Catholic News Agency, AC Wimmer: A Swiss bishop called for the end of mandatory priestly celibacy and for the ordination of women in an interview published Sunday, just days ahead of his participation at the Synod on Synodality in Rome … Continue reading
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The stalwart media guardians of this Pope’s legacy
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “The Rupnik business will stain Pope Francis’s legacy, and possibly define it,” writes Christopher Altieri in Catholic World Report. The evidence is there— no doubt about that— and give Altieri due credit for making the case. … Continue reading
Oldest monastery in the West was built on the spot of St. Maurice’s martyrdom
Catholic News Agency, Anna Kurian: With over 1,500 years of history, the Abbey of Saint-Maurice in the Valais region of Switzerland is the oldest monastery in the West to have remained in continuous operation since its foundation in 515. The … Continue reading
Seton Shrine Museum Exhibit Will Examine the ‘Lost Art’ of Needlework
National Catholic Register, Andrew Fowler: Upon an initial glance, Barbara Motter’s needlework portrait depicts an idyllic scene of rustic, rolling hills and the valley of Emmitsburg, Maryland, providing a snapshot into early-19th-century life. In center frame is the “White House” … Continue reading
Head of Europe’s Largest Archdiocese Criticized for Remarks on ‘Experience of Love’ and Homosexual Attraction
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The archbishop of Europe’s largest archdiocese in terms of number of Catholic faithful has been criticized for releasing pastoral guidelines that appear to define homosexual attraction as love, and equating them to heterosexual relationships with … Continue reading
Synod 2023: Participants to include two bishops from mainland China, Archbishop Paglia
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: Two bishops from mainland China and Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia of the Pontifical Academy for Life are among several additions to who will participate in the Synod on Synodality assembly next month. The leadership of the … Continue reading
The debt limit as a moral test
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Would you be alarmed if I told you that the federal government, by administrative decree, had just added $100,000 to your mortgage? No, let me be more accurate, to illustrate my point. The added debt would … Continue reading
Blood of St. Januarius ‘completely liquefied’ on feast day
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: The blood of the martyr St. Januarius again liquefied in Naples on Tuesday. “We have just taken from the safe the reliquary with the blood of our patron saint, which immediately completely liquefied,” the abbot of … Continue reading
Catholic hospital under fire for naming euthanasia provider as palliative care director
Catholic News Agency, Anna Farrow: The appointment of a medical aid in dying (MAiD) provider as interim clinical director of palliative care at a Catholic hospital in Ontario has provoked renewed concern about the future of Catholic health care in … Continue reading
Seriously ill UK teen dies fighting mental competence ruling
Catholic News Agency, Kevin J. Jones: A 19-year-old U.K. woman with a rare disease has died during a legal fight to circumvent a ruling that she was not competent to make decisions about her care, despite her desire to go … Continue reading
Archbishop Fernández Outlines His Vision as the Vatican’s New Doctrinal Chief
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: In an extensive new interview published Thursday, Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández has outlined his vision as prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, one that places an emphasis on engaging contemporary culture … Continue reading
Is Anyone Listening?
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Ordinarily I love my work. I enjoy learning about the latest developments in the Church and in the world, explaining them to our readers, and engaging in the debates that arise from those developments. But there … Continue reading
Archbishop Fernández Clarifies His Warning Not to Judge the ‘Doctrine of the Holy Father’
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández has responded to criticisms of recent comments he gave to the Register in which he warned bishops not to judge the “doctrine of the Holy Father,” saying he was simply referring … Continue reading
Controversial Iraqi Christian didn’t meet with Pope Francis privately, Vatican confirms
Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: An Iraqi Christian figure involved in a dispute with the leader of the Catholic Church in the country was not, as he has implied online, granted a private audience with Pope Francis, the Vatican clarified … Continue reading
‘The Phenomenon’ is baptized at age 46: Soccer great Ronaldo Nazario embraces Catholic faith
Catholic News Agency, Diego Lopez Marina: Tuesday was a special day for Ronaldo Luís Nazario da Lima, the Brazilian and world soccer legend nicknamed “O Fenômeno” (“The Phenomenon”), who at the age of 46 took a significant step in his … Continue reading