Historian: Sexual abuse is not a modern problem
Zurich/Notre Dame (KNA) According to the German historian and theologian Ulrich L. Lehner, all the problems of the Catholic Church in the abuse crisis were already known in the 17th and 18th centuries. “The Jesuits liked to present themselves as a particularly chaste order,” said the author of the book from the renowned University of […]
Nearly 10,000 urge Cardinal Dolan to exorcise St. Patrick’s Cathedral after sacrilegious ‘trans’ funeral
LifeSiteNews launched the petition after St. Patrick’s Cathedral hosted a scandalous and sacrilegious funeral for the atheist LGBT activist ‘Cecilia Gentili,’ a man who falsely believed he was a woman.Read More
Pope appoints female deacon advocates to Synod as October meetings confirmed
The new consulters are not surprise nominees, but a number of them are notable for their advocacy of the female diaconate and a focus on the Second Vatican Council as an event which must change the Church.Read More
Archbishop Vigneron rallies Catholics to engage in a spiritual ‘campaign’ this Lent
Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron imposes ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass on Feb. 14, 2024, at St. Aloysius Parish in downtown Detroit. Archbishop Vigneron encouraged Catholics to think of this Lenten season as a military campaign proclaiming the kingdom of Christ. / Credit: Valaurian Waller/Detroit Catholic Detroit, Mich., Feb 19, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Archbishop […]
‘Guadalupe: Mother of Humanity’ opens Feb. 22 in U.S. theaters
Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 19, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Goya Producciones has announced that the film “Guadalupe: Mother of Humanity” will premiere on Feb. 22 in the United States (with English subtitles), Mexico, Central Am… […]
Francis Appoints ‘Women Clergy’ Advocates to Synod
VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) – Pope Francis has appointed as consultors to the Synod on Synodality three women who are pushing for the ordination of female deacons and priests. Sr. Birgit Weiler The Holy See Press Office announced Saturday that the pontiff has named Sr. Birgit Weiler, Tricia C. Bruce and Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer, as part of a […]
Vatican releases handbook for ’24 Hours for the Lord’ confession initiative (Dicastery for Evangelization)
The Dicastery for Evangelization has released a pastoral resource for the 11th “24 Hours of the Lord,” its annual initiative encouraging dioceses around the world to open churches for 24 hours of adoration and confession. The initiative takes place on the Friday and Saturday before Laetare Sunday: this year, on March 8-9. The 28-page resource, […]
Rome says no to German bishops’ synodal committee vote (Pillar)
The Vatican has asked the German bishops to remove from the agenda at its next meeting a vote on a proposed synodal committee of bishops and laity. The committee would “ensure that [German] synodal way resolutions are implemented in Germany’s dioceses” and “prepare the way for the creation in 2026 of a permanent ‘synodal council’ […]
Angelus address: wild beasts and angels (Vatican Press Office)
Pope Francis devoted his Angelus address on February 18, the First Sunday of Lent, to the wild beasts and angels that were present with Christ in the desert. Our disordered passions, he told pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square, are akin to wild beasts; the angels, on the other hand, are “God’s messengers, who help […]
Leading Nigerian prelate rips government economic policies—and Fiducia Supplicans (CWN)
As the Nigerian bishops gathered for their first meeting of 2024, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria offered strong criticism of the nation’s endemic insecurity and corruption, the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu, and Fiducia Supplicans, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s declaration on the pastoral meaning of blessings.