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Pope continues to take a vocal stand against ‘gender theory’ that would ‘cancel humanity’

March 04, 2024

ROME – The Pope has again criticised so-called gender theory, highlighting how it cancels humanity. In an audience with participants in a March 1-2 conference titled “Man-Woman Image of God: For an Anthropology of Vocations”, the Pope says that the movement to deconstruct gender “cancels differences” and therefore “cancels humanity”. When he was elected Successor

Pope turns to female theologians for advice on women’s roles in Church

February 06, 2024

ROME – After completing a massive overhaul of the Roman curia in 2022, Pope Francis has turned his attention to the topic of women as part of his reforming efforts, inviting several female theologians and a female Anglican bishop to address his Council of Cardinals, what Francis informally calls his “kitchen cabinet”. For the past

Abandoning limbo would leave a serious gap in Church teaching

June 02, 2017

Catholic doctrine suggests that limbo really does exist - although opinions about it differ

Letters from the Synod: October 6, 2015

October 06, 2015

Reports and commentary, from Rome and elsewhere, on the XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/01/15

January 16, 2015

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

How did we forget about hell?

January 16, 2013

Two theologians bear much of the blame, as a new book shows