The Living Branch of the Traditional Latin Mass
A mother’s love does not always say yes, but a mother’s love is always healing, is always strengthening. May the Church love her children in the very same way. Not always saying yes to everything that we ask, but always making us feel important and noble and listened to.” Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Archbishop of Washington, […]
Indian Archbishop Asked to Resign Over Escalating Liturgical Dispute
Mazur A St. Thomas Christian cross at the installation of Mar Joseph Srampickal at Preston North End stadium, England, on Oct. 9, 2016. The Eucharistic liturgy of the Syro-Malabar Church, known as the Holy Qurbana, has been the subject of a decades-long dispute.
Married Saints Model Hope for Today’s Families
The painting of the Holy Family is in Chiesa di San Benetetto by unknown artist of 19th century; the statue of the patron saints of grandparents is seen at Sts. Anne and Joachim Church in Fargo, North Dakota. Clockwise from top left: The Blessed Mother and St. Joseph, Sts. Anne and Joachim, St. Gianna and […]
The Plenary Council begins now
Why Australia’s recent experience with the global “synodal process” is important for the Catholic Church throughout the world
Pope to bless “sacred waters” of Indigenous Canadians
Francis is to make a highly symbolic visit to Lac Ste. Anne in Alberta where tens of thousands of native Canadians come every July 26 to mark the feast of the Virgin Mary’s mother
Church is still “too clerical, patriarchal and hierarchical”, says African theologian
Interview with Sister Anne Béatrice Faye CIC, a member of the theological commission for the international Synod assembly of 2023 in Rome
Indigenous and Catholic: One can proudly be both, pope says
While presented as missionary work, the operation of residential schools by Catholics in Canada was actually an attempt to impose European culture on Canada’s Indigenous people, Pope Francis said. “One cannot proclaim God in a way contrary to God himself,” the pope said July 25 at Edmonton’s Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples. Several […]
Australians promote Billings fertility pioneers as potential saints
SYDNEY (CNS) — An Australian couple who pioneered one of the world’s most successful natural fertility methods are being celebrated as potential saints by those in the medical profession who worked with them as well as families who benefited from their innovative ovulation method, now taught in more than 40 countries around the world. Drs. […]
Bishops must be good listeners, says nun at Vatican who helps select them
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While the perfect bishop does not exist, he does have to be a person who knows how to get others involved in the life of the church and to listen to everyone, including those with whom he may disagree, said a new member of the Dicastery for Bishops. French Salesian Sister […]
US media ditches support for Ukraine, Zelenskyy as domestic inflation and energy prices soar
As ordinary Americans grapple with skyrocketing living costs, the U.S. media has begun criticizing huge foreign aid packages to Ukraine.