Pakistan: Senate Responds in Favor of Persons Accused of Blasphemy

The statistics, described as “heartbreaking” by Pakistan’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which collected and processed the data, were released following last August’s incident in Jaranwala, a city in Punjab (in the northeast of the country), where a violent mob destroyed several homes and churches following a blasphemy charge against two Christians. Senator Walid Iqbal, […]

Behind the Scenes of the Synod’s Second Week

The Synod’s second week, which just came to a close, highlighted the role played by two progressive Australian personalities: Renee Köhler-Ryan, professor at the University of Notre Dame (Australia); and Shane Mackinlay, bishop of Sandhurst, who was charged by the Supreme Pontiff to take part in the final revision of the synodal synthesis document. Both […]

Ethiopia: More Than a Million Are in a Desperate Situation

“Our world order seems to have need of a serious transformation, otherwise the consequences will continue to effect more and more of the most vulnerable people who will be the first to lose,” affirms Bishop Medhin, who adds: “It is truly sad to witness these war scenarios which do not cease to worsen everywhere in […]

China: The Church Under the CCP Attempts to Restore Her Image

The prelate who engages in this exercise was not chosen by chance: Bishop Giuseppe Shen Bin was in fact unilaterally nominated bishop of Shanghai in April of 2023, in violation of the provisional agreement between the Holy See and China signed in 2018. The Vatican, faced with this fait accompli, then chose to validate the […]

MICHAEL MATT in ROME: Synod Father Stands with Latin Mass Catholics

New from RTV… Some surprising good news out of Rome: A Synod father stands with Latin Mass Catholics and totally undermines the foundations of Traditionis Custodes. Michael J. Matt covers today’s Synod press conference, in which several Synod officials attempt to explain what “synodality” means.

Sacred architecture and witness: A tale of two temples…

“Beauty will save the world,” Dostoyevsky famously wrote in his novel, “The Idiot.” Certainly beauty is a subjective thing, and one can reasonably find it in the most highly decorated space as in the simplistic bareness, when it is true. And in the places meant for religious worship, beauty must always be true, if it […]