Readings: • Zeph. 2:3; 3:12-13 • Psa. 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 • 1 Cor. 1:26-31 • Matt. 5:1-12a During this Sunday’s Gospel reading we hear the Beatitudes, among the most well-known and oft-quoted sayings of Jesus. […]
Shortly before his death two weeks ago, Cardinal George Pell wrote an essay lambasting what he described as “one of the most incoherent documents ever sent out from Rome.” Noted researcher and professor of sociology […]
Readings: • Is 8:23-9:3 • Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 • 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 • Mt 4:12-23 In the opening paragraphs of Spe Salvi, his 2007 encyclical on hope, Pope Benedict XVI observed that the […]
Update (Jan 25, 2023): The Neumayr family has released a statement about George Neumayr’s death: “It is with great sadness that the family of George Neumayr announces his untimely passing on January 19, 2023. He […]
Readings: • Is 49:3, 5-6 • Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 • 1 Cor 1:1-3 • Jn 1:29-34 Taken as a whole, this Sunday’s readings can, I think, be summarized in a single sentence: […]
From Edward Pentin at National Catholic Register: Cardinal George Pell has died in Rome this evening at the age of 81. The Australian cardinal had been admitted to a Rome hospital for routine hip replacement […]
Readings for The Epiphany of the Lord: • Is 60:1-6 • Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 • Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 • Mt 2:1-12 “You have revealed Yourself to the world today, and your light, O […]
A couple of days ago, looking through and re-reading sections from some of the many (many!) books by Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI, I took this photo and posted it on Twitter and Facebook: To my […]
Two topics dominated the most read CWR pieces of 2021: vaccines and liturgy. This year’s list centers around the Vatican: the Vatican bank, the Vatican Publishing House, Pope Francis, the Synod, synodality, the German church, […]
Note: Marking the death Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI on December 31st, CWR is reposting this interview, first posted on January 13, 2021. The veteran German journalist Peter Seewald first met Joseph Ratzinger nearly thirty years ago. […]
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