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February 2018

February 01, 2018

The Focus of the Pope’s Lenten Retreat

L'Osservatore Romano announced last Saturday that Pope Francis has chosen the Portuguese priest poet Father...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

Anti-Semitic Mass Reveals Problems in Hungarian Church

Does the Hungarian Catholic Church have a problem with anti-Semitism? The question returned to the...

January 25, 2018

What’s the Pope’s Alternative to “Fake News”?

A 'no' from Pope Francis this Wednesday to "fake news", and a 'yes' to a...

January 22, 2018

‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ Demolishes the “Benedict Option”

Further evidence that the highest circles of the Church disapprove strongly of the "Benedict option",...

January 18, 2018

IR Expert: Church Losing Culture Wars “All Over the Continent”

All over Europe today, "religion plays a role of the epicenter of cultural resistance to...

January 15, 2018

Borghesi: “Pope’s Opponents Are The Ones Sowing Confusion”

A devastating rebuke last week of Pope Francis' critics by the Italian philosopher Massimo Borghesi....

January 11, 2018

Archbishop Aupetit of Paris: A Contradiction in Terms?

In all the reports I've read about the new Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, one...

January 08, 2018

Cardinal “Seriously Concerned” for Church in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Nearly half-a-million Catholics in Bosnia-Herzegovina continue to suffer the pains of the 1992-1995 Bosnian war....

January 04, 2018

‘The Economist’ and the Left-Right Divide in the European Church

An interesting claim last week by The Economist: "Clergy are colliding with Christian soldiers across...

December 2017

December 21, 2017

Vatican Official Weighs Into Net Neutrality Debate

"Only in a world without ethics, neutrality, impartiality and objectivity are synonymous". This is the...

December 18, 2017

Mosque To Be Built on Church Land in Florence

Good news on the interfaith front from Florence, where the Church has agreed to sell...

December 14, 2017

Pope Rails Against Europe’s “Closed Heart” to Refugees

Pope Francis has dealt out yet another rap on the knuckles of those European countries...

December 11, 2017

‘Justice and Peace Europe’ Takes Aim at Multinationals

In a message to mark International Human Rights Day this past Sunday, the Justice and...

December 07, 2017

Lisbon to Allow Remarried Catholics to Return to Sacraments

Yet another powerful figure in the Church has spoken in favor of Amoris laetitia, the...

December 04, 2017

Church in Milan Seeks to Balance Tradition, Multiculturalism

Two months after taking possession of the see the new Archbishop of Milan, Mario Delpini,...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

Scholars Reaffirm “Theological Validity” of Women Deacons

A group of nine Orthodox theologians from theology schools in Greece and the US has...

November 27, 2017

Outrage in the Spanish Church Over the Imprisonment in Málaga of Nearly 500 Refugees

"Identifying immigrants and refugees with criminals is enormously injust". This Monday noon that of the...

November 24, 2017

Religion Journalists Pledge Unwavering Support for Pope Francis

From our uncompromising vocation for quality religion news, and prompted by both the process of...

November 21, 2017

Maradiaga Praises Pope as a “Man of Dialogue Even in the Face of Hostility”

This Monday saw the beginning, in Madrid, of a week in homage to Cardinal Vicente...

November 16, 2017

Pope Calls For “Responsible Closeness” To Sick… And To Divorcees Too?

A moving message was made public today from Pope Francis to the European Regional Meeting...

November 13, 2017

Cardinal Marx: Francis Thinking About Abolishing Clerical Celibacy

Are we near the end of compulsory clerical celibacy? The whispers have been in the...

November 09, 2017

Müller Slights the Pope and Backpedals (Again) on the Interpretation of ‘Amoris Laetitia’

"No, no change and no demolishing the dubia… the dubia are authoritative and clearly legitimate"....

November 06, 2017

Vatican: “New Vision Is Priest As Father, Not Intellectual”

The Secretary for Seminaries of the Congregation for Clergy in the Vatican, Archbishop Jorge Carlos...

November 02, 2017

The Church Mustn’t Tolerate Political Prisoners in Catalonia

Breaking news this Thursday afternoon from Catalonia as a Spanish High Court judge orders the Catalonian deputy...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

Catalonian Independence: “Simplistic” Attitudes on What is Spanish Must Change

Today on the blog we return to Spain, where we'll look at some Church reactions...

October 26, 2017

“Sharia Law in Porto” as Bible Gets Man Off for Domestic Violence

"The Bible" apparently provides license, in Portugal, for a man to abuse his wife. This...

October 23, 2017

Hit on Maltese Journalist Spurs Church to Defense of the Press

Consternation in Malta and around the world this week after the car-bomb slaying on Monday...

October 19, 2017

“The European Project Should Be the Church’s Project”

"For the Church, a political project derives legitimacy from its impact on human persons –...

October 16, 2017

When the Church Turns Racist: A Warning from Poland

"The Polish revolt against Pope Francis: the racist drift of the bishops of Warsaw", screamed...

October 12, 2017

Evangelization or Service? The Vocation of the Church in Europe

We need to speak of roots in the plural because there are so many. In...