Pope Benedict XVI’s cousins stand to inherit his money. None of them want it.
Any heir takes over any legal claims against the deceased, according to estate laws. “I could get the shakes just thinking about how much I would have to pay out,” one cousin told Bavarian Radio.
From coast to coast, eucharistic processions take to the streets across America for Corpus Christi
The Eucharistic procession ended in the Vatican’s Lourdes Grotto. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Boston, Mass., Jun 13, 2023 / 09:10 am (CNA). Celebrating the solemnity of Corpus Christi, a more than 700-year-old feast day that commemorates the real prese… […]
Eight books about sisters and nuns for inspiring summer reading
The astonishing discovery of Sister Wilhelmina’s incorrupt body at the Monastery of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, in Missouri ought to raise interest in—or at least questions regarding—religious life, particularly in the life […]
Pope Francis is working, resting and praying as he continues to recover from surgery
The pope has been sleeping well at night and his recovery was going smoothly, according to daily updates from Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office.
Jesuit Roger Haight’s lifetime of theological achievement
Roger Haight, S.J., was honored by the Catholic Theological Society of America this past weekend in Milwaukee for his contributions to academic theology and the church, a well-deserved tribute to a scholar who has endured much for his vocation as a theologian.
Bishop Panned for Controversy Over Newman Center
In this episode of The Download, hosts Bradley Eli, Simon Rafe, Christine Niles and Kyle Kopy are joined by reporter Dr. William Mahoney to discuss the media’s treatment of Bp. Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio. Local media reports, as well as a handful of op-eds, have cast him as a conservative and questioned his handling […]
Children of God?
Children of God? By Matthew Boudway June 13, 2023 This essay was originally published November, 2016. Critics have often described Cormac McCarthy as a writer beyond good and evil: his characters may appeal to moral ideas, they concede, but McCarthy himself gives it to us straight, describing a massacre or a rape the same way […]
Red Rose Rescuer shares how imprisonment doesn’t deter her commitment to sidewalk counseling
Laura Gies says she won’t stop reaching out to women and men at abortion centers ‘because they’re still dismembering children every day in the United States of America.’Read More
France: A Pilgrim Steps in to Oppose an Armed and Dangerous Man
The assailant was arrested by the police shortly after his crime. The man is described as a Syrian “refugee,” having declared himself a “Christian,” and having lived for 10 years in Sweden. However, he was speaking incoherently and could not be understood in the context of the investigation. A Brave Man In the midst of […]
The Synod of Bishops Is No Longer Exclusively a Synod of Bishops
The Italian site Messa in latino of April 26 reports this decision in these terms: “In an unexpected coup de force, the Holy Father modified the Apostolic Constitution Episcopalis communio of September 15, 2018 and inserted seventy ‘non-bishops’ chosen, in fact, by him from a list of proposed names,” adding: “It is expected that 50% […]