The quiet revolution of German Catholics
The Synodal Path is an effort to bring about serious ecclesial reform in light of the clergy sex abuse crisis, but some Catholics in Bavaria wonder if the Church in Germany can survive
The cardinal’s supermarket paradigm
The Vatican Secretary of State warns Europe’s right-wing political leaders against exploiting Catholicism
The Eucharist, the Christ, and the Call to Discipleship
Jesus’ mission will require rejection and suffering on the cross, because ours is not a powerful Messiah in the world’s sense but a crucified servant who emptied himself for others
Faith, not numbers is future of Christians in the Middle East
Retired patriarch of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem acknowledges document that calls on Middle Eastern Christian communities to not see themselves as persecuted minorities
“Always Together”
Pope Francis and the unfinished work of Vatican II
Tutu a ‘beacon of hope’ during the ‘dark days of apartheid,’ South African bishop says
YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – Archbishop Desmond Tutu was “a beacon of hope during the bleak days of apartheid,” according to Bishop Victor Phalana of Klerksdorp and the liaison bishop for justice and peace at the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference. The Anglican prelate died on Sunday at the age of 90. A representative of the Archbishop […]
To understand Catholicism, you need to get Italy
ROME – If you were an American Catholic who carved out space midday Friday to watch Pope Francis lead the traditional Christmas Eve Mass, you may have tripped over a section of his homily in which, seemingly out of a clear blue sky, he brought up workplace safety and issued the cry, “On the day […]
Human Family Sunday shows us the human side of God
In the usual cycle of the Church’s liturgical year, believers receive a double opportunity to celebrate the Nativity of the Lord on Christmas and his earthly family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph on the Sunday afterwards. Celebrated in close proximity this year, the two feasts give us different perspectives on the singular event of the […]
English cardinal: Don’t close churches again over COVID
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – As British Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues to be briefed on Omicron variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has pleaded with the government not to close churches if restrictions are reimposed in England. The archbishop of Westminster was speaking to the BBC before the Christmas Eve Mass, where he […]
The Top 5 Vatican news stories of 2021
ROME – To be honest, 2021 wasn’t really a banner year in terms of Vatican news. This wasn’t 2013, with the surprise resignation of Benedict XVI and the election of history’s first Latin American pope, nor was it even 2016, with the avalanche within Catholicism triggered by Pope Francis’ “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”) […]