VATICAN CITY - AsiaNews published the second installment of a three-part interview with Archbishop William Goh of Singapore on 15 Feb 2018. In this installment, the archbishop analyses the differences in religious experience in the West and East. He was…
In his blog posted on 6 Feb 2018 on the National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin wrote on the talk given to European bishops in 1989 by the future Pope Benedict XVI who foresaw many of the challenges afflicting the Church today,…
In his column on CatholicPhilly.com posted on 6 Feb 2018, Archbishop Charles Chaput writes on the recent call to bless same-sex union: Nearly everyone trying to understand the current government turmoil in Washington is either (a) pre-committed to one or…
LOURDES, France - Last week hundreds of Catholic media experts from all over the world gathered to discuss the problem of “fake news” and the challenge of reporting in what has been dubbed by some as the “post-truth” era. With the…
Of the countless Catholic couples who have come through Father TG Morrow's office in Washington DC for marriage counseling, two remain imprinted in the priest's mind even today. In many ways, these two Catholic couples were the ideal; they were…
KOTA KINABALU - It is good to see Catholic traditions being maintained. A group of young children from the Neocatechumenal Communities at Sacred Heart Cathedral (SHC) in Kota Kinabalu did precisely that on Epiphany Sunday, 7 Jan 2018. Over 30…
This July will bring the 50th anniversary of one of the most controversial Church documents in modern times — Humanae Vitae (“On Human Life”), Blessed Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical reaffirming the Church’s condemnation of contraception. Its defenders see its…
The following is the outcome of a recent online survey on sexual harassment by 'America the Jesuit Review' posted on its website on 27 Dec 2017. When asked if they had experienced sexual harassment, 89 percent of all respondents to…
Eric Rohmer, a devout Catholic, saw film as a '20th-century cathedral'. He made a sublime Christmas movie, too. While thrilling art-house audiences with his urbane, witty films, Éric Rohmer attended Mass each Sunday at the Church of St Medard, subscribed…
Pope Francis inadvertently initiated one of the internet kerfuffles he has become famous for earlier this week. During a television interview, he suggested that the Italian church consider tinkering with its translation of the Our Father. The interweb quickly heated up…