The footnotes to the synod’s working document indicate that it is at odds with how the Church — including Pope Francis — has traditionally taught about the mission.
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I came from somewhere and am headed somewhere. The digital watch describes in precise detail the current data; the analog watch tells a story.
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The working document for the Pan-Amazonian synod, and two other recently released documents, suggest that environmental policies will be treated as magisterial matters
Read MoreIt has been demonstrated for years that sports can be a force for racial equality and harmony, even in the face of historic prejudices
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There are of course many good and faithful priests and bishops in the diplomatic corps, but an inter-generational tradition of tyranny and corruption is also present. Pope Francis was courageous to call it out.
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There are burdens, often undeserved, that accompany every path in life. The priesthood is no exception, and the burdens of our life are not without blessings.
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It’s a phenomenon, the Jurassic Park assemblies. People gather because it is better to do something together, even if that is watching the big screen. There is something convivial about watching together, not at home but with others in the public square.
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D-Day was understood across the Allied leadership as more a providential moment than a historic one. Or perhaps better to say that it was one of those moments in which the designs of Providence are more easily traced in history.
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What does Mulroney imagine Chrétien and Desmarais can offer in trade for the release of the Canadian citizens imprisoned by Beijing?
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According to prosecutors, the very implausibility of the cardinal’s alleged crimes is an indication of their truth.
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The MMIWG;s view that Canada is an immoral conspiracy driven by genocidal hatred simply does not comport with Canada’s record, or how most Canadians understand our country.
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Benedict XVI was uniquely suited to off-the-cuff interviews. But others should not follow his example
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Forty years ago in Poland St. John Paul II strengthened the courage of his people. He told them that they no longer had to go along with what the party demanded. They could be free, and did not need the permission of the state to live as a free people.
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Liturgical time is what frees us from the prison of mere chronological time, of being trapped in history which is just one damned thing after another. We need to live God’s time, which is one holy thing after another.
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Tiananmen Square remains a bloodstain on the heroic year 1989, a year of hope and freedom
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There could be no justice in Europe without a free Poland on the map, and there could be no just accounting of Poland’s identity and mission without including its faith in God.
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Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo’s release of information on Theodore McCarrick suggests what a new era of whistleblowing might look like in the Church.
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If Fulton Sheen had known that being buried in Peoria rather than New York would be advantageous for his own beatification, what would he have decided?
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