Catechism Archives

There’s a place for film in catechesis, Catholic filmmakers declare

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May 23, 2020

There is a time and a place for everything, but in catechesis, there should be time and a place for film, argued three top executives of the Catholic film production company ODB Films.

By Mark Pattison

Bishops may revise U.S. catechism to update capital punishment stance

Jun 12, 2019

During their June 11-13 meeting in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops are looking at what the U.S. Church teaches its adult members about the death penalty and they will vote about adding a revised passage to the U.S. Catechism for Adults about this.

By Carol Zimmermann

Four cardinals press Pope Francis to clarify divorce-remarriage stand

Jun 22, 2017

After not receiving an answer from Pope Francis on the issues raised in ‘Amoris Laetitia’ regarding communion for divorced or remarried Catholics, four cardinals reiterated their concerns in a new letter to the pope asking him for clarifications and an audience.

By Associated Press

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

Pope says God is shared by love, not by forcing truth on people

Sep 25, 2016

During as jubilee celebration for catechists as part of his Holy Year of Mercy, Pope Francis on Sunday said that God is shared with the world through love and authentic human relationships, not by forcing the truth on people.

By Hannah Brockhaus

What does Pope Francis’s ‘apology’ to gays really mean?

Jul 1, 2016

Amid contrasting interpretations of what Pope Francis said recently about making an apology to gays, what he seems to be advocating is not questioning doctrine, but rather encountering people in a more understandable and welcoming way.

By Elise Harris, CNA