In one of my last conversations with Cardinal Pell we talked about Margit Balogh’s biography of Cardinal Mindszenty, titled Victim of History. Balogh chose as the opening epigraph Mindszenty’s statement: “I shall keep on fighting…until […]
A table dedicated to Benedict XVI in his favorite Rome restaurant, Cantina Tirolese. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.
Rome, Italy, Jan 3, 2023 / 07:45 am (CNA).
The personnel of Cantina Tirolese in Rome will pay their final respects to Benedict XVI in St. … […]
Christianity haunts our culture. It appears to us as a phantom presence, pale shimmering and gossamer, which we glimpse from time to time – in places familiar, to make them strange; and in places strange, […]
The Catholic Church does something that sounds rather odd on November 18. On that date, the universal Church invites us to celebrate the dedication of the Churches of Saints Peter and Paul in Rome, which […]
Editor’s note: The following homily given on the feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. The Church celebrates liturgical commemorations of […]
I am not opposed to a more “synodal” Church. In fact, I would welcome any move away from the cult of the modern hyper-papacy that views the pontiff as an Oracle of Delphi on the […]
Spread throughout the world, in cathedrals and chapels, are perhaps three dozen rough iron nails claiming to be the nails that pierced the flesh of Christ. With so many claimants, there’s a temptation to dismiss […]
Pope Francis is seen leaving a record store in Rome, Jan. 11, 2022. / Javier Martinez-Brocal/Rome Reports TV News Agency
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 11, 2022 / 14:28 pm (CNA).
A photo showing Pope Francis exiting a record store gained tracti… […]
Pope Francis celebrates Mass on the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God on Jan. 1, 2020 / Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 31, 2021 / 10:50 am (CNA).
On New Year’s Eve, Pope Francis invited everyone to trust in Jesus Christ, the person who can give … […]
The Church of St. Mary of Prayer and Death in Rome, Italy. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.
Rome, Italy, Nov 2, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
On one of Rome’s most important Renaissance-era streets lies a historic church dedicated to prayer for the dead, especiall… […]
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