Vatican Extends Time To Obtain Full Indulgences For Souls In Purgatory
By Carol Glatz – Plenary or full indulgences traditionally obtained during the first week of November for the souls of the faithful in purgatory can now be gained...
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Pope Announces New Cardinals
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis announced he will create 13 new cardinals November 28. The pope made the announcement at the end of his Angelus address...
The Church’s Dilemma
By Brett Robinson – A recent Netflix documentary about the social media industry called “The Social Dilemma” has raised some important questions for the church in the digital...
‘Catholics Are Like the Leaven In the Loaf’ Of the UN’s Work
By Beth Griffin – The pillars of the United Nations overlap the tenets of Catholic social teaching and from the inception of the UN in 1945, the church...
Marrying an ‘Anti-Catholic’
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: My goddaughter is considering marrying a man who will not get married in the Catholic Church and says that their children will...
Dorothy Day’s Life Sets Example For Today’s Similarly Troubled Times
By Mark Pattison – Dorothy Day’s witness nearly 100 years ago sets an example for today’s society, according to a Duquesne University professor who is writing a book...
St Jude Thaddeus Draws Immense Devotion from the Downtrodden
By David Agren – Arturo Rodríguez asked St Jude Thaddeus “for a big favour.” A chauffeur in Mexico City, Rodríguez said a relative was robbed and slashed...
In the World of Memes there’s More than One Jesus
By Mark Pattison – Catholics are taught there is one God in three persons. But in the world of memes – roughly described as photo- or illustration-driven editorial...
Vatican Extends Provisional Agreement With China On Naming Bishops
By Carol Glatz – The Vatican and the Chinese government will extend an agreement signed in 2018 regarding the appointment of bishops. As the initial agreement expired October...
Priest: This Year, We Can Recognise Gethsemane In The Whole World
By Judith Sudilovsky – The uncharacteristic silence at the hermitage of the Garden of Gethsemane was, in a way, fitting to the current world situation, said Franciscan...
Build A Longer Table: Women At Tables Of Decision-Making In The Church
By Kerry Alys Robinson – The Catholic Church is the largest global humanitarian network with enormous potential, and therefore responsibility, to address human suffering and complex global challenges....
Pope: Prayer is Not a Sedative to Alleviate Life’s Anxieties
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Being indifferent to or hating others is to deny the existence of God’s presence in one’s neighbour, Pope Francis said. “This is practical...
