“It is with great joy that I received the message announced today by Pope Francis that the next World Youth Day will take place in Poland in the year 2016,” said Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz the […]
In an interview with German journalist Michael Hesemann, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger—the older brother of Pope Emeritus Benedict—said that his brother’s literary work is complete and he will not be publishing anything else. He also said […]
“I’m passionate about messaging that’s fearless, factual, and freeing,” says Ryan Bomberger, the founder of the Radiance Foundation. Bomberger, whose mother was raped and gave him up for adoption, is challenging those who, he says, […]
Mothers have long believed, cultures have long taught, and research has repeatedly confirmed that an emotional network links pregnant moms to their babies. If mom is happy, the preborn baby is content. When mom is […]
Those who have followed my writings and rantings over my ten or eleven years of blogging (I began blogging, ahem, when I was twelve) know that I have a few pet peeves. They include, but […]
The last two days at Catholic World Report we’ve run articles on different aspects of surrogate pregnancies and donor conception (pregnancies created using either donated sperm or eggs). The moral, spiritual, physical, and legal problems […]
“We Jesuits and the entire Society are not in the center; we are, so to say, removed; we are in the service of Christ and of the Church….” — Pope Francis, Sermon at the Gesŭ. […]
From Vatican Radio, the complete text of Pope Francis’ homily at the Gesù, given today on the Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola: In this Eucharist in which we celebrate our Father Ignatius of Loyola, […]
Today the Vatican announced that Bishop Frank J. Caggiano, currently auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Brooklyn, has been appointed bishop for the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Bishop Caggiano will succeed Archbishop William Lori, who was named […]
The Sacred Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life issued a Decree on July 11, 2013, dissolving the General Council of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate (FFI), appointing an Apostolic […]
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