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The false binary between progressive accommodators and “rad trad” restorationists

June 21, 2022 Larry Chapp 90

Much ink has been spilled on the recent comments by the Holy Father concerning his assertion that the Second Vatican Council has been “gagged” by “restorationists”. Pope Francis specifically mentioned the United States as home […]

The Dispatch

Opinion: Pope Francis flounders on the Ukrainian front

June 19, 2022 Christopher R. Altieri 50

It’s tough to say how bad things are for Pope Francis, vis á vis Ukraine, but things are bad. Just this week, the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, remarked to […]

The Dispatch

Bishop revokes Catholic status of Jesuit school flying LBGT, Black Lives Matter flags

June 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 26

Black Lives Matter flag and LGBT pride flag fly outside Nativity School of Worcester, a Jesuit middle school in the diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts, in April 2022. / Joe Bukuras/CNA

Denver Newsroom, Jun 17, 2022 / 06:06 am (CNA).
After a mo… […]

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Benedict XVI was ‘a prophet’ of Church’s future, Pope Francis tells Malta’s Jesuits

April 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis with Pope emeritus Benedict XVI at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Vatican City on June 30, 2015. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Apr 14, 2022 / 04:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has described Benedict XVI as “a prophet” for predicting … […]

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Father Willie Doyle, World War I military chaplain, deserves sainthood cause, Irish group says

March 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Willie Doyle, S.J. / null

Mullingar, Ireland, Mar 14, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
Father Willie Doyle, S.J. was an Irish priest whose heroic sacrifices as a military chaplain during World War I were much admired in the last century. Now a lay… […]

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Pope Francis: The saints show us how to live in communion with the Church

March 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis greets Jesuit Superior General Father Arturo Sosa in the Clementine Hall on Feb. 9, 2017 / Vatican Media.

Rome, Italy, Mar 12, 2022 / 11:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis reminded Jesuits and other religious orders on Saturday that their v… […]

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St. Francis Xavier: New EWTN film marks 400th anniversary of canonization

March 4, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

A still from the film “St. Francis Xavier: To the Ends of the Earth”. / EWTN/Cristiana Video.

Rome, Italy, Mar 4, 2022 / 10:35 am (CNA).
This month marks 400 years since the canonization of St. Francis Xavier, one of the first Jesuit missionari… […]

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Pope Francis: Halving of Jesuit numbers worldwide is a lesson in humility

December 16, 2021 Catholic News Agency 13

Pope Francis speaks to Jesuits at the apostolic nunciature in Athens, Greece, Dec. 4, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Dec 16, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
In a private meeting with Jesuits earlier this month, Pope Francis said that a sharp decli… […]

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A priest with the soul of a boxer, a boxer with the soul of a priest

October 2, 2021 Paul Senz 6

It is unfortunate, even tragic, that Father Paul Mankowski, S.J., is not known to many, as he was a true intellectual giant, a bulwark of Catholic orthodoxy, and a writer with a remarkable gift for […]

The Dispatch

The mighty pen of Father Paul Mankowski, SJ

September 8, 2021 George Weigel 8

In the summer before the Second Vatican Council opened, Pope John XXIII met with Cardinal Léon-Joseph Suenens in the papal residence at Castel Gandolfo. “I know what my part in the Council will be,” the […]

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