Today is the Memorial of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be on the road to canonization, a process that was given formal recognition on December 19, 2011, when the Holy See announced […]
The Vatican Insider reports that Benedict XVI is working on the third volume of his Jesus of Nazareth books whie he is vacationing at Castel Gandolfo: The Pope arrived just last Tuesday at Castel Gandolfo, […]
Rome—The “Courtyard of the Gentiles” is an initiative of the Pontifical Council for Culture to promote dialogue between believers and non-believers, the result of a suggestion that Benedict XVI offered to the Roman Curia on […]
In his most recent NRO essay, “Catholics and Modernity”, George Weigel argues that it is nigh time to lose the left-right, liberal-conservative, politically-fixated categories when it comes to accurately describing Catholicism: For it was Father […]
“Smart move.” That’s how many loyal Catholics reacted to the announcement that the Vatican had hired a veteran American newsman as a consultant to grapple with its communication problems. In many respects, the reaction was […]
The single guilty verdict last month in the high-profile criminal abuse trial in Philadelphia was historic. Msgr. William J. Lynn became the first Catholic official in the United States to be convicted for the crime […]
Just as Christianity puzzles many people, so too a new sci-fi film has drawn quick condemnation from many. I say: they are too quick to judgment, and too slow to appreciate the philosophical and religious […]
Do you think Melinda Gates has enough money to buy a copy of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church? If not, perhaps those professors at Georgetown who took it upon themselves to send a […]
Physicist (and Catholic) Stephen M. Barr takes on the question, “Does Quantum Physics Make it Easier to Believe in God?” He writes: Not in any direct way. That is, it doesn’t provide an argument for […]
From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 10 July 2012 (VIS) – Following is the communique released this morning on the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Joseph Yue Fusheng in Harbin and the Reverend Thaddeus Ma […]
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