Authority: The Real Challenge of the Synod (1)
What will come out of the latest Synod? We will have to wait for the post-synodal exhortation that the Pope will publish to be able to really answer this question. Indeed, the present 2023 Synod is not yet finished, since it must take place over two sessions. The Report therefore only states the reflections and […]
United States: Disagreement Among the Episcopate
“Get out of your comfort zone. Be an outgoing Church.” It was in front of an audience of skeptical bishops that Cardinal Christophe Pierre – representative of the Holy See to the American episcopate – delivered his speech on November 14, 2023. During those 20 minutes, the high prelate urged the conservative USCCB to adopt […]
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 6th Sunday after Epiphany (N.O.: 33rd) 2023
It’s the 6th Sunday Remaining after Epiphany in the Vetus Ordo and the 33rd Sunday of the Novus Ordo. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation? Share the good stuff. … Read More →
Artificial Intelligence Will Be the Theme of the Message for Peace
In particular, he will insist that the sphere of education and law take up the question of the development of these new technologies, while recent months have seen the arrival of spectacular innovations such as the Chat GPT interface. Every January 1 since 1968, the Catholic Church has celebrated World Peace Day. On this occasion, […]
In Poland, the Birth Rate Is at Its Lowest
The Polish episcopate must tell itself that one bit of bad news can hide another. After the victory of the progressive coalition led by Donald Tusk, the latest birth figures have just been published, and they are enough to make one’s head spin. Between September 2022 and September 2023, 280,000 births were registered with the […]
The Vatican State Launches “Ecological Conversion 2030” Program
The Vatican City State claims to have been committed for many years to promoting sustainable development through ecological policies aimed at safeguarding the environment and providing energy saving strategies. By applying the principles of Laudato si’ and Laudate Deum, it is one of the first states in the world to pursue sustainability projects by seeking […]
Sacrificing excitement to make the wait of Advent more holy
Waiting has never been my strong suit. I tend to associate long waits with a childhood tradition that I’m certain my mother invented. Each Christmas when I was young, Leroy and Bessie, Mom’s parents, would make the annual drive from their home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to ours in Westminster, California. We always knew the […]
Pope Francis on World Day of the Poor: ‘Poverty is a scandal’
The material, cultural and spiritual poverties that exist in the world are a “scandal” that Christians are called to address by putting their God-given capacity for charity and love into action, Pope Francis said.
Background: World Day of the Poor (CWN)
On November 19, the Sunday before the Solemnity of Christ the King, the Church commemorates the 7th World Day of the Poor. The theme of the Pope’s message of the day, released on the memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, patron saint of the poor (June 13), is “Do not turn your face away from […]
Papa Francisco: La adoración eucarística, la caridad y la promoción de la justicia están interconectadas
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) — El ritmo diario de la vida de un sacerdote debería parecerse al “ping pong”, con una cosa llevando a la otra: rezar de rodillas ante el sagrario, ayudar a los necesitados y volver a la oración, dijo el Papa Francisco a un grupo de sacerdotes latinos de Estados Unidos. “No […]