Category: News

Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff: … A plenary indulgence can be obtained during Holy Week for oneself or for a deceased person if one of the following works established by the Church is performed. List is here.

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Wouldn’t it be nice if the Vatican simply told us the truth about the Pope’s health? Last Wednesday, when the Pope was hospitalized, the Vatican press office reassured us that he was going in for “previously … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Let’s take another look at that remarkable interview with Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich. In my first analysis I gave top priority to his claim that “homosexuality did not even exist” at the time when St. Paul wrote … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Yesterday I argued that in preparations for the Synod on Synodality, the discussions have concentrated on the wrong questions. If the topic really is synodality, rather than a potpourri of familiar pastoral and theological complaints, the … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: The results of a new study from the Pew Research Center show that in-person Mass attendance among Catholics has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels, and only about 4 in 10 U.S. Catholics say they attend … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Have you noticed that in recent years, before each meeting of the Synod of Bishops, public attention tends to fixate on one very specific topic? In 2015, before the Synod on the Family, everyone was asking whether … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Dozens of billboard posters defending the traditional Latin Mass appeared on the streets of Rome Tuesday as resistance grows to Pope Francis’ restrictions of the ancient liturgy. The posters, each carrying a quote from Benedict … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Today is the birthday of the late, great Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty, and an appropriate time to mention that Ignatius Press has issued an impressive new edition of his Memoirs, with an introduction by Daniel Mahoney, a timeline … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Kevin J. Jones: A statewide New York Eucharistic Congress will take place Oct. 20-22 at the shrine that marks the martyrdom site of three North American martyrs and the birthplace of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, a Native American … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: Pope Francis on Wednesday will bless a satellite that will launch his words into space on June 10. The “Spes Satelles,” Latin for “Satellites of Hope,” will be launched on a rocket taking off from … Continue reading →

Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Early in the 20th century, when British leaders were beginning to question whether they were prepared for a major European conflict, the War Secretary, Richard Haldane, was asked what kind of army he wanted. He answered: … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Tyler Arnold: Pope Francis on Thursday declared a priest, three religious sisters and two laywomen as venerable servants of God, moving them each a step closer to canonization. “Venerable” is the title given to a candidate for … Continue reading →

National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The dignity of the priesthood, esteemed throughout Church history as the most superior dignity of all, is under attack today by a pervading secular dogma of social equality. And yet for the early Church Fathers … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: Pope Francis has invited Catholics to annually renew an act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25. The solemnity of the Annunciation on Saturday marks one year since Pope Francis consecrated Russia … Continue reading →

Catholic News Agency, Kevin J. Jones: The University of Notre Dame’s local bishop has strongly criticized the Catholic university for hosting a “reproductive justice” talk featuring abortion doula Ash Williams, who described abortion as “a type of birth.” According to a … Continue reading →