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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"...

August 2018

August 28, 2018

Swiss Diocese Slams Bishop For Linking Abuse to Gays

"Intolerable" and "unacceptable". With these reproaches the Swiss Diocese of St. Gallen has condemned the...

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...

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...

May 2018

May 16, 2018

Bishop Takes Down Cardinal Eijk: “Pope Francis Doesn’t Sow Confusion”

By Cameron Doody and Hendro Munsterman The leader of The Netherlands' largest Catholic diocese has...

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...

March 2018

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...

February 2018

February 15, 2018

Czechs Call on Pope to Sack Cardinal Duka

A group of Czech Catholics has called on Pope Francis not to extend the tenure...

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 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...

November 2017

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"....

October 2017

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...