Mysterious exit of Vatican auditor begs question: Is reform even possible?
- June 25, 2017
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Pope says elderly in Church aren't a gerontocracy, they're grandparents
- Hannah Brockhaus
- June 27, 2017
In a Mass on Tuesday marking the 25th anniversary of his ordination as an auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires in 1992, Pope Francis rejected complaints that lots of old people make the Church a “gerontocracy,” saying the elderly have a key role to play as “grandparents,” nurturing and giving hope to the young.
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Towards a “d’Alzon option” on education
- Jonathan Bishop
- Commentary
Emmanuel d’Alzon, founder of the Augustinians of the Assumption, grew up in the 19th century, in a post-revolutionary France that had jettisoned God. One of the chief apostolates of the Assumptionists is education, and their methodology can contribute to a renewal of public life in the United States by reminding the world that the secular worldview is not all-encompassing.
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Vatican calls on China to let bishop exercise his ministry
- Cindy Wooden
- June 27, 2017
Tensions in Vatican-China relations have increased after a bishop was placed in government custody prohibiting him from assuming leadership of his diocese. Vatican spokesmen have said that such episodes do not foster the kind of understanding that the Church wants to reach with the Chinese government.
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Auxiliary bishop from Slovakia named apostolic administrator of Eparchy in Ohio
- Catholic News Service
- June 27, 2017
A bishop from Slovakia, fluent in five languages including English has been named by Pope Francis as the apostolic administrator of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma, Ohio. Auxiliary Bishop Milan Lach of Presov will be the first European-born bishop to be appointed to the eparchy since its founding in 1969.
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At last Mass before summer break, Pope warns against horoscopes, fortune telling
- Junno Arocho Esteves
- June 27, 2017
“A Christian does not have a horoscope to see the future,” the pope said. “He doesn’t go to a fortune teller with a crystal ball or have his palm read. No, no! He doesn’t know where he is going. He is guided,” Pope Francis said in his last homily during morning Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae before summer break.
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Bishops: Loss of affordable care under GOP plan ‘simply unacceptable’
- Julie Asher
- June 27, 2017
After the Congressional Budget Office found that the Senate health care bill would leave 22 million more people without coverage, Bishop Frank Dewane, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, said that “the loss of affordable access for millions of people is simply unacceptable.”
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To understand Pope Francis, you have to understand the Jesuits
- Elise Harris
- June 27, 2017
Father Brian Reedy, a US Navy Reserve chaplain who is pursuing a doctorate in philosophical theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, examines the Jesuit influence in Pope Francis by taking into account the teachings of St. Ignatius and addresses the pope’s perceived “ambiguity” in his sayings and writings.
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As Catholic leaders convene, St. Joseph's College forms the faithful
- Saint Joseph's College
- Sponsored Content
[Editor’s Note: The following is paid advertising.] In one week, Catholic bishops and diocesan delegates from around the country will convene in Orlando, Florida, for a historic Convocation of Catholic Leaders. Saint Joseph’s College Online Theology Program will be there to offer dioceses educational support and opportunities to form the faithful as they embark on this new adventure.
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As Pope Francis gives Sweden a cardinal, what’s behind his Scandinavian push?
- June 26, 2017
Although the plates were already shifting towards Sweden as the lead actor for Catholicism in the Nordic countries before Francis came along, the signs of interest and favor have multiplied on his watch, including giving Sweden its first-ever cardinal this week. Evangelical opportunities, immigration and ecumenism may all lie in the background of the pope’s Swedish outreach.
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Pope says persecution is the risk of being a missionary
- June 25, 2017
Speaking to the thousands gathered in Rome’s St. Peter’s Square for the weekly Angelus prayer, Pope Francis denounced that Christians are also being persecuted amidst “seemingly peaceful contexts.” He also hailed a Lithuanian martyr beatified Sunday as a “strenuous defender of the faith.”
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At last Mass before summer break, Pope warns against horoscopes, fortune telling
- June 27, 2017
“A Christian does not have a horoscope to see the future,” the pope said. “He doesn’t go to a fortune teller with a crystal ball or have his palm read. No, no! He doesn’t know where he is going. He is guided,” Pope Francis said in his last homily during morning Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae before summer break.
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Bishops: Loss of affordable care under GOP plan ‘simply unacceptable’
- June 27, 2017
After the Congressional Budget Office found that the Senate health care bill would leave 22 million more people without coverage, Bishop Frank Dewane, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, said that “the loss of affordable access for millions of people is simply unacceptable.”
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Vatican calls on China to let bishop exercise his ministry
- June 27, 2017
Tensions in Vatican-China relations have increased after a bishop was placed in government custody prohibiting him from assuming leadership of his diocese. Vatican spokesmen have said that such episodes do not foster the kind of understanding that the Church wants to reach with the Chinese government.
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Military Archdiocese faces uphill battle to serve troops
- June 24, 2017
The Archdiocese for the Military Services is charged with pastoral care of Catholics in the military, in all five branches, their dependents, any Catholic who is a patient or a resident on a facility governed by the Department of Veteran Affairs, and any U.S. Catholic who works for the Federal Government outside the United States. It is estimated 1.8 million Catholics are under its pastoral care, but it only has 208 priests currently serving.
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