I am now in Paris to conduct research for my next book, on a French bishop in China, but I always come to Paris as a pilgrim first, and despite the refrain one often hears […]
The world goes its own way without much regard for the Church, because it has very little regard for truth—that is to say, for reality. The problems go to the roots of current ways of […]
“I hope we get a nice pope,” a good Catholic woman told me soon after Benedict XVI announced his resignation. “I don’t care whether he’s nice or not,” I replied. “I just hope he’s strong.” […]
Much media coverage of a conclave, both secular and Catholic, consists of speculation about who is papabile, what changes the Church must make during the next pontificate, and where the next pope will come from. […]
Vatican Insider has an interesting interview with Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Raï, the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. A major figure during Pope Benedict’s trip to Lebanon last September, Raï was one of six new cardinals created […]
Just in from the PR department at Franciscan University of Steubenville: Catholic Sociologist Dr. Anne Hendershott Joins Franciscan University Faculty STEUBENVILLE, OH—Dr. Anne Hendershott, one of the most distinguished Catholic sociologists in the United States […]
H. L. Mencken—satirist, progressive, pseudo-misogynist, provocateur—wrote a book in 1918 called In Defense of Women. Like an optical illusion, the title, depending on one’s focal point, can mean defending women or defending oneself from women. […]
Today the College of Cardinals will gather in St. Peter’s Basilica to pray for the Church and for the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope. They have invited all the faithful around the world […]
Stepping away from the non-stop stream of conclave/papal news—today Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee for Religious Liberty, praised an act introduced yesterday in the House of Representatives that would offer […]
Much has been said in the lead-up to the conclave about the possibility of a new pope from the “emerging world”—from South America, Africa, or Asia. Even some cardinals have said that it may be […]
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