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November 2018

November 30, 2018

Pope Francis on homosexual priests: ‘In religious life, there’s no room for that kind of affection’

From Catholic News Agency: In a book-length interview to be published next week, Pope Francis...

November 28, 2018

MUST-SEE VIDEO: When a little boy interrupts the pope’s General Audience

This video from Rome Reports is priceless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=79&v=TPz9popHhso The explanation: This little boy had no...

November 01, 2018

Look who’s been added to the Cologne Cathedral: Pope Francis the gargoyle

Details: To be portrayed in Gothic cathedrals among statues, bas-reliefs and stained-glass windows was a...

October 2018

October 30, 2018

She doesn’t support women’s ordination — but thinks it’s time for women to be cardinals

From The New Yorker, a profile of Lucetta Scaraffia, editor of the Vatican's magazine, Women...

October 18, 2018

Poll: Growing number of U.S. Catholics question staying in the Church

From CBS News: Most Catholic Americans think the Pope and the Vatican are doing a...

October 17, 2018

Pope tells seminarians: report abuse immediately

Details: Pope Francis told a group of Italian seminarians to report immediately to their bishop...

October 10, 2018

Pope compares abortion to hiring a hitman

From CNS: Procuring an abortion is wrong, inhumane and like hiring a hit man "to...

October 03, 2018

‘What’s that stick the pope was carrying?’

That seems to be the prevailing sentiment on social media today, reacting to images of...

October 02, 2018

New poll shows confidence in Pope Francis plummeting in U.S.

From Pew: As allegations and investigations of sex abuse in the Catholic Church become more widespread, a new Pew...

September 2018

September 29, 2018

Pope calls for praying the rosary during October — and including the St. Michael Prayer

From Vatican Media: The following is the full text of a comuniqué released on Saturday by the Holy...

September 28, 2018

Viganò issues new letter on ‘the most painful and serious decision that I have ever made’

From Catholic News Agency: Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has issued a new letter addressing his...

September 27, 2018

Pope stresses need for a ‘permanent catechumenate of marriage’

This is an excellent idea: Pope Francis has stressed the need for ongoing formation for...

September 26, 2018

Former USCCB advisor reveals he was abused by priests, calls for end to ‘silence and secrecy’

From Crux: One of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s former closest collaborators and one of the U.S....

September 25, 2018

Francis admits scandals have driven young people from the Church

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=51&v=uuR3IwFSAqk Details: Pope Francis admitted on Tuesday that sex abuse scandals surrounding the Catholic Church...

September 25, 2018

Being a deacon in Lithuania, as Pope Francis comes to visit

From Vatican Media: Present at the papal Mass in Kaunas on Sunday morning was Deacon Benas...

September 12, 2018

BREAKING: Pope calls world-wide meeting of bishops on abuse crisis

Details, from CNA: Pope Francis has called for all the presidents of the Catholic bishops’...

September 11, 2018

Pope Francis: ‘The Great Accuser has been unchained and is attacking bishops’

From today: In his homily at Mass on Tuesday morning, Pope Francis said it seems...

September 10, 2018

BREAKING: Pope’s council of cardinals says Vatican is preparing response to Viganò

From The Tablet in London: The Vatican is preparing to issue a response to an...

September 05, 2018

Trump on Catholic Church sex abuse scandal: ‘It’s so sad to watch’

From an interview with The Daily Caller: President Donald Trump expressed sadness over the ongoing...

September 03, 2018

Pope Francis: ‘The truth is humble, the truth is silent’

After a summer break, the pope today resumed celebrating daily Mass—and had a few choice...

August 2018

August 30, 2018

President of Ave Maria University issues statement strongly supporting Pope Francis

This was released yesterday, from the school's president Jim Towey: There is nothing new about...

August 27, 2018

On Viganò: ‘Take it seriously, but with a large grain of salt’

John Allen puts the weekend's big news into welcome perspective: Over and over again on...

August 26, 2018

Pope Francis: Viganò’s statement speaks for itself

From Catholic News Service: Pope Francis said Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano's long document calling on...

August 25, 2018

Bombshell: Former nuncio Viganò says Pope Francis covered up for McCarrick, calls on him to resign

From Edward Pentin at the National Catholic Register: In an extraordinary 11-page written testament, a...

August 25, 2018

BREAKING: Pope acknowledges ‘repugnant crimes’ of sex abuse, failures of bishops

From CNS: Acknowledging the failures "of bishops, religious superiors, priests and others" in the Catholic...

August 20, 2018

BREAKING: Pope Francis issues letter to the People of God on sex abuse crisis

From Vatican News: “If one member suffers, all suffer together with it.” These words, taken...

August 02, 2018

The pope’s change on the death penalty: a roundup of reaction

Reaction has been varied. Here's a sampling, below. “Already in the past, the church had...

August 02, 2018

BREAKING: Pope Francis changes Catholic teaching on death penalty

In the current edition of the catechism, the teaching on the death penalty reads: 2267 Assuming...

July 2018

July 20, 2018

Something for your collection: the Pope Francis Action Figure

Seriously: Now you can bring Francis anywhere you please. Bless your home or workplace with an action...

July 18, 2018

Who’s that guy in white strolling through the square?

After Pope Francis dropped by the wedding of a Swiss Guard the other day, he...