National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: One of Pope Francis’ closest aides and a leading figure of the Synod on Synodality has singled out critics of the process, calling them afraid of a “Church on the move” and saying they “know they … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: One of the world’s leading professors of the natural law has given a robust defense of the infallibility of the Church’s teaching on contraception, saying it should always be regarded by all Catholics as “certainly true,” … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, A.C. Wimmer: In an interview published Wednesday, Pope Francis decried the German Synodal Way as elitist, unhelpful, and running the risk of bringing ideological harm to Church processes. Report is here.
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “The Roman Catholic Church is in the midst of the greatest church crisis since the Reformation, which is not triggered by the worldwide abuse scandals, but finds a focal point in them.” That sentence, opening a … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Kevin J. Jones: Amid continuing controversy over strict limits on behavior outside abortion clinics in some English cities, a man faces a fine for praying silently outside one clinic in memory of his dead son. Report is here.
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: From Great Britain, the nation that gave us our much-admired legal tradition, comes the news that a man has been fined for praying in public. Not even praying aloud; praying silently. If Adam Smith-Connor hadn’t acknowledged … Continue reading
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.
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