Catholic News Agency, Patrick J. Passmore: Last weekend, the cause for the canonization of Jesuit Father Willie Doyle was opened. An inspiring — yet unassuming — Irish World War I chaplain, he was killed in 1917 at Passchendaele, Belgium, during the … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: In light of the controversy stirred up by the working document for the next stage of the multiyear Synod on Synodality, questions have arisen over who prepared it and how it came into being. The … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: Pope Francis on Monday appointed a papal ambassador and expert in Eastern languages and literature to lead the Vatican Dicastery for the Eastern Churches. Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, 67, has been apostolic nuncio to Great Britain … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Some conservative commentators fear that the “Respect for Marriage Act,” which won approval in the US Senate this week, would allow for infringements of religious freedom. They are wrong. The bill does not allow for infringements; … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff: The Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico has shared the first photograph ever taken of the original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which miraculously appeared on St. Juan Diego’s tilma (poncho) in 1531. In a Facebook … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: Cameron Bertuzzi, a popular Protestant YouTube host, announced Thursday online that he is in the process of converting to Catholicism. “So, the big announcement is that on Sept. 20, 2022, I decided to become Catholic. … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Zelda Caldwell: The U.S. Catholic bishops will postpone writing a full revision of the teaching document on the political responsibility of Catholic voters until after the 2024 election. Report is here.
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Today the US Conference of Catholic Bishops chose their new leaders. Here’s the headline for the New York Times report: U.S. Catholic Bishops Elect Leaders for Anti-Abortion Fight Technically, Catholic bishops do other things: They administer the … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff; Loretta Brown: Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, was elected Tuesday to head the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for the next three years in a vote of 138-99. Broglio … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Joseph Pearce: Laughter has its place but it can be awkward when it’s out of place. There is, for instance, something decidedly awkward when an audience fails to laugh at the punchline of a joke. Almost as awkward … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Vatican II called for active participation by the laity in the Eucharistic liturgy. No one, to my knowledge, disputes that active participation is desirable. The question is: what does “active participation” mean? Let me offer an answer, … Continue reading
CNA: The famous Jewish actor and humorist Gad Elmaleh, beloved in France, announced his conversion to the Catholic faith, a process in which he says the Virgin Mary played a crucial role. Elmaleh, 51, was the partner of Charlotte Casiraghi, the … Continue reading
CNA: Every Nov. 9, the Church in Spain celebrates the Virgin of Almudena, the patroness of Madrid, whose image “hides” a peculiar story that might not be familiar to many. During the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in the eighth … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The Vatican’s first-ever auditor general and his former deputy are suing the Vatican after lengthy efforts to have the Vatican clear their name fell on deaf ears, following what they claim were unlawful dismissals. Libero Milone, … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: In a historic papal first, Pope Francis completed a four-day apostolic journey to the Persian Gulf state of Bahrain, during which he sought to deepen dialogue with Islam and Christians, especially the Orthodox. Francis, already the first … Continue reading
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