CNA, Kevin Jones: Artwork based on a listening session for Philadelphia-area Catholic university students drew global comment and criticism after it was shared on Vatican social media. Organizers are now taking seriously some students’ objections that the art mislabels their images and … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Matthew Bunson: WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden continues to face challenges in galvanizing support among Catholic voters as the country prepares for the 2022 midterm elections, according to the findings of a new EWTN News/RealClear Opinion Research poll, … Continue reading
CNA, AC Wimmer: The European Court of Human Rights is set to rule in a landmark euthanasia case on Tuesday on whether Belgium wrongly allowed a woman to be euthanized by lethal injection on the grounds of “untreatable depression.” Tom Mortier is … Continue reading
CNA, Jonah McKeown: Most people know that St. Jerome — whose feast day the Catholic Church celebrates on Sept. 30 — is famous for translating the entire Bible into Latin in the fourth century A.D., creating a widely read edition later known as the … Continue reading
CNA, Hannah Brockhaus: The Vatican confirmed Wednesday that Pope Francis will travel to the Kingdom of Bahrain, a Muslim island nation in the Persian Gulf, from Nov. 3–6. The possibility of a papal trip to the Islamic monarchy was mentioned on … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: GEHANDU, Tanzania — In 1987, a doughty religious sister from Bavaria called Mother Maria Stieren was driving with a group of religious sisters from her newly founded order through a small but notoriously dangerous part of … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Late last week Gianni Valente, the director of the Fides news agency, posted a strong defense of the Vatican’s secret agreement with Beijing. His statement was extraordinary in three respects. First, although the editorial ran over 1,000 … Continue reading
CNA, Courtney Mares: Pope Francis has appointed a Portuguese cardinal as the head of the newly formed Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education. The Vatican announced on Sept. 26 that the pope appointed Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça as the prefect of … Continue reading
National Cathoiic Register, K.V. Turley: I am about to start what will be my third of four years at the Beda, a late-vocation seminary in Rome.” Tom Hiney was speaking to the Register Sept. 8 from his English home in Devon, … Continue reading
LifeNews, Steven Ertelt: Joe Biden’s FBI has raided the home of a well-known pro-life advocate and arrested him in front of his crying children on a bogus charge that had already been thrown out of court. Biden’s administration is coming … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: VATICAN CITY — A new website dedicated to the life and work of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI aims to help renew the Church, deepen people’s personal relationship with Christ, and make the beauty of faith and … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: The trial of Cardinal Joseph Zen has been postponed, but the indomitable 90-year-old prelate will face judgment soon enough, under the draconian new “security laws” imposed on Hong Kong by the Chinese government. Meanwhile Pope Francis faces … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: LONDON — The world gave a final fond farewell to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday as she was laid to rest at Windsor Castle following an historic Anglican state funeral at Westminster Abbey attended by hundreds … Continue reading
CNA, Jonah McKeown: California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed a bill into law that will allow the composting of human remains — a bill that the state’s Catholic Conference had opposed. The process of human composting — also known … Continue reading
CNA, Courtney Mares: The blood of Saint Januarius liquefied on Monday at a Mass in Naples, where the archbishop sharply condemned the city’s “cancerous mafia culture.” Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples held up an ampoule containing the relic of the third-century … Continue reading
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