Francis, Pope of Sad Destinies

“Heavy is the head that wears the crown!” – W. Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part Two, Act 3, Scene 1 Francis’s papacy is now in its last scenes, and sooner or later the curtain is expected to… See more at http://remnantnewspaper.com

Chinese bishops reportedly met with Hong Kong clerics on sinicization

The episcopal consecration of Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-yan’s in Hong Kong’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 4, 2021 / Screenshot from livestream Denver Newsroom, Dec 31, 2021 / 11:00 am (CNA). Four clerics have told Reuters that several bishops and other officials from the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association met in October with senior clerics […]

The Jesuit Reform That Never Happened

Bruno Mosconi Pope John Paul II prays during his traditional New Year’s Eve ‘Te Deum’ Mass at the Society of Jesus’ main church in Rome, Dec. 31, 1986. COMMENTARY: Forty years later, the papal correction Pope St. John Paul II directed at the Society of Jesus still hasn’t taken hold.

Reflections on 2021

2021 has been a doozy of a year in Church news, and especially in Vatican communications. In one sense, the year that was gave us more of the same – more of what has come […]

Though problems abound, God-given hope never fails, pope says

Christian hope grants those who suffer the assurance that God does not abandon his people in their time of need, Pope Francis said. “Problems do not vanish, difficulties and worries are not lacking, but we are not alone; the Father ‘sent forth his son’ to redeem us from the slavery of sin and to restore […]