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December 2019

December 04, 2019

Hollywood on the Tiber: When Francis met Redford

Here's something you don't see every day: Robert Redford and the Holy Father. Rome Reports...

December 03, 2019

John Boehner, Catholic

"I could say a Hail Mary every day for the rest of my life and...

December 01, 2019

Pope writes Apostolic Letter on meaning, importance of Nativity Scene

From the translation, via Zenit: 1. With this Letter, I wish to encourage the beautiful...

November 2019

November 21, 2019

Pope Francis on prostitutes, addicts, migrants: ‘All are part of our family’

From today's homily in Bangkok: All of us become missionary disciples when we choose to...

November 21, 2019

Pope in Thailand: Mission is seeking family members we don’t know yet

Via CNS: Missionaries are not mercenaries, but beggars who recognize that some brothers and sisters...

November 18, 2019

St. John Paul II: ‘Respect for life extends to the rest of creation’

There's been a fair amount of discussion over the last few days about Pope Francis...

November 16, 2019

Pope warns against deacons who are ‘wannabe’ priests — UPDATED

He made his comments when veering off a prepared text and speaking today to the...

November 15, 2019

Pope will update catechism to include sins against ecology

Pope Francis called on the international community to recognize ecocide as a "crime against peace."...

November 12, 2019

Message to U.S. bishops: Pass on the ‘Magisterium of Pope Francis’

This is generating a lot of buzz around the interwebs — Rocco described it as...

November 09, 2019

Cardinal Burke: ‘It’s clear that the pope doesn’t want me in any leadership position’

Cardinal Raymond Burke had several conversations recently with Ross Douthat of The New York Times,...

November 09, 2019

The story of a pope, a bishop and a rainstorm in Rome

Bridgeport's Bishop Frank Caggiano — in Rome for the ad limina visit —posted this on...

November 03, 2019

John Allen: Why Loreto matters

Leave it to Crux's John Allen to connect the dots and find a link between...

October 2019

October 25, 2019

Pope on statues dumped in the Tiber: ‘I ask pardon of persons who were offended by this act’

From Vatican Media: The Holy See Press Office has provided a transcription of Pope Francis’s...

October 18, 2019

Habemus pup-am! Make your pooch a pope for Halloween

Now I've seen everything. Check out the costume below. From this website: Adorn your blessed hound...

October 16, 2019

Synod update: a dissenting voice on married priests in the Amazon

“We must allow people to hear the calling of Jesus, and sometimes because of our...

October 13, 2019

‘Clarity is Next to Godliness’: Jimmy Akin on the Scalfari mess

This may be the most concise and clear-eyed dissection of the eyebrow-raising remarks recently attributed...

October 09, 2019

Cardinal Sarah: Those who oppose the pope are outside the Church

From CNS: Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the...

October 08, 2019

Are there religious sisters who hear ‘confessions’ in the Amazon?

Well, no. But a sister who spoke yesterday made it sound that way. This presentation...

October 07, 2019

Synod update: Cassocks optional

Innovation at #SinodoAmazonico: Cardinal Baldisseri announces that beginning with this afternoon's session, members of the...

October 07, 2019

Synod on married priests, women in ministry: ‘It will be necessary to define new paths for the future’

"Whether celibacy is kept or not will not matter a whit to whether the Church...

October 06, 2019

At opening of Amazon Synod, Pope Francis prays for ‘daring prudence’

"We received a gift so that we might become a gift. Gifts are not bought,...

October 05, 2019

Do the red thing: Francis and Benedict send a message of loyalty to new cardinals

I sense a theme here. From Pope Francis's homily at the Mass for the creation...

October 02, 2019

Pope Francis sings the praises of Gregorian chant

"Promote the presence of the schola cantorum in every parish community." This didn't get much attention, but...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

Pope issues motu proprio establishing ‘Sunday of the Word of God’ during Ordinary Time

Fittingly, he issued this document on the Feast of St. Jerome. Details: [The letter] establishes...

September 29, 2019

Timothy Schmalz’s stunning sculpture of migrants and refugees unveiled at Vatican

From Vatican News: "Angels Unawares” is a life-size sculpture in bronze and clay, that depicts...

September 19, 2019

Pope Francis: Ministry is not a job, but a gift

Here's wisdom every one in ministry needs to remember. From Vatican Media: Pope Francis reflected...

September 13, 2019

Pope writes to Ecumenical Patriarch, explaining gift of relics of St. Peter

You may remember that Francis presented a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate with a remarkable...

September 12, 2019

Citing ‘serious errors and heresies,’ Burke, Schneider call for prayer, fasting ahead of Amazon synod

From Edward Pentin in the National Catholic Register: Cardinal Raymond Burke and Bishop Athanasius Schneider...

September 10, 2019

Pope Francis: ‘Deacons often have the temptation of clericalism’

This didn't get much attention, but it should. It comes from his remarks to the...

September 10, 2019

Pope Francis: ‘I pray there is no schism, but I am not afraid’

The pope was on a plane, and you know what that means: Pope Francis told...