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September 26, 2023

October’s Synod in Rome will have an impact far beyond the Church

September 26, 2023

There has been a good deal of hype over this month’s Synod on Synodality in Rome, which will draw together nearly 400 participants. Touching on issues such as women’s ordination, LGBTQ+ issues and clerical celibacy, this year’s synod is the first of a two-part discussion that will culminate next October. In the lead-up to this

Gloria, Dowager Princess of Thurn und Taxis: Fervent campaigner for conservative Catholic values and practices

September 26, 2023

From biker princess to Catholic activist. When I last wrote about Gloria, Dowager Princess of Thurn und Taxis – aka the Harley Davidson-driving “Punk Princess” – in the summer of 2007, I was summoned to the Festival Thurn und Taxis Schlossfestspiele in Regensburg, to visit her late husband Johannes’s family’s vast 500-room castle about an

As humanitarian aid burns, bishop implores: ‘Don’t forget Ukraine’

September 26, 2023

A bishop in Ukraine has decried the destruction of thousands of pounds worth of humanitarian aid by a drone strike on Lviv as an attack on the most vulnerable. Bishop Edward Kawa, Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that the drone strike on the Caritas-Spes warehouse in his

Rome prepares for pre-synod frenzy with packed schedule starting this week

September 26, 2023

ROME – The Synod of Bishops on Synodality is this autumn’s Catholic equivalent of the American Super Bowl. As a result, the next few days are similarly chock-full of what might be described as pre-game activities, creating an extremely busy period in and around Rome. Things kick off Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. Rome time,