Nearly three months after he stepped down from public ministry, Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis will return to his administrative and ministerial duties immediately, the archdiocese has announced. Archbishop Nienstedt stepped aside […]
As expected, there was widespread media coverage of the first cardinals appointed by Pope Francis last month. But only a few media outlets noted that one of the new cardinals, Archbishop of Perugia Gualtiero Bassetti, […]
I recently interviewed American atheist leader David Silverman on my television show. He became a legend in his own lunchtime recently when his organization’s booth was first accepted and then rejected by CPAC, the Conservative […]
Today, March 11, 2014, marks the centenary of the birth of Alvaro del Portillo (1914-1994), bishop and first successor of St. Josemaría Escriva, founder of Opus Dei. Later this year, on September 27, he will […]
The Wisconsin State Journal interviewed Bishop Robert Morlino at the end of February about the approaching one year anniversary of the election of Pope Francis. A couple of excerpts: Morlino: What I most admire about him […]
The anti-war song “War Pigs” by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath plays over the closing credits to 300: Rise of an Empire. It is also featured in a trailer for the movie. It is […]
The Church is not part of the State. Nor is she simply a part of civil society set up by her members to advance their public and private goals. She is an independent society established […]
A scratchy LP, probably on a phonograph player from the 1930s or so, begins playing and a man clears his throat. Horns and woodwinds slowly swell and unveil, coming into tune in the background, finding […]
(Rome, kath.net) In February 2014, after the publication of controversial statements by a German bishop about the need to change Catholic moral teaching, Armin Schwibach interviewed Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee […]
March 7, 2014 6:02 PM Vatican City, Mar 7, 2014 / 05:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In lengthy excerpts of an interview published in an Italian newspaper, Benedict XVI speaks of his time collaborating with John […]
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