Nicaraguan bishop back in jail after talks stall: local media (Reuters)
Two days after his reported release, Bishop Rolando Álvarez was again jailed after talks between the government and the bishops stalled, according to a local media report. Earlier this year, the bishop was sentenced to 26 years in prison for his public criticism of human rights abuses committed by the regime of Daniel Ortega, who […]
Pope Francis hosts Bill Clinton, foundation head Alex Soros (CNA)
Pope Francis received former US President Bill Clinton on July 5 in Domus Sanctae Marthae, the Vatican hotel that serves as the Pope’s residence (video). Clinton was accompanied by Alex Soros, who was recently given control of the Soros family’s $25-billion philanthropic enterprise.
Pondering the meaning of life in ‘Asteroid City’
“Everything is connected but nothing’s working.” So says the lone mechanic in lonely “Asteroid City,” one of those dusty desert 1940s pit stops that won’t survive the accroaching interstate system. He is, of course, diagnosing a broken car. But if everything is indeed connected, as it tends to be on the Pinterest board that is […]
Eucharistic miracles exhibit comes to LA Archdiocese
Being three minutes late was all it took to change Patrick Magat’s life. Magat and seven other members of his church group had made it to the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi last September during a tour of Italy, but they were turned away at 7:03 p.m. from viewing the body of Blessed Carlo […]
Staff morale at ‘all time low’ as Mary Immaculate cancels interviews
Staff morale is at an “all time low” as Mary Immaculate College (MIC) announced it has cancelled the third round of interviews for the Head of Theology role. Interviews for the third round of the recruitment process were to take place on Thursday, July 6. Last week, MIC announced that the interviews were cancelled, this… […]
SDLP’s Claire Hanna refuses to endorse Catholic university’s autonomy
Multiple attempts by this paper to get a response from SDLP MP Claire Hanna to the question of whether or not she accepts the right of St Mary’s University College to continue to be an autonomous Catholic university have gone unanswered after she appeared to support the “cancelling” of the institution. Despite multiple attempts to… […]
Warning bishops’ controversial addiction strategy risks minimising abuse of drugs
EXCLUSIVE A former drug addict-turned-counsellor, who was chosen to share with Pope Francis the devastating effects of addiction on his life, has warned that Church leaders are wrong to back the decriminalisation of drugs. The bishops’ support for decriminalising a person found to possess illegal drugs for personal use has been criticised as “minimising drug… […]
The Apostasy In The Church Hits A Staggering New Level
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Putting doctrine firmly at the service of mission
Few theologians have ever gone out of their way to meet with the Vatican’s doctrinal watch body, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, preferring, with good reason, to give it a wide berth. That is precisely what I did, however, in my capacity as president of the 800 member European Society for Catholic… […]
Materialism undone in a confusing spiritual classic
It is a remarkable thing that arguably the most overtly spiritual director of the 1970s and ‘80s was a product of the decidedly atheist USSR. Andrei Tarkovsky imbued each film with a yearning for spiritual truths, even while cultural authorities policed films for such ‘subversive themes’. Two of Tarkovsky’s films make the Vatican’s 1995 list… […]