Pope Francis sends ‘blessings of strength and peace’ after shooting in Maine
Pope Francis invoke the Virgin Mary as the Queen of Peace and Mother of Mercy at a prayer vigil for peace in St. Peter’s Basilica, Friday, Oct. 27. / Credit: Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Oct 28, 2023 / 10:03 am (CNA). Pope Francis said Saturday he is praying for strength and peace for the community […]
Justice in Rupnik case must be thorough, public, completely transparent
Make no mistake. The only transparent thing in Pope Francis’s volte-face on Fr. Marko Rupnik is its late and utterly reactionary character. Unless and until Francis tries his depraved former confrère in full view of […]
Mike Pence drops out of 2024 presidential race amid failing poll numbers
‘It’s become clear to me: this is not my time,’ said Pence, who added he will ‘never stop fighting to elect principled Republican leaders to every office in the land.’Read More
British cross-dressing actor Eddie Izzard denies engaging in ‘culture wars’ while pushing transgenderism
The ‘culture war’ that Izzard and companions claim no part in wasn’t created by the right – it was forced on the culture by men wanting to force themselves into female spaces.
Striving for consensus, Synod ends by soft-pedaling contested issues
ROME – A final synthesis produced by Pope Francis’s month-long Synod of Bishops on Synodality offered no clear or concrete proposals on hot-button issues, which one Vatican official explained Saturday night as the product of a search for an “ample and convincing consensus.” “Ecclesial discernment, which is based on mutual listening to understand where the […]
Which Commandment of the Law Is the Greatest?
Jacob Jordaens, “Christ Among the Pharisees,” ca. 1660-1670 SCRIPTURES & ART: A look at the readings for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, through the eyes of Flemish Baroque artist Jacob Jordaens
Synod publishes final report and votes: Calls for more discussion on synodality, women deacons and more
The synthesis report did not use the term “LGBTQ+” or even “homosexuality” and spoke only generally of issues related to “matters of identity and sexuality.”
Pope to Synod: the Holy Spirit is the protagonist
Pope Francis reminds the Synodal Assembly that the Holy Spirit is the gathering’s protagonist, and offers his heartfelt thanks to all, as he addressed the closing session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality, which concludes with the Holy Mass on Sunday in the Vatican. Read all
Is “listening” overrated? (or, Are we all second-graders?)…
It is perhaps typical of the current pontificate that the Letter of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to the People of God should embrace the theme that the “Church must listen to everyone”. Unfortunately, this emphasis suggests also that the Church herself has nothing to say. And, to speak the […]
British cross-dressing actor Eddie Izzard denies engaging in ‘culture wars’ while pushing transgenderism
The ‘culture war’ that Izzard and companions claim no part in wasn’t created by the right – it was forced on the culture by men wanting to force themselves into female spaces.Read More