Earlier today, Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I signed a Joint Declaration reaffirmed their desire “to overcome, in love and in truth, the obstacles that divide” Catholics and Orthodox. The two leaders also […]
Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 29, 2014 / 10:20 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In a prayer gathering on the second day of Pope Francis’ visit to Turkey, Patriarch Bartholomew I welcomed him with joy, saying his presence is […]
We often hear expressions like “the post-Christian era” to describe the time we live in. Just as Christianity preserved many pagan practices, a “post-Christian era” will retain many Christian customs and ideas. They will usually […]
The founding of the United States has a lot more color than the typical Protestant narrative, thanks to the heroics, quirks, and sacrifices of American Catholics. In her new book, The American Catholic Almanac, (Image […]
To many Germans in the early 1930s, Adolf Hitler looked like just what Germany needed. Here, they imagined, was a charismatic leader capable of restoring social stability, economic prosperity, and national honor to their battered […]
“I think that on this question,” writes Louis de Bonald regarding divorce, “the government should concern itself not with religious beliefs, but with reasonable actions.” Another liberal disguising with smooth talk a ploy to subvert […]
Going into last night’s announcement, we did not have all the evidence. For weeks, the talking heads filled the airwaves and commandeered the conversation with educated conjecture, but more often less-educated rumor. What we really […]
A new volume of Benedict XVI’s collected works includes an updated version of a 1972 essay in which he had suggested that the divorced and remarried could receive Communion—but the Pope had long since abandoned […]
“Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you: fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us the […]
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