Kenyan bishop urges calm as tensions rise over suspected al-Shabab attack
NAIROBI, Kenya — Bishop Wilybard Lagho of Malindi has appealed for calm in Lamu, as tensions gripped the coastal region following attacks on villages and kidnappings by suspected al-Shabab militants. On Jan. 3, the number of the dead reached seven after a 62-year-old man was killed in an attack, in which several houses were burned. […]
Which countries will Pope Francis visit in 2022?
Pope Francis departs Rome for Iraq on March 5, 2021. / Vatican Media. Vatican City, Jan 5, 2022 / 13:00 pm (CNA). As the new year begins amid a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in many parts of the world, Pope Francis has no official international trips confirmed for 2022. But he has […]
The Continuation of the Mystery of Christmas
By Dom Prosper Guéranger The Feast of the Epiphany is the continuation of the mystery of Christmas; but it appears on the Calendar of the Church with its own special character. Its very name, which signifies Manifestation, implies that it celebrates the apparition of God to his creatures. For several centuries, the Nativity of our Lord was […]
How faith leaders can prevent the next Jan. 6
Robert Pape, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, talks with Gloria Purvis about how the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 are not as different from ordinary Americans as you might think.
More ‘Radical Change’
Your browser does not support the video tag. CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT An Irish archbishop is predicting that “radical change is coming in the Church,” referring to Pope Francis’ upcoming Synod on Synodality. Joe Gallagher explains what’s behind this comment. Dublin’s archbishop, Dermot Farrell, is looking forward to radical change, saying in an interview […]
Preparing for the Next Conclave (3)
The first article presented the three trends that stand out among the cardinals. The second described the most influential lobby group. This third article reviews the maneuvers that prepared the two previous conclaves. The “St. Gallen Mafia” To get an idea of the ongoing negotiations, it is useful to refer to Julia Meloni’s book which […]
Paying for the Right to Life
Philip Mitchell, a British doctor, has been ordered to pay several million euros to a young equestrian rier, a champion in show jumping, in her 20s. Evie Toombes was born with spina bifida, a congenital condition that is a malformation of the spinal cord that has not properly developed. The illness forces the young girl […]
Press Review: Joe Biden and Francis on Abortion and Communion
The Timidity of the American Bishops On November 17, 2021, the long-awaited document by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) was released, titled: “The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church.” But, as FSSPX.News of 29 November 2021 noted: “the text avoids any explicit reference to the question of whether […]
Pontifical Academy for Life calls objections to abortion-tainted COVID vaccines ‘pure nonsense’
The PAV’s social media outburst is hardly the first the time that the academy, reconstituted by Pope Francis in 2016, has attacked Catholics with conscience objections to the COVID injections.
Pro-life president of El Salvador encourages healthy living, vitamins to fight COVID-19
The video asserts what research has shown—that the elderly and obese are at greatest risk from illness associated with COVID.