The Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem Post Staff: The Mesha Stele, also called the Moabite Stone, is a basalt stone slab that has provided historians and linguists with the largest source of the Moabite language to date. Researchers have only now been … Continue reading
Catholic Herald, Simon Caldwell: Priests should grant absolution in the confessional even when the penitent has no intention to repent, the Pope has said in a speech which has shocked seminarians. Report is here.
Catholic News Agency, Peter Pinedo: The Supreme Court announced today that it has failed to find the person responsible for the leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. A joint statement released by the Supreme Court and marshal of the … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: Pope Francis declared six Catholics as venerable servants of God on Thursday, moving them each one step closer to canonization. In a decree signed on Jan. 19, the pope recognized the heroic virtue of an … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun has said Pope Francis’ 2021 decree Traditions Custodes that severely restricted the traditional liturgy contains “tendentious generalizations” that have “hurt the hearts of many people.” In an interview with the Milan … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: The persecution of Christians is at its highest point in three decades, according to the latest report from advocacy group Open Doors. The World Watch List, released by Open Doors on Jan. 18, reported that, … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Sometime in my impressionable adolescent years, I saw a film clip from the Vatican, showing the procession of bishops entering a session (the opening session, maybe?) of Vatican II. My memory is of a solemn, stately … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Lauretta Brown: Imagine learning that you were conceived a year or two after the woman who gave birth to you and that you had been trapped in a clinic freezer for three decades before coming into the … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff: A drunken thief was injured after falling on the sword of a statue of St. Michael the Archangel that he was trying to steal from a church in Monterrey, Mexico. Report is here.
Catholic News Agency, Francesca Pollio Fenton: Sister Andre Randon, a French nun and the oldest person in the world, has passed away at the age of 118. Randon became the world’s oldest person on April 19, 2022, when Kane Tanaka … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: A text is being attributed to the late Cardinal George Pell that summarizes deep concerns he and many others in Rome have had about the current crisis in the Church and the direction of this … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Francesca Pollio Fenton: The highly anticipated sequel to “The Passion of the Christ” is set to begin filming this spring. The film, “The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection,” will focus on the days immediately following Christ’s crucifixion. Actor, … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: A Catholic priest burned to death on Sunday after bandits set fire to his parish rectory in northern Nigeria. The body of Father Isaac Achi was found among the charred parish building of Saints Peter … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff: The executive committee of the Argentine Bishops’ Conference invited the country’s faithful to celebrate “with joy and fervor” the 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis as the successor of St. Peter. Cardinal Jorge … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: About twenty years ago, in a series of email messages, the late Father Paul Mankowski and I exchanged arguments against the legal recognition of same-sex marriage. This was a private conversation, at first, and since we … Continue reading
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