Dear Troubled Catholics, I have never seen so many “ordinary Catholics”—who usually never follow or hear about Church news—as deeply troubled as I have seen them in response to the recent revelations about the retired archbishop of Washington, DC. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was asked by the pope to resign fromContinue Reading
Washington: The first thing a Catholic priest jailed last week for refusing to leave an abortion center did upon being incarcerated was fashion a makeshift paper cross and miniature rosary from a plastic bag. Going to jail for seven days “was a minimal sacrifice to make to have a greaterContinue Reading
England: Laura Keynes, a great-great-great-granddaughter of the English naturalist, has joined Catholic Voices, the project set up to speak up for the Church in the media. She writes in this week’s Catholic Herald about how she returned to her childhood Catholic faith after a period of agnosticism. The daughter of an atheistContinue Reading
Mananthavady: The report prepared by the doctrinal commission deputed by the Syro Malabar Church says that Yoga and Christian beliefs cannot go together. The Syro-Malabar Doctrinal Commission says in its report that Christians are forced to reread the role of the traditional physical and mental regime in the context ofContinue Reading
Jamshedpur: Illuminated churches, carol singers, candy canes, gingerbread man and more – the steel city is soaking in pure Yuletide fervour in the run-up to December 25. But, this Christmas will be better remembered for a special and unanimous wish. Almost all the 24 city churches, belonging to denominations likeContinue Reading
Police in Brazil officially confirmed on Saturday that the body of a 49-year-old priest was discovered in his residence on the morning of August 24, after he was stabbed to death. According to local media, post-mortem analysis found 29 separate knife wounds on his body. Father Pedro Gomes Bezerra, whoContinue Reading
by Mark Andrews In case you missed it, the creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, made a couple of interesting statements last month. He claimed Facebook is “the new church” and the social network can take on the role that religion once did in giving people a sense of community. HeContinue Reading
Vatican: The Catholic Church has reiterated that homosexuals and those with “deep-seated homosexual tendencies” should not be admitted to seminaries or ordained priests. A new document from the Vatican’s Congregation for Clergy released on December also bars those supports the so-called “gay culture” from centers for training men to becomeContinue Reading
Lund: While in Sweden to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Pope Francis heard moving testimonies from both Lutherans and Catholics working to better society, giving thanks for their witness and praying for greater unity. “We remember this anniversary with a renewed spirit and in the recognition that ChristianContinue Reading