Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

San Francisco Archdiocese Announces Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone meets with people experiencing homelessness at St. Anthony’s Dining Hall in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood on Nov. 6, 2021. The prelate noted that San Francisco is one of a growing number of dioceses and archdioceses filing for Chapter 11 as a way to address abuse lawsuits.

Cardinal Burke sees ‘revolution at work’ in Synod process (Catholic Herald)

In a foreword to a new book about the Synod on Synodality, Cardinal Raymond Burke says that “a revolution is at work to change radically the Church’s self-understanding.” The American cardinal expresses his fear that the Synod will be heavily influenced by the German bishops, “spreading widely confusion and error and their fruit, division.” He […]

Japan to discharge treated Fukushima water into ocean

Japan announces it will implement its decision to release more than 1 million metric tonnes of treated radioactive water into the sea this week with assurances the impact on people and the environment will be “negligible”, but the plan is causing alarm across Asia and the Pacific. Read all  

Queen of Heaven and Earth, Pray For Us!…

The Church marks the Memorial of the Queenship of Mary on Aug. 22. Every year, we celebrate two “royal” feasts: the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (on the last Sunday in Ordinary Time) and the Queenship of Mary. Separately, the Queenship of Mary falls a week after the Solemnity of […]