Interviews Archives - Page 94 of 119

Father James Martin: “Respect, compassion and sensitivity” for gay Catholics
- Jun 7, 2017
Jesuit Father James Martin says the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting at a gay nightclub which killed 49 people prompted him to write more forcefully and more formally about LGBT Catholics and the Church and how they can be made to feel more welcome.

By Christopher White
Forget ‘Left v. Right’ — look for ‘bright’ and ‘Catholic,’ cardinal says
- Jun 2, 2017
Early in his career, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna, Austria, was seen as a conservative protégé of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, while today he’s mostly viewed as a progressive ally of Pope Francis. Rather than any fundamental shift in himself or the Church, Schönborn says, what that illustrates is the inadequacy of the categories of ‘left v. right’ to begin with.

By John L. Allen Jr. and Ines San Martin
Key papal ally says ‘Amoris’ means tougher line on divorce in the West
- Jun 1, 2017
Although some critics of Pope Francis worry that the cautious opening to Communion for divorced and civilly remarried believers in his document ‘Amoris Laetitia’ signals a more permissive stance on the breakdown of marriage, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn says that if the document is taken seriously, its call to discernment in the West will actually counteract an overly “lax” tendency.

By John L. Allen Jr. and Ines San Martin

May 30, 2017

The vocation of Catholic womanhood can be fully realized only through prayer. A new book shows how different women use the Eucharist, Mary, Saints, and the Rosary to help form their prayer life; keeping in mind the words of the Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen: “To a great extent the level of any civilization is the level of its womanhood.”

By Kathryn Jean Lopez

CBN television chief on Christians, Israel and Trump

May 25, 2017

Christian Broadcasting Network CEO Gordon Robertson talks about his own experience of Israel and that of his father and sons. He discusses what he thinks the Trump administration’s relationship will be like with the Jewish state, and the state of his father’s health.

By Emily McFarlan Miller

Dolan presses White House on relief for persecuted Christians

May 25, 2017

Despite expectations that the meeting between Pope Francis and President Donald Trump on Wednesday would be contentious, it proved surprisingly upbeat. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York predicts the two leaders may collaborate, among other things on anti-Christian persecution, and says he’s already suggested one way the White House could do that in terms of funding relief efforts.

By John Allen, Inés San Martín and Claire Giangravè