Jesuits say they warned diocese that incardinated Rupnik had complaints against him
By Catholic News Agency on Nov 02, 2023 11:31 pmFather Marko Rupnik’s former superior in the Society of Jesus, Father Johan Verschueren, denied that the Jesuits facilitated the incardination of the priest, who is accused of sexual abuse, in the Diocese of Koper, Slovenia, [...]
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New papal document reads like a conclusion in search of an argument
By Larry Chapp on Nov 02, 2023 05:07 pmYesterday, Pope Francis released a “Motu Proprio” about how to do theology in the modern context. Titled Ad theologiam promovendam, it makes the case that theology must no longer be from a “desk” and must [...]
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Synodality, hierarchy, and the clericalizing of the laity
By Russell Shaw on Nov 02, 2023 12:36 pmLeveling hierarchical distinctions in the Church without removing them entirely has emerged as a principal objective of Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality. That is perhaps the chief conclusion to be drawn from the first session [...]
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All Souls’ Day reminds us to pray for souls in purgatory
By Susan Ciancio on Nov 02, 2023 03:30 amHave you ever feared being alone or forgotten? If so, know that this is extremely natural and that over one-third of people feel the same way. Now imagine enduring that loneliness for an indeterminate amount [...]
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Realities are greater than ideas
By James Kalb on Nov 01, 2023 09:49 pmHow the world works usually matters more than what we’re trying to accomplish. We see that in politics, with democracy as an obvious example. It wants the people to rule. But the people can’t possibly [...]
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Necessary silence and authentic freedom: A review of Free
By Nick Olszyk on Nov 01, 2023 07:32 pmReel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Note: Free is appearing in theaters for one day only, Tuesday, November 2nd. Visit Fathom Events for more information. The world today is a very noisy place—so noisy [...]
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Honor without Compromise
By Sean Fitzpatrick on Nov 01, 2023 02:36 pmThis past Saturday, October 28, at New Hampshire’s historic Bedford Village Inn, two significant public figures were honored by Thomas More College of the Liberal Arts: Raymond Flynn, who was mayor of Boston from 1984 [...]
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The saints are sealed, called, and saved by God
By Carl E. Olson on Nov 01, 2023 10:22 amReadings: • Rev 7:2-4, 9-14 • Psa 24:1BC-2, 3-4AB, 5-6 • 1 Jn 3:1-3 • Mt 5:1-12a Many readers are understandably confused or puzzled when hearing a passage from the Book of Revelation. It is [...]
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All Saints, All Souls, and Synod-2023
By George Weigel on Nov 01, 2023 10:06 amBy their vocabulary, you shall know them? Well, to a considerable degree. And in these early November days, when the Church celebrates all the saints in glory and prays for those who yearn to join [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, November 1, 2023
By CWR Staff on Nov 01, 2023 10:00 amCertainty and Saints – “True saints never put their faith in the surety of other saints in an ultimate sense. They put it in the Lord Jesus himself. And that is an infallible truth that [...]
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The many faces of Satan and his demons: An artistic and literary history
By Sandra Miesel on Oct 31, 2023 09:52 pmSatan—the Adversary, Prince of Darkness, and Father of Lies—was a latecomer to the repertoire of Christian art. Early Christians, more interested in images of salvation than damnation, preferred depicting the Good Shepherd, the saints, the [...]
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Victims of Rupnik release statement expressing hope that truth be “acknowledged”
By Christopher R. Altieri on Oct 30, 2023 10:16 pmFive victims of the disgraced former Jesuit celebrity artist-priest, Fr. Marko Rupnik, have issued a terse statement following news that Pope Francis has reversed course and decided to waive the statute of limitations so the [...]
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A post-synodal exhortation: Let’s learn to speak more accurately
By Mark Brumley on Oct 30, 2023 12:58 pmWith all due respect to various folks, including Cardinal Schoenborn, the Synod that just concluded wasn’t a Synod of Bishops but a Synod of Bishops and Others. If the Pope wants to have a Synod [...]
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Invoking the Commandments in time of war
By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky on Oct 30, 2023 12:43 pmJesus teaches that the commandments to love God and neighbor form the foundations of the Ten Commandments. The first three Commandments teach us to love God; the following seven teach us to love neighbor. The [...]
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In defense of trick-or-treating
By Rachel Hoover on Oct 30, 2023 10:00 amAlas, it is that time of year again when certain suburban moms across America log onto the neighborhood Facebook group to request that Halloween trick-or-treating be moved to a different day so that their kids [...]
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On the evidence of an evidence-free mentality in the Middle East
By Robert R. Reilly on Oct 29, 2023 09:37 pmEvidence continues to accumulate that the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City was not bombed on October 17th by Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF), but was hit by a misfired, faulty Palestinian rocket, most likely coming [...]
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Forever stuck at feeling 22: A review of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
By Nick Olszyk on Oct 29, 2023 09:28 pmMPAA Rating, PG-13 USCCB Rating: Not rated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 2.5 out of 5 reels I consider never having attended a music concert to be one of my finer accomplishments. [...]
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Cardinal Hollerich: The openness of the Synod on Synodality ‘will change the Church’
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 28, 2023 06:17 pmDelegates vote to approve a synthesis report at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 28, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 28, 2023 / 19:17 pm (CNA). At the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis’ monthlo... [...]
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Justice in Rupnik case must be thorough, public, completely transparent
By Christopher R. Altieri on Oct 28, 2023 03:19 pmMake no mistake. The only transparent thing in Pope Francis’s volte-face on Fr. Marko Rupnik is its late and utterly reactionary character. Unless and until Francis tries his depraved former confrère in full view of [...]
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The Inquisitor who wouldn’t burn witches
By Sandra Miesel on Oct 28, 2023 12:26 pm“… only ‘the wisdom and firmness of the Inquisition’ made the witch craze ‘comparatively harmless’ in Spain.” — William Monter, quoting Henry Charles Leai Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. And nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition [...]
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Cardinal Agostino Marchetto: We can’t subvert tradition to please the world
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 28, 2023 07:00 amCardinal Agostino Marchetto. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa ACI Digital, Oct 28, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Synod on Synodality convened by Pope Francis has once again brought to the fore the clash between internal currents of the Church in... [...]
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Waiving the statute of limitations makes matters worse in Rupnik affair
By Christopher R. Altieri on Oct 27, 2023 10:34 amThere will be time for a cold and surgically precise reconstruction of what we know about the whole sordid Rupnik affair – it will be a long read and gruesome – but for now, let [...]
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Notre Dame students defend ‘dignity and sanctity of women’ ahead of campus drag show
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 27, 2023 09:45 amThe Golden Dome atop the Main Building at the University of Notre Dame. / RebeccaDLev/Shutterstock. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 27, 2023 / 10:45 am (CNA). Two seniors at the University of Notre Dame are leading a group of concerned students ... [...]
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