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April 24, 2019
April 24, 2019
To stop the spread of evil in the world, Catholics must go above and beyond, loving and forgiving others even when it is undeserved, Pope Francis urged Wednesday. “Jesus inserts the power of forgiveness into human relationships. In life, not everything is resolved with justice,” he said April 24. “Especially where we must put a
April 24, 2019
A senior papal adviser let slip that the reform of the Vatican bureaucracy with which his electors tasked Pope Francis at the start of his pontificate will come soon — possibly as soon as June 29 — setting off a round of parsing, commentary, and speculation. The senior adviser was the Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Cardinal
April 24, 2019
In a recent column, Michael Rosenwald writes in the Washington Post about Hitler’s view of Christianity by way of Alan Bullock’s classic work, Hitler: A Study in Tyranny. The world is awash with Hitlerian analogy, and we should pay attention to that, not only for the way it represents fascist ideology but for the way
April 24, 2019
A three-year study by the Universities of Lancaster and Strathclyde has concluded that going on pilgrimage to places such as Lourdes has considerable benefits for one’s mental and physical health by acting against workplace stress. Dr Leighanne Higgins of Lancaster University led the study, which conducted interviews with pilgrims and found that “emotional tourism” can
April 24, 2019
The National Catholic Prayer Breakfast heard an uncompromising call to holiness and the defense of every human life Tuesday, with speakers calling for a “Catholic great awakening.” A total of 1,400 gathered in Washington, DC for the 15th-annual prayer breakfast, where keynotes were delivered by Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix and Curtis Martin, founder and
April 24, 2019
Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix called on a gathering of the nation’s Catholic leaders to stand up to the heresies of the modern age and defend the dignity of the human person, body and soul, as an integral part of defending the faith. Speaking at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on April 23, the keynote
April 24, 2019
The Vatican’s new constitution will reportedly create a new “super dicastery” for evangelisation. The US Church has welcomed more than 37,000 new members at Easter Vigil Masses. A court has blocked an order forcing the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) to rename itself the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Ross Douthat asks why the persecution
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