Baltimore commission probes archdiocese’s history on slavery

NEW YORK – In recent months a 17-member commission in the Archdiocese of Baltimore has been researching the archdiocese’s connection to slavery, with the goal that the work will lead to concrete action towards racial justice. The new Commission on Slavery is the latest step in what’s been a years-long commitment to address the archdiocese’s […]

Brazil’s liberation theologians back Lula, and the Pope, on Ukraine

SÃO PAULO — After a meeting Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the G7 summit in Japan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that, contrary to popular impressions, their two countries are not neutral regarding the war in Ukraine, but instead are deeply in favor of peace. Yet the fact remains that both […]

Faith comforts family of Indian Catholic killed by stray bullet in Sudan

MUMBAI – An Indian Catholic killed by a stray bullet in Sudan in front of his wife and daughter on April 15 is finally home, with his remains returned to the southern Indian state of Kerala May 19 and laid to rest the next day. Albert Augustine, a former Indian soldier who had been working […]

The Art of Easter: The Ascension

Viewing and pondering sacred art, engaging in vizio divina, offers the faithful a great way to meditate more deeply on the life of Jesus Christ and the mystery of salvation. This series of articles will highlight several pieces of art related to the glorious Easter season, with specific attention to Scripture readings. Each of these […]

A New Perspective on Pius XII: The Pope’s Cabinet, a Review

Good books are like a vein of precious metal or perhaps a deposit of a useful mineral. The miner may find extraction either easy or labor-intensive. The Pope’s Cabinet by Johan Ickx definitely falls into the latter category. This valuable book (subtitled Pius XII’s Secret War for Saving Jews) adds to our knowledge about the […]

Enormous Evil Found in the SSPX, Again

TRANSCRIPT   Well, they’re at it again. The schismatic sex abusers over at the SSPX are once again victimizing children and then re-victimizing them as adults by lying and covering up their crimes. It’s an odd position to take for the society of clergy that thinks themselves, and often declares themselves, to be holier than the […]