October 15, Rome — The Pan-Amazon Synod approaches the midpoint of its work. Numerous opinions and proposals have been submitted to the full assembly. Synod Fathers now break into groups known as circoli minori (small […]
October 14, Rome—The second week of the Pan-Amazonian Synod opened with continued stress on now familiar themes: ordination of married men (viri probati, men of proven virtue), defense of the regional ecology, and inculturation of […]
Activists are encouraging parents to keep their kids home from public schools on Monday, April 23 to protest objectionable sex ed and “diversity” curricula. […]
A Catholic teacher in Florida remains under fire in his diocese, three weeks after the Huffington Post reported that he assigned “anti-Muslim” material to sixth- grade students. Mark Smythe, who teaches social studies and religion […]
Conclave is a recent, best-selling novel about papal intrigue and Vatican politics that is stylistically several notches above Dan Brown’s malignant conspiracy-at-the-heart-of-the-Vatican mega-seller The Da Vinci Code. The book, written by British author Robert Harris, has enjoyed largely […]
“No other interpretation is possible.” — Pope Francis, Letter to Mons. Sergío Alfredo Fenoy, Delegate of the Buenos Aires Pastoral Region (Sept. 5, 2016) “This view is erroneous.” — Bishops of Alberta, “Guidelines for the Pastoral Accompaniment of […]
“Europe will return to the faith or she will perish.” — Hilaire Belloc, Europe and the Faith. Soon after the March, 2004 bombing of Madrid’s Atocha train station by Al Qaeda partisans, there were calls to […]
There has been great frenzy the last several days following the presentation of Amoris Laetitia (“The Joy of Love”), Pope Francis’ post-synodal exhortation on the family. The quick take is this: it’s a draw. That […]
To better understand the the difficulties endured, Catholic World Report recently interviewed the Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites, Antoine Nabil Andari, Vicaire Patriarcal Maronite de Jounieh, Lebanon. CWR: Can you please describe the […]
The news this morning that the Vatican press office was walking back Pope Francis’ encounter with Kim Davis set off the Twitterverse and Blogosphere. Davis is the Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who caused headlines when […]
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