Yesterday US Secretary of State John Kerry met for an hour and 40 minutes with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal-designate Pietro Parolin. According to Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, the meeting was “extremely important” and “intensive,” […]
The great political, social, and moral issue of the present day is the authority of the natural and normal. Accepting that authority means accepting a vernacular form of natural law, and thus a belief that […]
On the morning of Sunday, January 12th, the day the list of new cardinals was officially announced, someone called to me across the refectory: “Well, Schall, I see you didn’t make it again.” Since this […]
Today Pope Francis delivered the traditional New Year address to the Vatican diplomatic corps, highlighting the problems and challenges he sees as most pressing in what has come to be known as the papal “state […]
January 13, 2014, UGCC Department of Information People demonstrating in the Square (Maidan) in Kyiv [Kiev] have turned to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and other Churches, asking them to pray together with them. Indeed, […]
What do Kenneth Bae and former NBA star Dennis Rodman have in common? As of this writing, nothing other than that each is spending, or has spent, time in North Korea (aka, the DPRK). The […]
Yesterday, on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Pope Francis baptized 32 children during Mass held in the Sistine Chapel (celebrated ad orientem at the chapel’s high altar, incidentally). One of the newly […]
Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada celebrated the 10th anniversary of his episcopal ordination on Sunday, January 12. Archbishop Miller, 67, was born in Ottawa. He joined the Basilian Fathers, who once had a significant […]
Today, at the conclusion of his Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis announced the names of the new cardinals who will be elevated at next month’s consistory in Rome. Sixteen of the new cardinals will be eligible […]
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