Vatican newspaper welcomes joint statement by 5 leading nuclear powers (CWN)
In an unsigned front-page op-ed, the Vatican newspaper welcomed a joint statement by China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US on preventing nuclear war.
Theme of Pope’s general audience: ‘St. Joseph, Jesus’ foster father’ (CWN)
At his January 5 general audience—the sixth in a series of Wednesday audiences on St. Joseph—Pope Francis reflected on St. Joseph as the foster father of Jesus.
A Crisis of Truth
“It is easy to find truth, though it is hard to face it, and harder still to follow it.” —Fulton Sheen Despite the noisemakers telling us otherwise, it is not the need for justice that is the burning issue of the day. Apart from the ideologues of inclusivity, who continue to garner a great deal […]
047: The Hell There Is
“The Hell There Is” by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
No optimism, much hope
While history is always full of surprises, including happy ones, I must confess that I’m not full of Pentecostal joy as I consider the next 12 months. World politics are likely to be grim. The […]
Pope at Audience: Joseph shows fullness of adoptive fatherhood
At the weekly General Audience, Pope Francis reflects on the fatherhood of St. Joseph, and prays that all children might enjoy the bond of paternal love, even if through the praiseworthy practice of adoption. Read all
Proposals protecting religious freedom presented to Chile’s constitutional assembly
ROSARIO, Argentina – Over 18,000 people supported a proposal to include a debate on religious freedom and conscience rights in the process of writing Chile’s new constitution, a task given to 155 people elected for the task. The proposal was presented in October by an interreligious group coordinated by Catholic Bishop Juan Ignacio Gonzalez, a […]
Top Vatican diplomat to visit Lebanon in February
ROME – After making a quick trip to South Sudan just before Christmas, British Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, will be on the road again shortly, this time to Lebanon, which has long been a place of interest for Pope Francis. Plans for Gallagher’s visit are still in the “embryonic […]
Boston College official supports vaccine mandates to battle Omicron
NEW YORK – Philip J. Landrigan is a strong supporter of COVID-19 vaccine mandates. As the director of the Boston College Global Public Health Program, it’s his medical perspective on how to keep hospitalizations and death rates down even if cases climb. It’s his theological perspective, too, as a teacher at a Jesuit university. “I […]
An embarrassing attempt to book Scott Hahn on false charges
Scott Hahn is probably the most influential American Catholic author and speaker over the past three decades. An adult convert to the Catholic Church from Reformed Protestantism, Hahn serves as professor of theology and Scripture at Franciscan University in Steubenville, where he holds the Father Michael Scanlon Chair in Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization. […]