Pope Francis remembers Cardinal Toppo of India for ‘zeal for the spread of the Gospel’
Indian Cardinal Telesphore Toppo arrives for a meeting of pre-conclave on March 9, 2013, at the Vatican. / Credit: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Oct 6, 2023 / 12:25 pm (CNA). Pope Francis sent a message of condolence following the death of Archbishop Emeritus Cardinal Telesphore Toppo of Ranchi, India, in an Oct. […]
Bishop Decries Pope Francis’ Dubia Response
Church Militant’s Rome correspondent, Dr. Jules Gomes, discusses Bp. Eleganti’s blistering take on Pope Francis’ wordy response to Cdl. Raymond Burke’s dubia. Please make a donation below!
Sacerdotes nicaragüenses secuestrados en medio de continua represión
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (OSV News) — Un par de sacerdotes han sido secuestrados de sus parroquias en Nicaragua, mientras el régimen cada vez más totalitario del país continúa reprimiendo a la Iglesia Católica y silenciando todas las voces disidentes. Los padres Iván Centeno y Julio Norori fueron secuestrados el 1 de octubre por individuos vestidos […]
Jailed Iranian activist awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The Swedish Nobel Committee awards the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize to Iranian activist, Narges Mohammadi, for her activism and fight for the rights of women in Iran. Read all
Ruffini on Synod: Focus on migrants, women, poor. Applause for recognizing suffering Ukraine
Paolo Ruffini, President of the Commission for Information of the Synodal Assembly, holds second briefing for journalists, and outlines the topics addressed between yesterday and today in the small working groups and the free interventions in the Hall, including formation, the Church as a family, and abuse. Read all
Google anti-trust trial unveils Big Tech alliances throttling free speech, compromising user privacy
This alliance between tech giants throws into relief the notions of free speech and censorship, as consolidating power within a few entities can inadvertently or deliberately mold the narrative, thus sidelining alternative voices and perspectives.
Donald Trump backs pro-life Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House
Trump had previously backed the just-ousted Kevin McCarthy over Jordan in 2018.
Manitoba’s election of a socialist NDP gov’t spells disaster for the province: here’s why
Karl Marx, the father of atheistic communism, famously wrote, ‘From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs,’ a quote that was paraphrased on the now-elected NDP government’s ‘Statement of Principles.’
Synod members won’t be punished for giving interviews, official says
ROME – Despite Pope Francis’s insistence on a media ‘fast’ during this month’s Synod of Bishops, Vatican officials have said that engagement with the press is a personal decision, and participants who choose to give interviews will not be “punished.” The clarification came after German Cardinal Gerhard Müller, a former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal […]
Synod on Synodality 2023: Facts, anecdotes, and analysis from the first week
Pope Francis, the round tables at the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican, Cardinal Joseph Zen, and Paolo Ruffini. / Credit: EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 6, 2023 / 11:35 am (CNA). As the Synod on Synodality commences in Rome amid numerous open questions, one key answer was provided this week with the publication of […]