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September 2018

September 03, 2018

Cardinal Marx, Clearer Than Ever: “Nationalism Is Not Catholic”

"Patriotism is good, but nationalism is not Catholic". The president of the German Bishops' Conference,...

August 2018

August 27, 2018

Church to Salvini: “You Can’t Do Politics on the Backs of the Poor”

The latest chapter in the tumultuous relationship between the Italian Catholic Church and the xenophobic...

August 16, 2018

The Grandmother Behind the Catechism Death Penalty Change

A 99-year-old Spanish woman is taking credit for having inspired the recent change to the...

August 09, 2018

Italian Church Decries “Massacre” of Exploited Migrant Workers

The Italian Church has condemned in the strongest possible terms the deaths of 16 migrant...

August 06, 2018

Swiss Bishop: I Don’t Believe in “God of Yore”

Three days after the Pope raised the ire of conservatives by reversing the centuries-old teaching...

July 2018

July 23, 2018

Croatian Bishops Blame Germany for Migrant “Chaos”

The Catholic Bishops of Croatia have denounced the fact that stronger EU nations, such as...

July 19, 2018

Hungarian Bishop Schools “Christian” PM On True Gospel Compassion

For those in the West who divinize anti-migrant Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as the...

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 28, 2018

Austrian Bishops Slam Move to Extend Working Hours

The Austrian Bishops' Conference has blasted proposed changes to the country's Working Hours Act as...

June 18, 2018

Irish Bishops Take Two Steps Forward for Life, One Step Back

After the people of Ireland voted last month to legalize abortion, the Irish bishops have...

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 31, 2018

Austrian Church Seeks “Seriousness” and “Credibility” with Ethical Investments

The Catholic Church of Austria has made a choice for ethics over economic gain in...

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...

March 2018

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...

October 2017

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 –...