Jules Gomes reports for ChurchMilitant.com : Catholic feminists across the world have written an open letter to Pope Francis slamming him for what they call the sexist title of his encyclical Fratelli Tutti (“Brothers All”), published Sunday. Small group meeting of the Catholic Women’s Council The feminists from over 30 Read more
Jules Gomes reports for Church Militant.com : Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli Tutti (Brothers All) has misrepresented St. Francis’ evangelizing mission to Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil by hijacking the saint for interfaith dialogue, Church Militant has learned. St. Francis meeting the Sultan in 1219 to convert him Indicating that St. Read more
Robert Royal writes for The Catholic Thing : The late great physicist Stephen Hawking once speculated that, besides the mathematical equations he and others had developed about the nature of the universe, something was needed to “breathe fire” into them – i.e., make them a reality. Reading through Pope Francis’ Read more
Steve Skojec writes for OnePeterFive : We’ve entered one of those moments again where there’s a a flurry of activity in the Church, and hardly enough time to analyze it in depth. To top it off, I’m feeling like I’m coming down with something and running on far too little Read more
Robert Spencer writes for Jihad Watch : William Kilpatrick, who taught for many years at Boston College and is the author of several books about cultural and religious issues, has an important new book out, What Catholics Need to Know About Islam. (Amazon £15.25) He was kind enough to Read more
Jules Gomes reports for ChurchMilitant.com : In his longest encyclical yet, offering “a new vision of fraternity,” Pope Francis restates his frequently repeated pronouncements on migration, markets, media, interfaith dialogue, populism, nationalism, redistribution of wealth and the death penalty. A masked panel introduces Fratelli Tutti to the media Extensively citing his Read more
Martin Bürger reports for LifeSiteNews : A report published by an Italian newspaper alleged that Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, the former Substitute for General Affairs in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, spent more than $800,000 to discredit Cardinal George Pell during a sexual abuse trial. Pell was later unanimously cleared Read more
Bree A.Dail reports for the National Catholic Register : Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun returned to Hong Kong from Rome Sunday, after seeking a meeting with Pope Francis. The purpose for the trip, he told the Register, was primarily to advocate for the elevation and installation of a new bishop successor Read more
Damian Thompson writes for The Spectator : Pope Francis refuse to meet Secretary Pompeo in Rome this week? The obvious answer is that he didn’t want to confront the diabolical consequences of renewing the Vatican’s 2018 deal with the Chinese Communist party. These go beyond the harassment of loyal Chinese Read more
Maike Hickson reports for LifeSiteNews : Archbishop Viganò has published a statement in Italy about the current crisis at the Vatican with regard to Cardinal Angelo Becciu and his sudden dismissal. In it, he argues that it is not an accident that such scandals take place under this current pontificate, Read more