The Vatican Information Service has a short report about an address given by Fr. Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot M.C.C.J., secretary of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, at the Istanbul World Forum. His remarks are […]
“The Council Fathers neither could nor wished to create a new or different Church. They had neither the authority nor the mandate to do so. It was only in their capacity as bishops that they […]
“It cannot be doubted that the poor can more easily attain the blessing of humility than those who are rich. In the cases of the poor, the lack of worldly goods is often accompanied by […]
… what would they say? America magazine put that question, and four others, to the two men via e-mail: AM: If you had five minutes with the pope, what would you say to him? JRB: […]
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a statement in response to claims made by Vice President Joe Biden during last night’s vice presidential debate about the HHS contraception-coverage mandate. The statement includes […]
“Scandalously, our legal system no longer protects significant minorities: unborn children, Catholics and their institutions who would like to continue to enjoy the freedom we used to take for granted; those who continue to hold […]
“It was by no means only yesterday that truth became embarrassing.” With those rather wry words, Jean Daniélou, S.J., opened his book, Scandaleuse Vérité, published in English as The Scandal of Truth in August 1962. […]
Today marks both the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the beginning of the Year of Faith, two events that have inspired a flurry of commentary on the Council’s legacy […]
Pope Benedict XVI has launched the Year of Faith in the midst of the Synod of Bishops, which is addressing the topic of the New Evangelization. Meanwhile all of this is happening within the context […]
A reader, responding to my recent post about Dr. Hans Küng, reminded me of this bit of rather humorous, and telling, information: I really appreciated your dissection of the Guardian’s story about Hans Kung. In light of Kung’s […]
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