Speaking to participants in a seminar called “God entrusts humanity to women,” Pope Francis on Saturday affirmed women’s role of motherhood as a key to understanding the role of women in the Church. According to the Vatican Information Service (VIS)
Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist, has filed a formal canonical lawsuit with the Vatican, asking that the Catholic identity of his alma mater, Georgetown University in Washington D.C., be protected. The novelist, who attended Georgetown, a Jesuit institution, in
“Preach the Gospel always; when necessary, use words.” In a normal week, the visit of Pope Francis to Assisi, the Umbria, Italy, hometown of his papal-name inspiration, the 13th-century mystic Saint Francis–famed for the above quotation, despite there being zero
Pope Francis on Friday called for the Catholic Church and its faithful to rid themselves of earthly concerns like St Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage to the saint’s Italian hometown. Speaking in the hall where the medieval saint is
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Vatican Bank reacts to allegations of international money-laundering Drug cartel networks move to Honduras from Mexico and Colombia Vatican Bank reacts to allegations of international money-laundering Vatican Bank For the first time in its
On Sept. 7, Pope Francis declared a day of prayer and fasting to urge national leaders to come to a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Syria. The Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church spoke passionately in his homily
Six months in to his job as the Vicar of Christ and Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis is causing a ruckus, leaving many people, both secular and religious, asking, “What’s he doing, and why is he doing
Just days after a controversial interview with Pope Francis was published in the Jesuit magazine America, the pontiff has reportedly excommunicated a priest in Melbourne, Australia because of his support for female priests and gay marriage. According to Barney Zwartz
Just last week, Nancy Pelosi was invoking her Catholic faith to attack Republicans on food stamp reform. ” On the floor of the House the Republicans are trying to cut $40 billion, that’s 50 percent of the nutrition program –
On Monday, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, head of the Vatican court, said that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has no right to be granted Communion thanks to her stance in favor of abortion. Burke stated that refusing Pelosi Communion
In a recently published comprehensive interview, America’s most senior Catholic cardinal said that the failure to catechize children and young people in the teachings of the Church has crippled its response to significant moral issues of our time. Cardinal Raymond
(AP) Pope’s blunt remarks pose challenge for bishopsBy RACHEL ZOLLAP Religion WriterNEW YORKIn recent years, many American bishops have drawn a harder line with parishioners on what could be considered truly Roman Catholic, adopting a more aggressive style of correction
(AP) Pope warns church must find new balance or failBy NICOLE WINFIELD and RACHEL ZOLLAssociated PressVATICAN CITYPope Francis is warning that the Catholic Church’s moral edifice might “fall like a house of cards” if it doesn’t balance its divisive rules
The new Vatican Secretary of State has affirmed that priestly celibacy is a tradition, not church dogma, and is a matter that can be open for discussion. According to John Allen, Jr., writing at National Catholic Reporter, Archbishop Pietro Parolin’s
Of late, the United States Council of Catholic Bishops has been very vocal in its support of the latest version of immigration reform moving through Congress. It is making a particular push this month, even urging pastors to speak to the
(AP) Priest gives used car to pope, who wants to driveVATICAN CITYPope Francis now has his own mini popemobile after getting a good deal on a used car that he plans to drive himself. Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Ciro Benedettini,
(AP) Vatican: 100,000 attend Syria peace vigilBy NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated PressVATICAN CITYTens of thousands of people filled St. Peter’s Square for a four-hour Syria peace vigil late Saturday, answering Pope Francis’ call for a grassroots cry for peace that was echoed
On Sunday, Sept. 1, Pope Francis addressed the escalating violence in Syria before crowds packed into St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in Rome, deploring talk of military intervention and calling for a vigil of prayer and fasting on Saturday,
By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated PressVATICAN CITYPope Francis urged the Group of 20 leaders on Thursday to abandon the “futile pursuit” of a military solution in Syria as the Vatican laid out its case for a negotiated settlement that guarantees rights for
In the two millennia since the founding of the Roman Catholic Church, communication from popes has traditionally been in formal language through formal means. Those days are over. Nothing illustrates that more clearly than what has been coming out in
Acknowledging their “fraternal closeness” to Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and giving “a special thought” to the Coptic Catholics suffering during the violence in Egypt, the Vatican Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches also expressed that “dialogue and reconciliation”
(AP) Pope disturbed by terrible images from SyriaVATICAN CITYPope Francis says he has been disturbed by `’terrible images” of atrocities occurring in Syria, and he is urging the international community to step up its efforts to end the civil war
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded publication National Catholic Reporter a $2.3 million grant to provide publicity for a leadership group of Women Religious who are known for their “far-left” feminist views that are not in keeping with the Church’s
James Madison once observed, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” Alas, this is not the case, so every public and private institution is filled to the brim with flawed human beings; that includes the Roman Catholic Church.
Zenit, a controversial news agency based in Rome with deep ties to the Vatican, reported Wednesday that Pope Emeritus Benedict abdicated because of an ongoing “mystical experience.” Benedict lives in seclusion in a cloistered monastery, Mater Ecclesiae, within the Vatican
