Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: Pope Francis on Friday issued a document reorganizing the Vicariate of Rome in what he called a time of “epochal change.” The apostolic constitution, In Ecclesiarum Communione, replaces a 1998 constitution promulgated by Pope John … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: For the third year in a row, a Catholic podcast has bolted out of the gate after New Year’s Day to become the No. 1 most popular on Apple Podcasts, beating out secular podcasts from … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff: The excavation site of the Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem, the place where Jesus restored sight to a blind man, will be open to the public for the first time. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Shortly before Pope Benedict XVI made his apostolic visit to the United States in 2008, EWTN commissioned German philosopher Raphaela Schmid and myself to film and produce The Papacy of Reason — Inside the Mind … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Joe Burkuras: The altar of an Arkansas Benedictine monastery was destroyed Thursday, and several relics of ancient saints were stolen. Subiaco Abbey in Subiaco, Arkansas, said in a press release that on Jan. 5, a man using … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Andrea Gagliarducci: There is no doubt that the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Jan. 5 was a pope’s funeral. Not only was the funeral rite the one foreseen for the death of a pope, but … Continue reading
CNU, Robert Steuteville: Many thousands of churches are being abandoned in North America as worship communities become geographically dissipated, often spread over large metropolitan areas. Some parishioners of St. Joseph Shrine, a historic Catholic Church just northeast of downtown Detroit, believe … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: One of the late Pope Benedict XVI’s most notable achievements was to create a personal ordinariate for Anglicans whereby members of the Anglican Communion could enter the Catholic Church while retaining their heritage and liturgy. … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Peter Pinedo: A special Christmas “Bethlehem Bells” exhibit at the Museum of the Bible is bringing the Holy Land to Washington, D.C. The bronze bells that once graced the ancient Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem have traveled from … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Kelsey Wicks, Jonah McKeown: As Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein became a well-known presence in the Catholic world, especially since Benedict’s resignation in 2013. The 65-year-old German not only spoke on Benedict’s behalf … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Shortly before sunrise, as crowds of faithful began to gather outside St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to the late pope emeritus, Benedict XVI’s mortal remains were transported from his Mater Ecclesia Monastery … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: As 2022 comes to a close, here are four charts that help to explain, in visual terms, the Catholic presence in the United States. Catholicism is the largest religious body in 36 U.S. states, and … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Zelda Caldwell, Courtney Mares: The last words of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he lay on his deathbed were “Lord, I love you!” according to the late pope’s longtime personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Vatican News reported. … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: He didn’t want to be the Pope. He didn’t even want to be the head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office. Father Joseph Ratzinger was happy to be a theologian: reading and thinking and praying and writing … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin, Joan Frawley Desmond: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95. The Vatican made the announcement of his death at 10.30 am Rome time on Dec. 31 in a short statement translated into … Continue reading
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