July 5, 2023
Prelate Defends Book on Kissing Says it was a project to reach out to young people. FULL STORY Untrained to Tackle Abuse? Argentine prelate says he’s unqualified to handle clerical sex abuse cases. FULL STORY Synodal Way Moves Forward German leaders plan working groups to implement dissident resolutions. FULL STORY Cupich’s High Hopes for Synodality Chicago cardinal believes synodality […]
Pope Francis meets with former US President Bill Clinton
Pope Francis meets with former US President Bill Clinton, along with a delegation, at the Pope’s residence at the Casa Santa Marta. Read all
Friend, Colleague, Teacher
Friend, Colleague, Teacher By Paul Baumann July 5, 2023 Our dear friend Edward T. Wheeler, a contributor to Commonweal for twenty-five years, died in March after a brief and courageous battle with cancer. He was seventy-six, and my wife and I had helped to celebrate his birthday just a week or so before he became […]
7 Things to Know About the Beautiful Saint Maria Goretti, Model of Forgiveness
Saint Maria Goretti is a miraculous intercessor with a compelling story. She provides a timeless example of faith and forgiveness. Here are 7 things to know and share about Saint Maria Goretti: 1. Saint Maria Goretti was born in 1890 in Corinaldo, Italy. She was raised in a poor agricultural family. She was known for […]
From COVID to Ukraine: The experiment of godless Western liberalism has failed
Between COVID, public sexual perversion, failing economies and the war in Ukraine, so many of the idols of the Age of Reason are falling at once as reality begins its comeback.Read More
Cardinal Müller’s continued support for the Latin Mass is almost counter-revolutionary
Last month Cardinal Gerhard Müller ordained six men to the priesthood and one man to the diaconate using the traditional Latin rite.Read More
COVID jab-injured mom sues Canadian gov’t, CBC for misinformation and negligence
‘I think Canadians will be shocked to learn about the rushed changes government made to the safety standard for vaccines at the start of COVID,’ lawyer Eva Chipiuk stated.Read More
Anglican church in Northern Alberta suffers ‘significant’ fire damage on Canada Day, RCMP investigating
Since the spring of 2021, well over 100 churches, most of them Catholic, have either been burned or vandalized across Canada.Read More
Archbishop slams Synod on Synodality for contradicting Church Tradition, pushing ‘globalist Agenda 2030’
Argentinian Archbishop Hector Aguer warned that Pope Francis’ Synod is trying to create a ‘new progressive Church’ that resembles Protestantism.Read More
Francis’s Strange Directives to the New Prefect of the DDF
The current prefect, Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, is completing his mandate after 6 years at the head of the dicastery. He was appointed secretary by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008. He succeeded Cardinal Gerhard Müller in 2017. He will leave his post in September. The New Prefect Bishop Victor Manuel Fernández is close to Pope […]