National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The Vatican’s former deputy auditor general who had been suing the Vatican for unlawful dismissal died of cancer Wednesday at his home in Turin, Italy. He was 63 years old. Ferruccio Panicco had a pending … Continue reading
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Relic of St. Thomas More Faces Destruction Unless Anglican Church Opens Vault
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The need to properly preserve the remains of St. Thomas More’s head and to be able to properly venerate the first-class relic has taken on an added urgency as it continues to deteriorate in an … Continue reading
Getting in over our heads in the life of prayer
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “Put out into the deep…” (Lk 5:4) That was the admonition that Jesus gave to his disciples: an admonition that Pope John Paul II repeated in the conclusion of his for the Great Jubilee, Novo Millennio … Continue reading
400-year-old church emerges from the waters in Mexico
Catholic News Agency, David Ramos: Due to an intense heat wave and drought that has spread in various parts of Mexico, a more than 400-year-old Catholic church has completely emerged from the waters in the state of Chiapas. The church … Continue reading
The Synod working document: a recipe for confusion
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “A synodal Church is a listening Church,” proclaims the instrumentum laboris, the preparatory document for the Synod on Synodality. The theme of listening—to the Holy Spirit, to the people, to the needy, to the disaffected—is the … Continue reading
Pectoral cross of Benedict XVI stolen from Bavarian church
Catholic News Agency, AC Wimmer: A pectoral cross bequeathed by the late Pope Benedict XVI to a parish in his native Bavaria has been stolen from the church where it was on display. According to CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language partner … Continue reading
First reported synthetic human embryo sparks ethical concerns, creates questions
Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold: Cambridge University researchers developed the world’s first synthetic human embryo models using stem cells but without using an egg or sperm, which has sparked ethical concerns and questions about whether scientists are on the verge … Continue reading
Pope Francis publishes apostolic letter on Blaise Pascal
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: Pope Francis published an apostolic letter on Monday praising the 17th-century mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal as “a tireless seeker of truth.” Pascal (1623-1662) was a French scientist who helped to lay the foundation for … Continue reading
Pilgrims Saddened by Bishop’s Traditional Latin Mass Restrictions at Walsingham Shrine
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Despite shrines being exempt from Pope Francis’ restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass, England’s national shrine is effectively banning pilgrims’ ability to celebrate and attend the ancient rite both in private and in public. Participants … Continue reading
Don’t look now, but the pews are getting crowded
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: It’s happening again this year. It happens every year. At the little chapel where Leila and I go every weekday morning, it’s more and more difficult to find an empty pew at the early Mass. If you’re … Continue reading
The Declaration on Human Fraternity is a Dud
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: This past weekend the Vatican hosted the signing of the Declaration on Human Fraternity, in a made-for-media extravaganza. Thirty Nobel Prize winners signed the statement. International recording artists performed. The ceremony was simulcast around the world. … Continue reading
Anglican bishop from Wales will convert to Catholicism to serve as priest
Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold: A former Anglican bishop from Wales will be received into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church next month and serve as a priest with the Anglican Ordinariate, which was set up by former Pope … Continue reading
Vatican convicts climate activists, orders them to pay $30,000 in damages
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: Vatican judges on Monday found two climate activists guilty of criminally damaging the base of an important statue in the Vatican Museums during a protest last year. As part of the conviction, Guido Viero, 61, … Continue reading
Satellite with Pope Francis’ words launches into space
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: A satellite with Pope Francis’ words was successfully launched into space on Monday. The “Spei Satelles” mission, Latin for “Satellites of Hope,” launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in … Continue reading
Bishops invite Catholics to pray Litany of Sacred Heart in response to Dodgers’ ‘blasphemy’
Catholic News Agency, Francesca Pollio Fenton: The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) is inviting Catholics to join together in making an act of reparation for the act of “blasphemy” scheduled to take place at Dodgers Stadium on June … Continue reading