By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Nov 20, 2020 02:05 am
Unconfirmed stories a couple of months ago indicated that the long-awaited “McCarrick Report” ran to 600 pages; as it turns out, the final count of the English text is 449. Some very thoughtful Vatican person [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Nov 20, 2020 02:05 am
CNA Staff, Nov 19, 2020 / 02:15 pm (CNA).- La Civiltá Cattolica, the Jesuit-run magazine whose publication is overseen by the Vatican’s Secretary of State, has published an article praising the projected electoral victory of [...]
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By Thomas R. Ascik on Nov 20, 2020 01:40 am
The two most powerful political figures in the country, probable (mindful that the election has still not been officially declared) President-elect Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, are Catholics who oppose religious [...]
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By Russell Shaw on Nov 19, 2020 01:42 pm
The Vatican document tracing the rise of ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick through the hierarchy’s ranks has been praised for its unprecedented transparency in shedding light on a dark episode in the life of the Church. But [...]
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By Mary Miller on Nov 19, 2020 01:13 am
In mid-August, I attended an online presentation by a Catholic nun on “Race and the Catholic Church.” The presenter—I’ll call her “Sister”—was a theology professor who had taught at a nearby Catholic university. I approached [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Nov 18, 2020 10:47 pm
CNA Staff, Nov 18, 2020 / 05:29 pm (CNA).- A group of Christian leaders is challenging orders to shut down churches in England and Wales, saying the move violates religious freedom protections and has not [...]
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By Daniel Blackman on Nov 18, 2020 10:07 pm
Did you know the Catholic Church has officially ruled that we’re not to try and fix a date for the arrival of the antichrist? The decree was composed in 1516, at the Fifth Lateran Council, [...]
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By George Weigel on Nov 18, 2020 03:01 am
From the day it was announced that the Vatican would conduct an investigation into the career of former Washington cardinal-archbishop Theodore McCarrick (compelled to renounce his cardinalate and subsequently laicized for sexual abuse and the [...]
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By Dr. Paul Kengor on Nov 18, 2020 12:55 am
Kudos to Rachel’s Vineyard and the Sisters in Jesus the Lord (as well as Jennifer Roback Morse at the Ruth Institute) for marking the centennial of a tragic moment. It was 100 years ago, November [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Nov 17, 2020 10:19 pm
CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2020 / 01:40 pm (CNA).- The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference has announced the creation of a bishops’ working group to prepare for a Biden presidency. Archbishop Jose Gomez told [...]
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By Patrick Egwu on Nov 17, 2020 05:28 pm
Reactions are growing in Nigeria over recent plans by the government to regulate social media. The government has previously taken strong action to regulate social media. For instance, in November 2019, two Nigerian senators at [...]
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By David Paul Deavel on Nov 17, 2020 01:45 am
If it is true, as writer Ross Douthat would have it, that we live in an age of decadence characterized by sterile remakes, reboots, and revivals of earlier artistic works, it is also true that [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Nov 16, 2020 10:31 pm
Vatican City, Nov 16, 2020 / 02:17 pm (CNA).- It is a core tenet of the Catholic faith that demons are real, and as said in the St. Michael prayer, that they “prowl about the [...]
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By Sean Salai, S.J. on Nov 16, 2020 06:51 pm
Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble, F.S.P. is a former atheist who is now a religious sister with the Daughters of St. Paul. She lives in Boston, where she serves as an editor for Pauline Books and [...]
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By Carl E. Olson on Nov 16, 2020 01:01 am
Carl R. Trueman (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. A church historian and prolific Evangelical author (he is a member of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church), Trueman [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Nov 15, 2020 08:39 pm
CNA Staff, Nov 15, 2020 / 05:01 pm (CNA).- Government restrictions on religion are at their highest since tracking began in 2007, the Pew Research Center has said in its new report, finding that 56 [...]
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By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Nov 15, 2020 05:21 pm
With the total destruction of Advent and the near-total destruction of Christmas due to their commercialization over the past forty years or more, I want to offer some suggestions on how to re-capture a proper [...]
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By Fr. Charles Fox on Nov 14, 2020 07:42 pm
“The end is near!” Our mental picture of a typical street evangelist often consists of a person standing in some public square and holding a sign with these words written on it. In society’s rush [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Nov 14, 2020 02:29 am
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 13, 2020 / 04:22 pm (CNA).- The McCarrick Report sheds new light on when former Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, knew of allegations made against his predecessor, and what steps [...]
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By Joseph Pearce on Nov 14, 2020 02:26 am
In this interview with Jan Franczak for the Polish Journal, PCh24, biographer and literary critic Joseph Pearce discusses the importance of the convert writer, Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914), as well as other great literary converts. [...]
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By Carl E. Olson on Nov 13, 2020 10:00 pm
On the Readings for Sunday, November 19, 2017 [...]
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