‘Angry’ Belgian bishop slams Vatican for rejecting same-sex blessings 'I feel vicarious shame for my Church' and said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's statement negative response to priests blessing same-sex unions. Blogs Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent • Mar 18, 2021Jul 30, 2021
Why did Pope Francis write such a strange paragraph about Cardinal Danneels? It almost comes off as a thumb of the nose to the Catholic faithful. Opinion Phil Lawler • Mar 15, 2019Jun 18, 2021
Author presents evidence Pope Francis used family synods to steer Church to accept homosexuality The author highlighted the crucial role in the synods of Cardinal Walter Kasper, whom he numbers among the 'most open and gay-friendly cardinals.' Blogs Maike Hickson • Feb 21, 2019Jun 18, 2021
Vatican expert lays out the current ‘crisis’ in the Church A Rome correspondent discussed issues of concern about the current papacy at a recent conference. News Lisa Bourne • Nov 9, 2017Jun 18, 2021
Cardinal Wuerl: Francis is changing the papacy and ‘completely refocusing the role of bishop’ After Francis, the papacy 'will never look like it did 25 or more years ago,' he says. News Pete Baklinski • Mar 8, 2017Jun 18, 2021
Vatican official close to Pope’s inner circle shares explosive information A reader shares a revealing and candid conversation with a Vatican official close to Pope Francis’ inner circle. News The Editors • Jan 3, 2017Jun 18, 2021
3 cardinals join 80 Catholic leaders in declaration affirming Church’s unchangeable teaching on marriage The new Declaration upholds those truths explicitly or implicitly denied or rendered ambiguous in the present ecclesial language. News Voice of the Family • Sep 28, 2016Jun 18, 2021
Canadian archbishop to accept award from women’s ordination advocacy group ‘FutureChurch’ FutureChurch, which aims to 'reinvent' the Church, will also host a keynote by famed dissident Fr. Charles Curran. News Pete Baklinski • Sep 22, 2016Jun 18, 2021
At World Youth Day, Pope’s leading Italian bishop suggests Sodom wasn’t destroyed The story of God destroying Sodom was really about finding 'positive possibilities' in sin. Blogs Patrick B. Craine • Aug 9, 2016Jun 18, 2021
Liberal Jesuit magazine editor discusses his close ties to Pope Francis Fr. Antonio Spadaro is so close to the pope that pundits describe him as Francis’ ‘mouthpiece.’ News Lianne Laurence • Jul 29, 2016Jun 18, 2021