When Mel Gibson’s movie The Passion of the Christ was first released in 2004, the secular world focused almost exclusively on its depiction of violence. Movie reviewers who had been recommending horror films for decades […]
Belfairs Methodist Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. / David Howard (CC BY-SA 2.0).
London, England, Oct 18, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).
A Catholic priest said on Sunday that he respected the police’s decision not to grant him access to a crime scene to g… […]
United States military service members have been demoted, harassed, abused and threatened by superiors for seeking religious exemptions to the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a federal class-action lawsuit alleges. One Air Force technical […]
Way back in 1987, Father Stephen O’Brien penned a slim but important volume entitled: Mixed Messages: What Bishops and Priests Say about Catholic Schools (National Catholic Education Association). A major point was that, while clergy generally […]
Photograph of a bronze statue of Saint Father Junipero Serra in the Gardens of the Carmel Mission Basilica in Carmel, California / Terry Huntingdon Tydings/Shutterstock
Denver Newsroom, Oct 16, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
While Catholic leaders have … […]
Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary / / Gianluigi Persi (public domain).
Vatican City, Oct 15, 2021 / 04:30 am (CNA).
The release this month of a watershed report on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Fr… […]
MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating: A-II Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 reels (Disclaimer: This review contains spoilers!) Mass is a unique film. Ninety percent of the runtime takes place with only four actors in […]
I want Pope Francis to do well. I’ve never made a secret of how his election thrilled me. I’ve never hidden how I have felt his gestures great and small move me and challenge me […]
The rich young man in the Gospel expressed pride in abiding by the Commandments, but Jesus asked for a generous spirit. The Commandments form the moral foundation of all that we do. Charity and generosity—in […]
The Rt. Rev. Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Anglican bishop of Rochester, England. / michaelnazirali.com.
Oxford, England, Oct 14, 2021 / 03:55 am (CNA).
A prominent Anglican bishop once considered a potential future Archbishop of Canterbury has … […]
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