George Weigel, author of numerous books, including the recently published Evangelical Catholicism, talks with Catholic News Service about the challenges the next pope will face in reforming the Roman Curia.
The most recent column of Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia, is titled,“Justice, Prudence and Immigration Reform” (Feb. 19, 2013). Here is some of that column (with emphasis added): The Catholic commitment to the […]
In 1990, Pope John Paul II released Ex Corde Ecclesiae, the papal document defining the centrality of Catholic higher education. Its title translated as “from the heart of the Church,” the document called for Catholic […]
Don’t expect to hear much in the U.S. media about the stunning McAlleese Report, especially since the mythology of vicious, vile, and abusive Irish nuns running the the Magdalene Laundries has been so firmly established by Hollywood […]
Remarks from German journalist Peter Seewald about the state of Pope Benedict’s health have received wide circulation since the publication of an article yesterday in German and Italian magazines. Seewald, who conducted two book-length interviews […]
…is a nifty interactive graphic explaining how the cardinal-electors go about picking a new pope. Check it out at Vatican Insider – very cool!
… otherwise you might be forced to take seriously the foolishness that seems to dominate the internet, the airwaves, and the supposedly serious, important newspapers of note. So, as something of a humor break (and, […]
The last weeks of Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate will be filled with many “lasts.” Ash Wednesday was his last public Mass. February 14 was his last meeting with priests and seminarians of the Diocese of […]
After a week of international news coverage about the pope’s imminent retirement, China’s news has so far failed to announce it. China’s Catholics, even the priests, are still unaware of what is happening in Rome, […]
Since Pope Benedict’s announcement last week that he’ll be stepping down as Supreme Pontiff, there has been some discussion in the Catholic blogosphere and elsewhere about whether it is most appropriate to say the pope […]
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