Rome : Five Cardinals Address “Dubia” to the Pope

These dubia were signed by Cardinals Walter Brandmüller (94), President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences; Raymond Burke (75), Prefect Emeritus of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura; Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun (90), Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong; Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (90), Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara; and Robert Sarah (78), Prefect Emeritus of the […]

Rome: Cardinal Müller Supports the “Dubia” of Five Cardinals

This act of defending the Catholic Faith by Cardinals Robert Sarah, Raymond Burke, Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, Juan Sandoval, and Walter Brandmüller, who stirred things up at the heart of the Vatican, won the support of the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). The German cardinal warns against the fact […]

An Endless Continuation?

In Monday Vatican of August 28, 2023, Andrea Gagliarducci notes the limits of such “pragmatism”: “It is well known that the Pope wrote Laudato si’ to respond to a need and a request that arose above all in the political sphere, and he did so quickly so that this encyclical was ready for COP 25 […]

Fact check: Does the synod website really feature artwork from Father Marko Rupnik?

Father Marko Rupnik / Courtesy of the Diocese of Rome CNA Staff, Oct 6, 2023 / 09:47 am (CNA). Claim: Controversial priest Father Marko Rupnik’s artwork is featured prominently by several Catholic institutions — including the website of the ongoing Synod on Synodality. CNA finds: Art associated with an institute run by Rupnik, and likely […]

Pope offers prayers to victims of deadly bus crash in Venice, Italy

Emergency crew members work at the scene after a bus accident near Venice on Oct. 3, 2023, in Mestre, Italy. / Credit: Stefano Mazzola/Getty Images CNA Staff, Oct 6, 2023 / 10:20 am (CNA). Pope Francis this week extended his condolences and prayers for the victims of a deadly bus crash in Venice, Italy, the […]

19th Sunday after Pentecost: “Be angry but do not sin”

For the 19th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo we venture into a Lesson from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians (4:23-28). [Brethren]: Be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore, putting […]