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September 2018

September 20, 2018

Pope Francis, Framed

What you notice most when you see Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word is...

September 17, 2018

Cardinal Condemns “Unfair” Viganò “Rebellion” Against Pope

"A very bad example" and "a very serious offense", not to mention a "not positive"...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

Pope Apologizes to Spanish Priests Acquitted of Abuse

A sobering tale from Spain in the midst of the hysteria in the global Church...

July 26, 2018

“Communitarian” to Trump “Sacred” in Barcelona’s Churches

Earlier this month the Vatican announced that it is preparing guidelines on how to properly...

July 12, 2018

The Secrets of the French Church’s “Gay Expert”, Tony Anatrella

By Cameron Doody and Hendro Munsterman Monsignor Tony Anatrella was widely considered the official "gay...

July 09, 2018

Vatican Paper Denounces “Chronic Incapacity” of EU on Migrants

The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, is so concerned about the migration crisis gripping Europe that...

June 2018

June 25, 2018

On Interfaith Dialog, Pope Shifts from Theological to Political

The Pope called Saturday 23rd for a "healthy pluralism" among the religions in the world,...

June 14, 2018

Vatican Flounders Over Papal Support for Lula da Silva

News broke Tuesday 12th that Pope Francis had sent a rosary and a card to...

June 11, 2018

Pope, ‘Vice-Pope’ Warn Against “Unlimited Faith in Markets”

On Saturday 9 Pope Francis addressed a gathering of the heads of some of the...

May 2018

May 14, 2018

Kasper on Intercommunion: “One Cannot Ask of Protestants What is Asked of Catholics”

Just days after the Archbishop of Hamburg, Stefan Hesse, affirmed that Pope Francis has given...

May 10, 2018

Vatican Prepares for Life after Cardinal Pell

Cardinal George Pell continues on his "leave of absence" from his post as Prefect of...

May 07, 2018

Pope Warns Against “Dumbing Down” of Catholic Media

Pope Francis offered May 1 another chapter of his magisterium on the opportunities and responsibilities...

April 2018

April 16, 2018

Vatican Worried about ‘Killer Robots’

Against the background of Trump's beating war drums in Syria, the Vatican has warned against...

April 05, 2018

Vatican Drops the Ball on World Autism Day

As many as 77 million people around the world suffer from autism spectrum disorders, according...

March 2018

March 22, 2018

‘Infovaticana’ Cries Foul After Taste of Own Medicine

The Associated Press has this Tuesday taken up the story of the Holy See's supposed...

March 19, 2018

Can the Church Compromise on “Gender Theory”?

The Vatican is currently preparing two documents on so-called "gender theory", revealed the secretary of...

March 12, 2018

Austrian Church Denounces Kurz’s “Dismantling of Welfare State”

What did Pope Francis and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz talk about in their audience last...

March 08, 2018

Vatican Turns to Young People to “Hack” Social Problems

120 young people from 57 universities on five continents around the world will come together...

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 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 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....

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 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...

November 2017

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 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"....