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September 24, 2019

‘Take the Pope very seriously!’ Cardinal Woelki tells German bishops

September 24, 2019

The Church in Germany must revise its synodal plans in line with the Pope’s leadership and the universal Church, Cardinal Rainer Woelki told the plenary session of the German Episcopal Conference on Tuesday morning. Speaking on the second day of the three-day meeting, Woelki, who is the Archbishop of Cologne, told the bishops that Pope

To a young aspiring theologian – don’t neglect Faith

September 24, 2019

The young aspiring theologian who embarks on the academic study of theology encounters today a bewildering field of study. They may set out to understand their faith better, and perhaps one day come to teach it. But soon they may discover that theology is also about things other than God. They may soon come to

Germany’s nuncio reminds bishops of Pope Francis’s warning

September 24, 2019

Interesting times just got more interesting, as the Fall plenary of the German bishops’ conference opened in Fulda, Germany, with a message from the apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Nikola Eterović, which did not mince words when it came to the German bishops’ controversial plans for a “binding synodal path”, on which they are scheduled to vote

Zen meditation and ‘mindfulness’ are not Christian prayer, Spanish bishops warn

September 24, 2019

The Spanish bishops’ conference said that the “mindfulness” movement and other eastern meditation techniques cannot be considered a “properly Christian” practice of prayer. The Spanish bishops’ commission on doctrine approved April 3 “’My soul thirsts for God, for the living God’: A doctrinal orientation on Christian prayer. ” The document was officially published on September 3. The

6% of US seminarians have experienced sexual harassment, study says

September 24, 2019

A new study has found that six percent of U.S. seminarians have experienced some form of sexual harassment, abuse or misconduct; another four percent said they might have experienced misconduct but were not sure; while 89% report none. The survey comes amid heightened scrutiny of seminary culture in the wake of revelations of grooming behavior

Chinese churches made to replace Ten Commandments with Xi Jinping quotes

September 24, 2019

Christian churches in China have been ordered to take down displays of the Ten Commandments and replace them with quotes from Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to reports. According to Bitter Winter, a magazine covering religious liberty and human rights in China, churches belonging to the country’s state-run “Three-Self Patriotic Movement” Protestant denomination have been

Vatican office temporarily suspends sanctions against Indiana Jesuit school

September 24, 2019

The Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education has temporarily suspended a decree from the Archbishop of Indianapolis that revoked the Catholic identity of a Jesuit high school. The suspension will have effect while the congregation considers an appeal of the decree. The June 21 decree from Archbishop Charles Thompson said the archdiocese would no longer recognize