Conclave Cooperation: The Cardinals, the Holy Spirit and You
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Apr 24, 2025 04:15 pm“His office let another take.” St. Peter, our first Pope, quoted Psalm 109:8 to his fellow apostles after the Ascension as they appointed a successor for the position of Judas, the betrayer (Acts 1:20). Jesus [...]
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Historian urges careful examination of record of Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 24, 2025 02:00 pmPope Pius XII. / Credit: Vatican Media Ann Arbor, Michigan, Apr 24, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). “There has been a shift of late regarding Pius XII,” historian William Doino told CNA. The wartime pontiff has often been vilified, Doino said, adding: “... [...]
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Roadmap to Reality beautifully depicts the impact of St. Carlo Acutis
By Susan Ciancio on Apr 23, 2025 06:30 pmThe Catholic Church will soon canonize its first millennial saint (the original date of April 27 has been postponed due to the death of Pope Francis). Carlo Acutis was just 15 years old when he [...]
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Christendom on the Camino: A pilgrimage through history and faith
By Curtis Williams on Apr 23, 2025 03:00 pmThe Camino de Santiago is Christendom’s most iconic pilgrimage route, paved with the prayers of saints, the footsteps of kings, and the sacrifices of millions of ordinary pilgrims. For more than a thousand years, pilgrims [...]
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Catholics bid final farewell as Pope Francis lies in state at St. Peter’s Basilica
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 23, 2025 01:37 pmLong lines of mourners, many waiting more than four hours under the hot Roman sun, wound around St. Peter’s Square on the first day of viewing for Pope Francis on April 23, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Apr 23... [...]
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Retrospect on a pontificate
By George Weigel on Apr 23, 2025 07:37 amDuring the March 2013 interregnum following the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI, and in the conclave itself, proponents of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, as Benedict’s successor described him as an orthodox, tough-minded, courageous reformer [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, April 23, 2025
By CWR Staff on Apr 23, 2025 04:00 amTime for Candor – “In many ways, whatever its strengths, the Francis pontificate was inadequate to the real issues facing the Church.” The Church After Francis (First Things) Why Religion Went Obsolete – “With each [...]
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The reign of Pope Francis in retrospect: A Catholic World Report symposium
By CWR Contributors on Apr 22, 2025 10:52 pmIn October 2013, I wrote one of the more challenging pieces of my nearly 30 years as an author: a CWR editorial titled “Pope Francis: The Good, the Baffling, and the Unclear”. I won’t repeat [...]
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CNA explains: What happens during the Vatican’s 9 days of mourning for the pope?
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 22, 2025 09:08 pmA panoramic view of St. Peter’s Square filled with faithful attending Easter Sunday Mass at the Vatican on April 20, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 22, 2025 / 17:08 pm (CNA). With the death of Pope Francis on Monday, the Ca... [...]
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African Catholics mourn the “post-colonial Pope”
By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Apr 22, 2025 08:54 am
The Vatican flag flies at half-mast at the Nunciature in Yaoundé,
Cameroon, and Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo of Kinshasa cancels his visit to
Cameroon’s war-torn Northwest region, where he was supposed to preside
over the ordination [...]
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Opinion: The Vatican Needs a DOVE
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Apr 21, 2025 07:53 pmThe dove theologically symbolizes the Holy Spirit: He is represented either in the form of a dove (as in the theophanies at Jesus’s Baptism) or of flame (as in the first Pentecost). The Vatican certainly [...]
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Pope Francis, 1936-2025
By Christopher R. Altieri on Apr 21, 2025 07:33 amPope Francis, who said he never wanted to be earthly head of the Catholic Church and frequently governed as though he were a simple parish priest, is dead. The 265th successor to St. Peter the [...]
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World reacts to death of Pope Francis
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 21, 2025 06:05 amVatican City, Apr 21, 2025 / 06:20 am Pope Francis has died at 88. Indian Prime Minister Modi: Pope Francis was ‘beacon of compassion’ April 21, 2025 at 05:47 am ET Indian Prime Minister Narendra [...]
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BREAKING: Pope Francis dies at 88, ending historic pontificate marked by mercy and reform
By Catholic News Agency on Apr 21, 2025 04:48 amPope Francis dies at 88: The Holy See has confirmed the passing of the first Latin American pontiff. / Credit: EWTN News Vatican City, Apr 21, 2025 / 05:48 am (CNA). Pope Francis passed away at 7:35 a.m. local time on Easter Monday, April 21, a... [...]
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The Resurrection of Europe?
By Joseph Pearce on Apr 21, 2025 04:00 amSomething strange is happening in the heart of Europe. Something is stirring. What is happening, what is stirring, is the stirring of the people of Europe against the decadent ascendancy that has ruled the roost [...]
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“The Truth of the Resurrection” by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
By CWR Staff on Apr 21, 2025 01:30 am
Editor’s note: The following excerpt is from Introduction to
Christianity (2nd edition) by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Ignatius Press,
1990, 2004; pp. 301-10). ——— To the Christian, faith in the
Resurrection of Jesus Christ is an expression [...]
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The Three “R’s” of the Resurrection
By Carl E. Olson on Apr 20, 2025 03:20 amReadings: • Acts 10:34a, 37-43 • Psa. 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 • Col. 3:1-4 or I Cor. 5:6b-8 • Jn. 20:1-9 or Mt. 28:1-10 “Hidden first in a womb of flesh, he sanctified human birth by [...]
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Forgiveness proves the Resurrection
By David G. Bonagura, Jr. on Apr 20, 2025 03:00 amWhat is the one thing more outlandish than claiming a crucified criminal rose gloriously from the dead? Answer: Claiming that this man existed for one purpose: the forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness, as doctrine and salutary [...]
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