Ringing out hope in Nagasaki

My unplanned week in Rome for a papal election By Amy Welborn on May 08, 2025 07:32 pm A week ago today, I wasn’t even thinking about going to Rome. Yes, Pope Francis had died, and yes, a conclave was coming. But I had things to do, and I told myself, especially after [...] Read in browser » Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost elected as 267th pope, takes name Leo XIV By Catholic News Agency on May 08, 2025 01:55 pm Vatican City, May 8, 2025 / 12:11 pm Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. White smoke rose from the chimney [...] Read in browser » Modern efficiency battles traditional aesthetics in Rome By Larry Chapp on May 08, 2025 10:24 am As I write these words, sitting at my desk in Rome, we are heading into the second day of the conclave. By the time this is posted, we might have a new pope.  Therefore, instead [...] Read in browser » Washington State’s bill openly attacks the Catholic Faith By Charles J. Russo on May 08, 2025 04:00 am As noted in Catholic World Report, on May 2, 2025, Washington’s Democrat Governor Bob Ferguson signed Senate Bill 5375, “An ACT Relating to the duty of clergy to report child abuse and neglect” into law. A putative Catholic, [...] Read in browser » Cardinal Francis George’s timely and timeless vision for the Church By Conor Dugan on May 07, 2025 11:24 pm Holy Thursday, April 17, marked the tenth anniversary of Cardinal Francis George’s death after a lengthy battle with cancer. In the past decade, Catholics—especially American Catholics—have suffered from his absence. With his keen intellect, deep [...] Read in browser » A magnanimous priesthood for a pusillanimous time By Thomas P. Harmon on May 07, 2025 03:54 pm If a man has made it through seminary to the moment of ordination these days, he has likely studied the classical virtue tradition. He has learned that virtue lies between excess and defect. And he [...] Read in browser » ‘Extra omnes:’ Cardinals closed in conclave begin the election of the new pope By Catholic News Agency on May 07, 2025 10:55 am Cardinals process into the Sistine Chapel as the conclave to elect the 266th successor to St. Peter, the 267th pope, begins on May 7, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, May 7, 2025 / 11:55 am (CNA). With the proclamation of “extra omne... [...] Read in browser » Ringing out hope in Nagasaki By George Weigel on May 07, 2025 04:00 am The riddle of Japanese Catholicism has long fascinated me. At the end of World War II, Catholics were less than 1% of the population of Japan. Today, eighty years later, Catholics are less than 1% [...] Read in browser » Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, May 7, 2025 By CWR Staff on May 07, 2025 02:00 am The Biggest Scandal – “The darkest mystery of Francis’s 12-year reign was his persistent habit of shielding credibly accused and even convicted sexual predators from justice.” REVEALED: How the People’s Pope shielded sexual predators in [...] Read in browser » Bishop Nfon says faith continues to grow in Cameroon amid a separatist crisis By Ngala Killian Chimtom on May 06, 2025 10:49 pm The Catholic bishop of the Kumba Diocese, a region in northwestern Cameroon deeply affected by separatist violence, has reaffirmed that faith continues to thrive despite the ongoing crisis. Bishop Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon made these remarks [...] Read in browser » On the eve of the Conclave: A brief history and reflection By Father Seán Connolly on May 06, 2025 10:10 am The election of a new pope always captures the world’s attention. The media cannot resist covering the intrigue of the most unique election process in the world. All eyes turn toward the chimney of the [...] Read in browser » Cardinal Marc Ouellet discusses the risks and opportunities of a synodal Church By Paul Senz on May 06, 2025 04:00 am Editor’s note: This interview was conducted in March, prior to the death of Pope Francis. A new book from Cardinal Marc Ouellet entitled Word, Sacrament, Charism: The Risks and Opportunities of a Synodal Church (Ignatius Press, 2025), is an [...] Read in browser » Who chooses the pope—God or the cardinals? By Matthew Becklo on May 05, 2025 07:03 pm In the interregnum between the death of Pope Francis and the conclave to elect his successor, a quotation from Pope Benedict XVI—then Cardinal Ratzinger—has been making the rounds on social media. It comes from a 1997 [...] Read in browser » Coup de théâtre and the conclave By Christopher R. Altieri on May 05, 2025 04:42 pm Coup de théâtre, as the French say, or colpo di scena in Italian, is an unexpected turn in a play or a film, often applied to real life when surprising developments unfold suddenly and to [...] Read in browser » Peter’s Duty: Papal Authority and the Restoration of Ecclesial Order By Fr. Dn. Christopher B. Warner on May 04, 2025 09:04 pm In an age of radical individualism and ideological rebellion against every form of authority, the Catholic tradition offers a necessary and urgent corrective. Rooted in Sacred Scripture, developed by the Fathers of the Church, refined [...] Read in browser » How Pope Francis shaped the College of Cardinals By Catholic News Agency on May 04, 2025 05:00 pm Cardinals participate in the fifth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on April 30, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, May 4, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). On May 7, an expected 133 cardinal electors ... [...] Read in browser » In appreciation of Pope Francis’s teachings against pornography By Theo McManigal on May 04, 2025 04:11 pm Pope Francis passed away on April 21, 2025, which was also Easter Monday. As the Church and the world mourn his passing and remember his impact, we want to take this opportunity to recall some [...] Read in browser » Opinion: Some sensible criteria for choosing the next pope By CWR Contributors on May 03, 2025 09:57 pm In recent days, numerous names for a possible new pope have been circulating in the halls of the Vatican and the editorial offices of the press. The atmosphere sometimes resembles that of a football club’s [...] Read in browser » Washington governor signs abuse bill requiring priests to break seal of confession By Catholic News Agency on May 03, 2025 03:30 pm Confessional. / AS photo studio/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, May 3, 2025 / 06:30 am (CNA). Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Friday signed a controversial state law that requires priests to report child abuse to authorities even if they learn of it... [...] Read in browser » Cardinal Müller reflects on pilgrimage, evangelization, and following Christ By Lothar Christian Rilinger on May 03, 2025 05:00 am Rome (kath.net) Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller was invited by the organizers of the 2024 pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres to celebrate the concluding high mass in Chartres Cathedral and to give the sermon. Over 18,000 [...] Read in browser » The risen Christ to the restored Peter: “Feed my sheep!” By Carl E. Olson on May 03, 2025 04:00 am Readings: • Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 • Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 • Rev 5:11-14 • Jn 21:1-19 Years ago, not long after entering the Church, I called into a local radio program hosted by [...] Read in browser » Business as usual is untenable By Larry Chapp on May 02, 2025 11:50 am One thing keeps rattling around in my head as I travel around Rome and chat with various folks: the sense that there is a “business as usual” air about the election of the next pope. [...] Read in browser » 2025 conclave to be largest in Catholic Church’s history By Catholic News Agency on May 02, 2025 10:59 am Cardinals celebrate the sixth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on May 1, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, May 2, 2025 / 11:59 am (CNA). The upcoming conclave to elect the successor to Pope... [...] Read in browser »