‘We must not be slaves to any earthly power,’ Pope tells pilgrims (Vatican Press Office)
During his October 22 Angelus address, Pope Francis reflected on Matthew 22:15-21, the Gospel reading of the day. “Jesus wants to help us place ‘Caesar’ and ‘God’ each in their proper place,” the Pope said to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square. “The care for earthly order belongs to Caesar – that is, to politics, […]
Biden, Pope discuss Middle East in phone call (Vatican News)
Pope Francis spoke by telephone with US President Joe Biden on October 22. The Vatican reported that the 20-minute conversation centers on “situations of conflict in the world and the need to identify paths to peace.” The White House said that during the conversation Biden “condemned the barbarous attack by Hamas against Israeli civilians and […]
Pope denounces Western efforts to export democracy (CNA)
Citing the disastrous results of Western intervention in Libya and Iraq, Pope Francis said that “we must not export our democracy to other countries, but help them to develop a process of democratic maturation according to their characteristics.” The Pope’s remarks were published by the Italian daily La Stampa, in excerpts from a new book, […]
Israeli airstrike hits historic Orthodox parish in Gaza (PBS NewsHour)
An Israeli airstrike struck the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza, an Orthodox parish dedicated in 1150 on the site of a fifth-century church. The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem expressed “its strongest condemnation of the Israeli air strike,” in which more than a dozen people were killed. “As a result of the IDF [Israeli […]
Catholicism faces decline in Latin America, CELAM report shows (Pillar)
A sharp drop in the number of baptisms—along with a similar drop in marriages—points to an overall decline in the faith, warns a report from the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM). The report shows that between 2000 and 2020, the number of annual baptisms plunged by more than one-third: from 8.2 million to […]
Synod, October 21-22: German bishop says apostolic Tradition needs to be set aside (CWN)
On October 21, participants in the first session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops concluded their discussion of the Synod’s fourth topic: “Participation, governance and authority. What processes, structures and institutions are there in a missionary synodal Church?”
Cardinal Schönborn cites death penalty revision when asked about changing Catechism on LGBT issues
Cardinal Schönborn did not directly affirm that he anticipated changes to the catechism’s text, but cited Pope Francis’ controversial alterations to the text regarding the death penalty as precedent.Read More
WHO director Tedros blames ‘misinformation’ for ‘undermining faith in our institutions’
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), is complaining again – this time about how institutions are supposedly corrupt because ‘misinformation’ simply ‘makes them’ look corrupt.Read More
Trump’s gag order amounts to a leftist judge deciding what he can say on the campaign trail
The gag order came from U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has openly unleashed harsh criticism of President Trump not just once but many times.
Abortion activists in Ohio have hijacked Catholic imagery to support their war against the unborn
The video ad, released in support of a pro-abortion amendment to Ohio’s constitution, is just the latest example of the ways in which unchangeable Catholic teaching is distorted to support grave evil.