Myanmar: cardinal pleads for peace after massacre (Crux)
Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon issued a plea for peace after 38 people were killed in Mo So village, in what the cardinal called “a heartbreaking and horrific atrocity which I condemn unreservedly with all my heart.” Government-controlled media outlets said that troops opened fire on “terrorists with weapons” in the incident. But a UN […]
Cardinal Becciu refuses to answer Cardinal Pell’s question (Pillar)
Cardinal Angelo Becciu has refused to answer the question, posed by Cardinal George Pell, about why he sent more than $2 million in Vatican funds to Australia at a time when Cardinal Pell was facing prosecution there. The purpose of the financial transfers has never been explained, and Cardinal Pell has challenged Cardinal Becciu: “Will […]
Cardinal Cupich limits traditional liturgy in Chicago archdiocese (Vatican News)
Cardinal Blase Cupich has issued new restrictions on the use of the traditional Latin liturgy in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The cardinal’s rules ban the use of the traditional liturgy on Christmas, the Easter Triduum, Easter Sunday, Pentecost, and the first Sunday of each month. They also stipulate that in the Latin Mass, the Scripture […]
Did Peruvian archbishop deny Christ’s sacrifice? (CNA)
The Archbishop of Lima appeared to contradict fundamental Catholic doctrine in a December homily, saying that the Crucifixion of Christ should not be understood as a sacrifice. Archbishop Carlos Castillo Mattasoglia said that “Jesus doesn’t die offering the sacrifice of a holocaust; Jesus dies as a murdered layman.” He added that Jesus “dies as a […]
Hungarian churches offering Christmas cheer in shoeboxes
Hungarian churches and charities are distributing support to thousands of impoverished children, including those who lost parents amid the raging coronavirus pandemic. Read all
Archbishop of Lima: Jesus Died as a Layman and Without Offering a Sacrifice
ACI Prensa Archbishop Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio of Lima, Peru Archbishop Castillo said that “lay person comes from laos, which means people. And God wanted to sanctify his people, and if we are here, it is to serve them.”
Venerable Fulton Sheen on the Meaning of Christmas
Venerable Fulton Sheen Venerable Sheen emphasized that religion is “fundamentally a response, rather than an initiative on the part of man.”
Eating, Drinking and Praying — G.K. Chesterton and Christmas
Herbert Lampert G.K. Chesterton in the 1920s Chesterton had the good sense to treat Christmas as if it were the very center of history
A South African Jesuit remembers Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The South African human rights campaigner and Anglican clergyman was known throughout the world for his human rights accomplishments. But above all, he was a committed priest and person of deep prayer.
Cardinal Blase Cupich publishes policy implementing Traditionis custodes
Shortly after the Congregation for Divine Worship responded to questions regarding Pope Francis’ Motu propio, Cardinal Cupich implements a policy that goes into effect 25 January — an opportunity to express the unity of the Church and to offer a ‘concrete manifestation of the acceptance of the Council’s teaching’. Read all