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Word on Fire
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Catholic News Service
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Rome Reports
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Whispers in the Loggia
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Thanks to the quirks of the calendar, today isn't the feast of the patron of parish priests, St John Vianney – with few exceptions, the Sunday supersedes the memorial of the Cure of Ars. However...
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(Updated with developments.) So, after an epic week out West, this scribe was looking to come home and finally ease into something of a summer – a gift which eluded us last year.... Alas, three...
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CHRIST CATHEDRAL, ORANGE COUNTY – "This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad." For a quarter-century, that verse of the Psalmist was Dr Robert Schuller's sign-on from...
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“Holy is the Church, the chosen vine of the Lord, whose branches fill the whole world, and whose tendrils, borne on the wood of the Cross, reach upward to the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed is the Church,
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By custom the "last day of school" at the Vatican – marking the end of the Curia's working year and opening the 10-week summer recess – the centerpiece of this feast of Saints Peter and...
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BALTIMORE – Normally, the end of a USCCB plenary tends to be more whimper than bang. For the millionth time, however, these days are anything but "normal"... and indeed, seeing a good few...
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BALTIMORE – Lest you're wondering what's going on, well, even the bench is trying to figure that out. For all yesterday's curveballs and tangents – Woodstock, anyone? – the fault-line on this plenary'
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Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Christopher Gunty WHEELING, W.Va. (CNS) -- People from around the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston already have a good feeling about their new shepherd, Bishop Mark E...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/NASA, NOAA handout via Reuters By Lise Alves SAO PAULO (CNS) -- "Crying out to the world for solidarity," leaders of the Latin American bishops' council urged international...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Stringer, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Rejecting violence, promoting interreligious harmony, caring for the environment and stamping out government corruption are...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Giovanni Portelli, courtesy Right To Life NSW By Catherine Sheehan SYDNEY (CNS) -- Thousands of pro-life supporters demonstrated in the streets of Sydney, expressing their opposition...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Cori Fugere Urban, Vermont Catholic magazine By Cori Fugere Urban BURLINGTON, Vt. (CNS) -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Burlington was quiet on a steamy summer day except for...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/AAP Images, Erik Anderson via Reuters By MELBOURNE, Australia (CNS) -- An Australian appeals court upheld the conviction of Cardinal George Pell on five counts of sexually assaulting...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/ By Peter Finney Jr. NEW ORLEANS (CNS) -- In topographically challenged New Orleans, where "running water" can be a pejorative depending on whether it is flowing inside or...
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National Catholic Register
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By Ed Condon/CNA | VATICAN CITY — This week’s decision by the Court of Appeal in Victoria marked the apparent conclusion of the criminal trial of Cardinal George Pell in Australia. While the cardinal.
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By Winston Elliott III | And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one...
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By Alexandra Greeley | As patrons stroll into the front terrace and the indoors dining areas of Girasole restaurant in The Plains, Virginia, what will capture their attention are the numerous...
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By Mark Brumley | A recent article in a Catholic publication explored the obstacles to the Christian conversion of a certain prominent journalist, a secular Jew, who is obviously a “seeker.” The...
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By Gerard V. Bradley | The Court of Appeal of the state of Victoria late Tuesday (Wednesday morning in Australia) dismissed Cardinal George Pell’s appeal from his sexual-abuse conviction. That...
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By The Editors | Hong Kong Catholics have played an important role in the massive protests that have overtaken the city nearly every weekend since mid-June. At the height of the protests, crowds...
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By Stephen Beale | The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has bought the copyrights to a new translation of the Psalms and canticles from Scripture that will be incorporated into the Liturgy of the...
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News from the Vatican
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Christians who focus more on being superficially close to the Church rather than care for their fellow brothers and sisters are like tourists who wander around aimlessly, Pope Francis said.
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After an Australian court rejected an appeal by Cardinal George Pell to overturn his conviction of sexual abuse, the Vatican has said they respect the country’s judicial system but noted that Pell...
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In a forward he penned for a new book dedicated to the so-called “popular movements” prominent in South America, Pope Francis said the groups are an alternative to the populist wave spreading through...
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In a message sent Aug. 16 to the 40th Meeting in Rimini, an annual event sponsored by the Communion and Liberation movement, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said that countless...
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Before praying the Angelus with visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square Aug. 18, Pope Francis reflected on the day's Gospel reading (Lk 12:49-53) in which Jesus says he has come "to set the...
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