monday found two climate activists guilty of criminally damaging the base of an important statue in the Vatican Museums during a protest last year. As part of the conviction, Guido Viero, 61, … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: A satellite with Pope Francis’ words was successfully launched into space on Monday. The “Spei Satelles” mission, Latin for “Satellites of Hope,” launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Francesca Pollio Fenton: The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) is inviting Catholics to join together in making an act of reparation for the act of “blasphemy” scheduled to take place at Dodgers Stadium on June … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The authors of two articles published in the progressive French Catholic daily La Croix have drawn attention to how Pope Francis’ restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass have fueled a growth in support for the … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: At an interfaith conference some years ago, I struck up a conversation with a prominent Muslim cleric. He was probably amused by my awkward attempt to greet him properly, using one of the few phrases of … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Pope Francis’ new Fundamental Law for Vatican City State, which comes into force on Wednesday, aims to make the small autonomous territory more accountable to international commitments, increases the role of the laity in its … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Why are the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group whose stock-in-trade is provoking the outrage of Catholics? Is it because these days nobody is worried about Catholic outrage? The Dodgers (the … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: During the Kansas City Chiefs’ visit to the White House on Monday in celebration of their Super Bowl victory in February, the team’s kicker, Harrison Butker, made a statement in support of the unborn by … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Peter Pinedo: Leading pro-life organizations will hold a “National Celebrate Life Day” rally and gala in Washington, D.C., on June 24, the first anniversary of the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Students for Life of America (SFLA) … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Polish lay representatives have sharply criticized Germany’s Synodal Way in a meeting with some of its chief organizers and proponents, saying it is not built on the Gospel, often contradicts the faith, and is a … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Maybe I misread the headline, or maybe its wording was changed after I first saw it. Whatever the reason, I looked at this CNA report and saw (or thought I saw): “Cuban priest: 64 years is … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Professor Luke Gormally, who died April 30 at the age of 83, was a towering figure who was respected and admired for his personal integrity, courage and tireless defense of life at a time when … Continue reading →