This is newsworthy for the simple reason it is rare to hear of a secular newspaper or other news outlet praise the Catholic Church for how it has addressed the sexual abuse scandal. And it […]
This piece in today’s edition of Vatican Information Service contains several interesting remarks about China, especially regarding the ongoing confusions caused by illegitimately ordained bishops: Vatican City, 26 April 2012 (VIS) – The Commission for […]
The following has been posted on the LCWR site: The national board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious will meet May 29 – June 1, 2012 to begin its discussion of the conclusions of the Congregation […]
From a Catholic News Agency piece about a recent online debate between Ross Douthat, author of Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics, and Slate magazine author William Saletan: Douthat also urged Saletan, and others who dismiss the […]
From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 25 April 2012 (VIS) – If prayer and the Word of God do not nourish our spiritual life, we run the risk being suffocated by the many cares and […]
The April 29th edition of Our Sunday Visitor newspaper has a feature article, “Make a joyful noise”, about Catholic music and musicians, which I co-authored with long-time, tuneful friend, Gregory Oatis. We had a certain […]
… in the CDF vs. LCWR saga is not, George Weigel notes, the faux shock of the LCWR leadership, but that the Vatican had finally acted, decisively, after three decades of half-hearted (and failed) attempts […]
From a CNA/EWTN News piece, quoting Ann Carey: Carey said that after Vatican II, members of many religious orders began to live in apartments and find their own jobs, separate from a corporate apostolate such […]
Author and journalist Ann Carey, who has for many years researched and covered the situation of women’s religious in the U.S., reacted yesterday to the news of the CDF statement about the LCWR and the […]
“How can you join a church that tells you how to think?” The question, uttered with equal parts puzzlement and anger, surprised me. In hindsight, it should have been about as surprising as an afternoon […]
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