Pope Francis to Roman Curia: ‘Rigid ideological positions’ prevent us from moving forward
Pope Francis gives his annual Christmas address to the cardinals who work in Vatican offices on Dec. 21, 2023, in the gilded Hall of Benediction at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 21, 2023 / 11:13 am (CNA). Pope Francis warned the Roman Curia on Thursday that “rigid ideological positions” can be […]
Pope Francis to Roman Curia: ‘Rigid Ideological Positions’ Prevent Us From Moving Forward
Pope Francis gives his annual Christmas address to the cardinals who work in Vatican offices on Dec. 21, 2023, in the gilded Hall of Benediction at the Vatican. Pope Francis’ speech briefly touched on what he sees as the current division in the Catholic Church, rejecting the usual dichotomy of so-called ‘progressives’ and ‘conservatives.’
Catholic experts say rule to let franchise employees join unions would be major labor advance
People who have looked closely as their order was passed to them through a drive-in window may have noticed a sticker or sign announcing the location serving them is a franchise of a national, or even international, brand.
‘Maybe Christmas will stop the war’: A child’s hope and other scenes from Bethlehem
This year in Bethlehem, we are waiting for a hope that I am not sure I would even be able to believe in anymore, except that it does not entirely depend on us.
The theology of Christmas ‘villancicos’
I spend every Advent preparing my Nativity, like a bird feathering her nest. It is spread on a console table before the front door, and I fuss and fuss with it, moving kings and shepherds to just the right spots, and turning the Virgin Mary so that her gaze seems to fall on the little […]
Let Us Welcomes Jesus into Our Hearts this Christmas
Let us welcome Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ into the very center of our lives; let us give Him a most warm welcome. It seems as if we are always preparing for something or someone! Graduation ceremonies, weddings, quinceaneras, relatives and friends coming for the Holidays, a son coming back from service overseas—all of […]
Attempt to suspend fighting in Gaza continues
The UN Security Council on Thursday will hold a new vote calling for a suspension of fighting in Gaza. Read all
From Pope Francis to the New World Order, resistance to global tyranny has never been more important
Reactions both favorable and critical continue to the Pope’s document on blessings for same-sex couples, while Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is pushing back against Trudeau’s punitive carbon net zero initiatives.Read More
Christmas won’t be the same now that we can’t gather at my grandma’s house anymore
Although my grandma has now largely forgotten about her house, no one in our family has. Nor will we for the rest of our lives.Read More
Ukrainian Roman bishops criticize ‘blessings’ for homosexual couples, insist they will not do them
‘If a person comes to us who has a problem and is looking for a solution in accordance with the will of God, then he or she will certainly receive a blessing, but not as a couple living in concubinage,’ said Ukrainian Roman Catholic Bishop Vitaliy Kryvytskyi.Read More