A number of years ago, my spiritual director, a priest, went on a leave of absence because of various troubles. He was considering leaving the priesthood. I wrote a heartfelt letter to offer my thoughts […]
Our Lady of Fatima. / Joseph Ferrara Our Lady of Fatima in LA Archdiocese via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Mexico City, Mexico, Oct 13, 2021 / 08:33 am (CNA).
Sister Lucia dos Santos, one of the three children who witnessed the Marian apparitions at F… […]
Many years ago, a play came out called “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,” the point being that the life of such an athlete is unique and requires a certain style of personality and […]
Pope Francis’ general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace, June 9, 2021. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Jun 9, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis on Wednesday urged priests, bishops, and married couples to work in coope… […]
Pope Francis greets a married couple at a Wednesday General Audience. / Daniel Ibáñez
Vatican City, Jun 1, 2021 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has asked people to pray throughout June for young people preparing for the life-long journey of mar… […]
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds in London, England, May 6, 2021. / Ilyas Tayfun Salci via Shutterstock.
London, England, May 31, 2021 / 05:20 am (CNA).
Church authorities said that “all necessary steps were taken, in both church and civil law,”… […]
Kath.net interview with canon lawyer Fr. Gero Weishaupt. By Michael Koder [Translated for CWR by Michael J. Miller and published by CWR with kind permission of Kath.net.] Cologne (kath.net, May 3, 2021) The rebellious reactions […]
Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in Rome June 28, 2018. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.
Vatican City, Apr 28, 2021 / 06:15 am (CNA).
The prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office stressed on Tue… […]
San Sebastian, Spain, Apr 19, 2021 / 17:01 pm (CNA). In response to a planned day of blessings for same-sex partners in Germany, the Bishop of San Sebastián on Wednesday called on Catholics to join […]
Sixth and Ninth Commandments In examining the Sixth and Ninth Commandments, we follow the lead of Christ Himself, who took cognizance of the sixth law of the Decalogue and immediately connected it to that desire […]
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