OSV News Showcase | May 17, 2024
Soundbytes of Pope Francis’ upcoming “60 Minutes” programming on CBS News. Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s remarks at Benedictine College. Dicastery norms on supernatural phenomena. Abortion. Church scandals. Gender. Climate change. Violence. Politics. I’m not a theologian, but it doesn’t seem like a coincidence that so many sensational and sensationalized things are happening in […]
Vatican’s new norms will make it easier to decide on Medjugorje, says Cardinal Fernández …
“Regarding Medjugorje, no conclusion has been reached yet, but with these guidelines, we believe it will be easier to proceed and reach a conclusion,” said Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, during the press conference presenting the new norms for discerning presumed supernatural phenomena…
Synod boss Cardinal Hollerich claims infallible Church teaching “can be changed” but it has to be done “one step at a time”…
The relator-general of the global synod on synodality, Cardinal Jean Claude Hollerich, backed this week the incremental and “tactful” progress towards the ordination of women to the priesthood. The cardinal, who is also Archbishop of Luxembourg, was appointed by Pope Francis to oversee the collection and synthesis of discussion and responses during the multi-year synodal […]
“They must make the noise they can, because if they cease for a moment, we hear the calls of sanity and sweetness again…”.
A while back I wrote a review of Anthony Esolen’s fine book Nostalgia. HERE In it, I wrote: How often is the charge of “nostalgia” flung as a cliché into the teeth of those who desire, with their legitimate aspirations, the … Read More →
Joan Andrews Bell receives standing ovation at sentencing, leaves court singing ‘Ave Maria’
Joan Andrews Bell’s husband told LifeSiteNews that she refused to make any compromise that might suggest regret on her part. Then while leaving the courtroom to a standing ovation, she was heard singing ‘Ave, Ave, Maria.’
House Republicans push to defund WHO over plan to partner with radical pro-abortion group
A group of GOP lawmakers warned that ‘we will look upon a decision to give special status to the Center for Reproductive Rights as evidence that the WHO is unreformable and as a further argument to withhold all funding to the organization.’
Liberals shut down motion to disclose pharma payments for Trudeau’s ‘safe supply’ drug program
The motion comes as RCMP testified in April that Trudeau’s taxpayer funded ‘safer supply’ drugs are being diverted to the black market.
Warsaw mayor orders removal of crucifix, use of transgender ‘pronouns’ at city hall
All religious symbols are banned on walls or desks in the predominantly Catholic city as well as prayer of any kind at events organized by city hall.
Nebraska bishop shares mental illness story, offers message of hope
Bishop James Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln credits the support of friends, family, medical professionals, and his golden retriever, Stella, with his recovery from mental illness. / Courtesy: Dennis Kellog CNA Staff, May 17, 2024 / 17:14 pm (CNA). After seven years of heading the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, Bishop James Conley found himself […]
Scrutiny of the Supernatural and Vatican-China Relations (May 18)
Rudolf Gehrig Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. The Vatican has issued new norms on the approval of apparitions and other supernatural phenomenon. Register contributor Jimmy Akin provides his analysis. Then we […]