France: Conservative Conciliar Seminaries

At present the French Seminary has 34 students comprised of 17 seminarians, 4 deacons, soon to be ordained priests, and 13 student priests. The Diocese of Versailles currently has two seminarians and three student priests at the French Seminary in Rome.” The modesty of these figures is obvious when one remembers that the French Seminary […]

Cardinal Müller Berates His Successor

“The task of the dicastery, in the service of the papal magisterium, is to show how the doctrine of the faith is biblically founded, how it has developed in the history of dogma. . . . The Pope and bishops cannot demand obedience for their private opinions, and certainly not for teachings and actions that […]

Iraq: Christian Property Threatened by Presidential Decision

The President of the Iraqi Republic recently withdrew what can be described as the “institutional recognition” of the office held by the Chaldean patriarch by repealing Decree 147, signed by his predecessor on July 10, 2013, which recognized the patriarch’s appointment as head of the Chaldean Church “in Iraq and the world” and thus, “responsible […]

Portugal: Treasury of the Holy Sepulcher to be Exhibited in Lisbon

After the exhibition in Lisbon, these works will go to the United States, to New York City, then to other European countries still to be defined, before their definitive return to Jerusalem, where they can be admired at the Terra Sancta Museum, in the future historical section of the Custody’s museum. Crating the works is […]

Bishop Barron, U.S. bishops condemn FDA’s approval of first OTC birth control pill

null / Image Point Fr/Shutterstock. Washington D.C., Jul 14, 2023 / 09:55 am (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, unequivocally condemned the FDA’s approval of the first over-the-counter oral contraceptive “Opill” in a short but strongly worded statement released Thursday on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The use of artificial contraceptives of any […]