The Dispatch
Full text: Pope Francis’ Letter to the People of God
On August 20, 2018, Pope Francis released a letter to the faithful in light of revelations of sexual abuse of minors and adults by members […]
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Bishops of Kazakhstan issue “Appeal to prayer” with concerns about misuses of AL
Three bishops of Kazakhstan—Tomash Peta, Metropolitan Archbishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana; Jan Pawel Lenga, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Karaganda; and Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana—have issued an […]
Associate VP of Providence College responds to CWR article about Dr. Esolen (UPDATED)
I received the e-mail below yesterday; it was written in response to Dr. Michael J. Rubin’s CWR piece “Providence College and Dr. Anthony Esolen: An Alumnus Speaks Out”. Since CWR doesn’t have a “letters to the […]
Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s open letter on “prophetic voice of four Cardinals”
The following open letter is from Bishop Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C., who is Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan and titular bishop of Celerina. ——– “We cannot do anything against the […]
Evangelization in Modern Ireland
Editor’s note: This paper was delivered at the Maynooth Evangelium Conference on July 10, 2016 and is reprinted here by kind permission of His Excellency, Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan. The purpose of the Evangelium Conference is “To […]
Full text of Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference from Azerbaijan
During his flight from Baku, Azerbaijan to Rome on Sunday, Pope Francis gave a press conference to the journalists aboard the the papal plane. He reflected on his trip to Georgia and Azerbaijan, marriage and […]
UPDATED: Cardinal Robert Sarah’s address “Towards An Authentic Implementation of ‘Sacrosanctum Concilium'”
UPDATE (July 11, 2016): Sacra Liturgia has posted, in PDF format, the official translation of Cardinal Sarah’s Address, stating: “It should be noted that, whilst removing nothing from the text as delivered in London, this text replaces […]
Abp. Gomez on legalization of assisted suicide in California: “This is the beginning of tyranny.”
Here is the full statement from Most Reverend José H. Gomez Archbishop of Los Angeles on Legalization of Assisted Suicide in California, released a short time ago: Tomorrow, California becomes the fifth state in […]
The Salzburg Declaration emphasizes necessity of an ecumenical “ecology of man”
Something quite remarkable—indeed historic—happened in Salzburg, Austria, on September 6th last. The occasion was an ecumenical Congress organized by the [Protestant] International Christian Network (Internationale Konferenz Bekennender Gemeinschaften). What made the event so notable was […]
Silent Action of the Heart
Editor’s note: This article appeared in the Italian edition of L’Osservatore Romano on June 12, 2015. (English translation by Michael J. Miller for CWR.) Fifty years after its promulgation by Pope Paul VI, will the Second Vatican Council’s […]