Greenwald: Ex-spies run censorship operations for tech giants
On a recent episode of his show ‘System Update,’ journalist Glenn Greenwald explained how the ‘censorship-industrial complex’ merges corporate media, big tech and the security state to crack down on dissent.Read More
Haiti in ‘desperate’ security crisis as Catholic leaders urge search for solutions
Families fleeing gang violence gather in Delmas 75 comune, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on June 28, 2023. / Credit: RICHARD PIERRIN/AFP via Getty Images Denver, Colo., Jul 17, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA). The U.S. and other countries have called for international intervention in Haiti due to the government’s inability to provide basic security amid the rise […]
Haiti in ‘Desperate’ Security Crisis as Catholic Leaders Urge Search for Solutions
Ursula Page Children at an orphanage in Haiti. According to Archbishop Wenski, the political crisis began two years before the assassination.
Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy is in Washington to discuss children kidnapped by Russia
Pope Francis’ peace envoy was traveling to Washington on Monday as part of the Holy See’s peace initiatives for Ukraine, hoping to support humanitarian operations especially concerning children, the Vatican said Monday.
Jesus is not afraid of conflict. (But I am.)
A Reflection for Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Molly Cahill
Pope’s peace envoy for Ukraine heads to D.C. in wake of cluster bombs decision
Pope Francis’s personal envoy for the Ukraine-Russia war, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, is in Washington this week in a bid to advance talks on humanitarian relief and peace efforts, the Vatican announced Monday. In a communique, the Vatican said that Zuppi would be in Washington from July 17-19 along with an official from the Vatican’s […]
Sow seeds of faith, even when their fruits are not immediate, pope says
Even if the fruits are not immediately visible, Christians are called to sow seeds of faith in the world and people around them in their daily lives, Pope Francis said. Before praying the Angelus with some 15,000 visitors in St. Peter’s Square July 16, the pope reflected on the day’s Gospel reading from St. Matthew, […]
Alaska reverses ban on altar wine in prisons (Pillar)
After protests from Catholic leaders, the Alaska Department of Corrections has backed away from a policy that would have banned the use of altar wine in prisons, thereby making it impossible to celebrate Mass for inmates. The department acknowledged the “unintended issue” created by a policy that would have prevented any use of alcoholic beverages—specifically […]
Pope’s Ukraine-peace envoy visiting Washington (Vatican News)
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi will be in Washington, DC, this week, as the personal representative of Pope Francis, hoping to work toward peace in Ukraine. The decision of the papal envoy to spend three days in Washington—after having visited Kyiv and Moscow—points to the Vatican’s perception that the US an active participant in the current conflict, […]
Pope Francis’ Preferential Option for Diplomats…
Ten years into the Francis pontificate and the triumphant return of the nuncios goes from strength to strength. And the nuncios are returning the favor, speaking of the Holy Father in increasingly exalted terms. In his recent consistory announcement, Pope Francis chose to elevate three nuncios to the college of cardinals: Archbishop Christophe Pierre, nuncio […]