Today is the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, and, as they do every year, hundreds of thousands descended on Washington, DC to protest the decision and call for the legal […]
I have many thoughts about Pope Francis’ comments about family size, birth control, and rabbits, made yesterday during an interview with reporters as the Holy Father returned to Rome from his trip to the Philippines. […]
Pope Francis was not in any way condoning the attacks on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in his comments Thursday about the limits of freedom of expression, a Vatican spokesman has clarified. Father Thomas […]
Since it is almost Christmas Eve, I thought I would share a wonderful quote I came across earlier this Advent, from an essay by G.K. Chesterton about Santa Claus. [I]f an example be required to […]
As I work my way through all the thoughtful and thought-provoking material coming out of this week’s Humanum colloquium in Rome, I want to encourage CWR readers to read—or watch—Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’ speech, which […]
“The family is the foundation of co-existence and a guarantee against social fragmentation,” Pope Francis said today in an address to participants in the “Humanum” colloquium in Rome. The international, interfaith gathering, which will spend […]
On Monday the Humanum colloquium gets underway in Rome; the three-day gathering of scholars and religious leaders from numerous countries and faiths will focus on the theme “The Complementarity of Man and Woman.” Sponsored by […]
The controversy about statements made last week about African bishops and their contributions to the Synod on the Family by the Roman Curial prelate Cardinal Walter Kasper continues. Most recently BILD-Zeitung [a German tabloid newspaper] […]
Today two interviews from two prominent cardinals were released, both touching upon African bishops and their participation in the Synod on the Family. First, Cardinal Walter Kasper. In an interview with Edward Pentin posted today […]
Catholic News Service has a brief but interesting video of Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of Durban, South Africa speaking about the Synod on the Family’s discussions of marriage and Communion. While much of the conversation, at […]
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