Vatican City, Jan 31, 2020 / 02:15 pm (CNA).- The year 2020 is one month old and already stacked high with expectation for Pope Francis. The long-awaited McCarrick report is due “early” this year; so […]

At the end of their third plenary assembly in May 2019, the Catholic Bishops of West Africa decried the horrors of terrorist attacks and violence in their region. “Authentic religion respects the sanctity of life […]

I’ve had a hunch for quite some time that more people than you might suppose have had mystical experiences or, if not quite that, at least something resembling them, and lately a quick search of […]

Los Angeles, Calif., Jan 29, 2020 / 03:01 pm (CNA).- Countering a common charge of contemporary theologians, Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., said Tuesday that St. Thomas Aquinas’ account of the Passion is profoundly Trinitarian. “St. […]

I write these words from the Eternal City of Rome, whither I’ve come with my brother bishops from Region 11 (California, Nevada, and Hawaii) for our ad limina visit. This is a regular and canonically […]

Vatican City, Jan 28, 2020 / 08:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis has co-authored a book of reflections on the life of St. John Paul II to be published in Italian. The book, entitled “St. John […]

Janette Howe is founder of the Seven Sisters Apostolate, an organization for Catholic women in which members commit to pray for priests.  The organization is celebrating its 10th anniversary and has enjoyed remarkable growth with […]

Before I moved to Rome, I thought I knew what Catholic culture was. I didn’t. I’m actually not at all convinced Catholic culture exists anywhere. I’ve argued against the proposition before, but that was before […]