Pope Francis: Adoption is among the highest forms of love. St. Joseph knew this.
“It is a risk, yes: having a child is always a risk, either naturally or by adoption,” Pope Francis said. ”But it is riskier not to have them.”
Polish Church in devastating decline, says Catholic Primate
The hierarchy’s inability to deal with cases of abuse against minors has played a major part in this decline, says Archbishop Wojciech Polak
St. Joseph teaches fatherly love in ‘orphaned’ world, pope says
As the foster father of Jesus, St. Joseph is an example of the need for loving fathers and mothers in “an age of notorious orphanhood,” Pope Francis said. The “demographic winter” in many Western countries, due in part to couples unwilling to have children, “diminishes us, it takes away our humanity,” the pope said Jan. […]
Trust in America: Do Americans trust their elections?
The declining public trust in the news media and polarization of news audiences have profound effects on civic life. The post Trust in America: Do Americans trust their elections? appeared first on Pew Research Center.
Trust in America: In the age of COVID-19, do Americans trust science?
Public confidence in scientists has increased during the pandemic, though not among all Americans. We discuss the impact of trust on views of COVID-19 vaccines. The post Trust in America: In the age of COVID-19, do Americans trust science? appeared first on Pew Research Center.
‘Not sustainable’: AstraZeneca jab creator opposes continual booster shots for COVID
‘[If] your goal is to stop all infections … that is wrong,’ said Professor Sir Andrew Pollard.Read More
Vatican novelty to start New Year as pope urges adoption
ROME — Pope Francis called Wednesday for simplified adoption procedures and urged couples to have more children as he presided over his first general audience of the New Year with a novel supporting cast that emphasized his call for a less-clericalized Catholic Church. For the first time, a layman and a nun provided the English […]
Pope Francis: Society Loses When ‘Dogs and Cats Take the Place of Children’
Vatican Media. Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2021. “I ask St. Joseph for the grace to awaken consciences and think about this: about having children. Fatherhood and motherhood are the fullness of a person’s life. Think about this.”
“O, What a Tangled Web…”: Thirty-Three Falsehoods in the CDW’s Responsa ad Dubia
On December 18, 2021, the Vatican released the text of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments’ “Responsa Ad Dubia on certain provisions of the Apostolic Letter Traditionis Custodes [TC] issued ‘motu proprio’ by the Supreme Pontiff Francis, to the Presidents of the Conferences of Bishops.” The Responses were prefaced by […]
St. Joseph, Head of the Holy Family
Saint Matthew’s Gospel sheds only a modicum of direct light on the type of man St. Joseph was — but much can be gleaned about Joseph’s character from the precious few verses of Scripture dedicated to him by the Evangelist. St. Joseph Matthew describes Joseph as a “righteous man” (Matthew 1:19). In Scripture, this means a man who […]