Bishop’s claim that Pope’s synod may be ‘schismatic’ stirs controversy
NEW YORK – In response to Bishop Joseph Strickland’s claim that Pope Francis’s looming Synod of Bishops on Synodality risks unorthodox outcomes which could be “schismatic,” Jesuit Father James Martin, among the Americans chosen by Francis to attend the synod, questioned what is schismatic about “asking how the Church might grow?” “I don’t think that […]
DC attorney general launches investigation into prominent Catholic conservative activist
Leonard Leo appears on “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” on Feb. 2, 2017. / Credit: The World Over/YouTube Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 25, 2023 / 09:35 am (CNA). A noted Catholic conservative activist who for years has played a significant role in the selection of U.S. judges is under investigation by the D.C. attorney […]
Catholic Church loses bid to have abuse lawsuit thrown out in Australia
Australian Cardinal George Pell leaves after being released from Barwon Prison near Anakie, some 70 kilometers west of Melbourne, on April 7, 2020. / Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 25, 2023 / 10:05 am (CNA). The Catholic Church on Friday suffered a loss in an Australian appeals court after […]
Pope Francis discusses family values, Ukraine war with Hungarian president
Pope Francis meets with Hungary President Katalin Novák at the Vatican on Aug. 25, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Aug 25, 2023 / 10:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis discussed family values, religious freedom, and the Ukraine war with Hungary’s President Katalin Novák at the Vatican on Friday. In the 45-minute meeting on Aug. […]
Church Councils 101, From Nicaea to Vatican II
Cover of ‘Church Councils: 100 Questions and Answers’ by Paul Senz To know well the ecumenical councils is to be deep in history
DC Attorney General Launches Investigation Into Prominent Catholic Conservative Activist
The World Over/YouTube Leonard Leo appears on “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” on Feb. 2, 2017. Leo has been a mainstay in conservative politics for decades.
Artificial intelligence program poised to shake up long-held Catholic doctrine
Magisterium AI uses artificial intelligence technology to provide information for users on everything relating to Catholic doctrine, teachings and Canon law.
Bishop Barron fears that Catholicism has been ‘dumbed down.’ But has it also been opened up?
Bishop Barron may be correct that the church has become intellectually weaker, but the way to truth is to continue inviting the voices of those who have been marginalized in the past.
Few GOP Most GOP candidates aren’t on board with 15-week federal abortion ban back pro-life call for 15-week federal abortion limit at primary debate
Just three of the top nine Republican candidates have said they would sign a federal abortion limit sought by a prominent pro-life group.
Pope Francis: The Eucharist can fill ‘the wounds and voids produced by sin’
Jesus’ healing presence in the Eucharist can “fill with tenderness” the voids and wounds produced by sin in individual lives and in society, Pope Francis said on Friday. In a meeting at the Vatican with a pilgrimage group led by the Sister Disciples of Jesus in the Eucharist on Aug. 25, the pope noted that in the […]