Jesuit Journal: Spotlight Needed On Abuse In Women’s Orders
By Carol Glatz – The abuse occurring within women’s religious orders deserves more attention from the media and must be remedied, said an influential Jesuit journal....
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Pope: Covid Pandemic Should Raise Questions About Faith
By Cindy Wooden – Besides the immediate considerations of trying to stay healthy, to mourn the dead and protect others, the coronavirus pandemic should be prompting...
Caritas Warns Of Rise In Human Trafficking Amid Pandemic
By Junno Arocho Esteves – As governments and world leaders struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, they must also work harder to protect victims of human...
Cardinal: Parishes Are Not ‘Businesses’ That Can Be Led By Anyone
By Carol Glatz – The recent Vatican instruction on pastoral care clarifies the responsibility of every member of the church community to work together in...
Pope to Young People: Don’t Leave the Elderly Alone
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis called on young people to reach out to their grandparents or the elderly who may be lonely or on their...
Attacks On Statues Seen As ‘Signs Of Society In Need Of Healing’
By Julie Asher – A wave of recent attacks on Catholic statues around the country and fires at two churches prompted the chairmen of two U.S....
Vatican: Laity Have Role, But Most Parishes Must Be Led By Priests
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The Vatican’s Congregation for Clergy issued a new instruction on pastoral care that specifies the role of lay men and...
Times Of Trauma: The Old Testament Is A Go-To Guide For Coping
By Carol Glatz – When the difficulties and uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic were at their height in Italy this past spring, one Vatican cardinal defined...
Saintly Caution: Church’s Reputation On The Line When Judging Sanctity
By Junno Arocho Esteves – In the Catholic Church, a person’s canonisation is almost always preceded by decades of meticulous investigation into the minute details of...
Vatican Foreign Minister: Religious Freedom Must Be Protected
By Simon Caldwell – The Catholic Church has failed to defend Christians effectively, partly because it historically accepted persecution as part of its “community story,” a...
Vatican Agrees Ireland Should Rebury Babies Found In Mass Grave
By Michael Kelly – The Vatican ambassador to Ireland has backed a campaign to have the government rebury the remains of infants and children found in...
Cardinal Pell, Describing Prison, Says He Knew ‘The Lord Was With Me’
By Michael Sainsbury – Australian Cardinal George Pell, 79, a former senior adviser to Pope Francis, has broken his silence two months after the country’s High...
