(Chur, Switzerland. kath.net) Hans Küng would have enjoyed the 2021-2024 Vatican Synod. Because he was the one who tried sixty years earlier to equate the concepts of Synod (or Council) and Church. That was supposed to […]
Last week I argued that the U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran. America has now entered the war by bombing three facilities associated with Iran’s nuclear program. Is this action morally justifiable in light […]
Let me say at the outset that I agree with the view that it would be bad for the Iranian regime to acquire a nuclear weapon. How close it is to actually acquiring one, I […]
They say, “Never meet your heroes; you’ll only be disappointed.” That rule must apply even more when you are a devout Catholic, and your hero is a Protestant pastor. Nevertheless, I, the Catholic, ignored that […]
Surprise! The Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) has returned as a hot-button issue, if it ever really left. Singapore’s Cardinal William Goh Seng Chye hopes restrictions on the TLM will be dropped, The Catholic Herald reports. In […]
By now, many readers will have heard about the draft liturgical policy,“‘Go In Peace, Glorifying the Lord By Your Life’: A Pastoral Letter on the Celebration of the Liturgy”, produced by Bishop Michael Martin of […]
As the Cardinals prepare for perhaps the most important days of their lives, let us, the faithful, keep them in our prayers in a fervent way. The devil is no doubt at work trying to […]
Your Grace1, I was stunned to read of your recent attack on those who receive Holy Communion on the tongue. Even more so because you used an Easter homily to launch that assault, which demonstrates […]
In October 2013, I wrote one of the more challenging pieces of my nearly 30 years as an author: a CWR editorial titled “Pope Francis: The Good, the Baffling, and the Unclear”. I won’t repeat […]
Something strange is happening in the heart of Europe. Something is stirring. What is happening, what is stirring, is the stirring of the people of Europe against the decadent ascendancy that has ruled the roost […]
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