It was announced today that Pope Francis has overhauled the management of Vatican economic affairs, establishing two new governing bodies charged with overseeing the Holy See’s finances. In an apostolic letter motu proprio (“on his […]
The Oblates of the Virgin Mary (www.omvusa.org) are a small, but growing community. The order was founded by Venerable Bruno Lanteri (1759-1830) in Northern Italy in 1826, and today has 200 members in nine countries, […]
Today, on the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, Pope Francis elevated 19 prelates from all over the world to the position of cardinal at a consistory held in St. Peter’s Basilica. Eighteen of […]
Readings: • Lev 19:1-2, 17-18 • Psa 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13 • 1 Cor 3:16-33 • Matt 5:38-48 “To be perfect,” the priest said in concluding his homily, “means that you should be […]
From Catholic News Service’s Cindy Wooden: In an unusual video message, recorded on an iPhone by a Pentecostal pastor Pope Francis knew in Argentina, the pope says all Christians share blame for their divisions, speaks […]
In his new book, The Romance of Religion: Fighting for Goodness, Truth, and Beauty (Thomas Nelson, 2014), Father Dwight Longenecker brings together the likes of Don Quixote, Yoda, Dante, and Frodo to introduce readers to […]
When the Supreme Court last June overturned a section of the Defense of Marriage Act saying that in the eyes of the federal government only man-woman unions count as marriages, the court said it wasn’t […]
The day before the College of Cardinals will gather in Rome to prepare for October’s General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the family, the bishops of Japan released the results of a survey […]
Apparently it is unusual for one Ignatius novelist to review another, but I cannot resist chatting about Fiorella de Maria’s excellent legal thriller Do No Harm. This is partly because, like De Maria, I am […]
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