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New institute to ponder John Paul II’s heavy lifting on Church and culture

May 21, 2020

“We’re under a lot of pressure in the contemporary world, we Christians and Catholics, and it’s critical to find the right position for our backbone,” said the founder of a new institute devoted to John Paul II and Culture. “John Paul II shows us how to be in such a position.”

By John L. Allen Jr.

Catholics can offer calming voice in a time of fiery political debates

Oct 5, 2019

Catholics — clergy, religious and laypeople in the pews — can utilize the values of their faith to overcome the increasing fiery rhetoric emerging because of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s actions, several Catholic observers said.

By Dennis Sadowski

Today’s generation of women religious forge cross-conference relationships

Jun 23, 2019

Religious sisters in the U.S. are trying to come to terms with the split thirty years ago into two umbrella organizations, LCWR and CMSWR.

By Dawn Araujo-Hawkins

Nicaraguan Catholic Church refuses to join talks

Mar 9, 2019

Nicaragua’s Roman Catholic bishops have declined an invitation to attend talks between the government and representatives of the opposition.

By Associated Press

Religions that do not pursue peace are a contradiction, pope says

Oct 15, 2018

Religions, which are meant to build bridges, contradict their very nature if they stop pursuing the path of peace, Pope Francis said.

By Carol Glatz

Unpacking a non-interview pope ‘interview,’ this time on Hell

Mar 30, 2018

Following another Vatican denial of a recount by Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari of one of his conversations with the pope, the real question is why Francis keeps putting himself in this position.

By John L. Allen Jr.