George Neumayr writes for the American Spectator – Most popes urge austerity as a means of saving one’s soul. Pope Francis urges it for a different reason: to save the planet. The pope’s one-sided treatment of technology, free markets, and Read more
The Remnant reports – Being a Catholic in Japan is a profound act of loving counter-culturalism which has deep roots in the suffering of the Japanese martyrs. Many of the bishops here have unfortunately been weakened by the spiritual virus Read more
The Devil And Karl Marx by Paul Kengor, TAN Books, Dr Pravin Thevathasan writes — I knew that Karl Marx was a scoundrel who exploited those around him including his parents, his wife and his friends. I knew he hated Read more
Martin Bürger reports for LifeSiteNews — — In an apparent violation of Church law, Bishop Franz-Josef Bode of the German diocese of Osnabrück is allowing women to preach during Holy Mass, as part of the upcoming “week of action” entitled “Women Read more
Jules Gomes reports for ChurchMilitant.com — Pope Francis’ new encyclical on “Human Fraternity” — a sequel to his Abu Dhabi pact with Grand Imam Ahmad al-Tayyeb — will be signed on Oct. 3 afternoon in Assisi, the Vatican confirmed Saturday. Read more
Monsignor Christoph Kühn (from left to right), former head of the German-speaking Department of Section I of the State Secretariat of the Holy See; Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender, Apostolic Nuncio in Germany; Pope Benedict XVI; Federal President Horst Read more
The Vatican has confirmed the strict privacy of a Catholic penitent in confession along with its firm commitment to child safety, to Australian authorities. PHOTO: Giovanni Portelli The Catholic Weekly reportsThe Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has provided the Holy See’s Read more
Hilary White writes for One PeterFive — What does the common expression mean, “pursuit of holiness”? I We hear it a good deal from churchmen, but the details, the concrete “how-to” is often left vague. Most of us have never Read more
Steve Skojec writes for OnePeterFive – Last weekend, I got together for dinner with one of my best friends from college. We now live together in the same city, and our kids are as close as cousins. As the children Read more
Maike Hickson reports for Catholic Family News (USA) — Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, in a new response to two of his critics – Fr. Raymond de Souza and Fr. Thomas Weinandy, O.F.M. Cap. – shows himself indignant at the fact Read more