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
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
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