Papal Encyclical

Vatican Announces Details of ‘Economy of Francesco’ Conference

10/30/2020 at 11:31 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
Luigino Bruni, the event's scientific director, said this event represents the ‘largest movement of young economists and entrepreneurs in the world.’ By Edward Pentin, Vatican, October 27, 2020 VATICAN CITY — The Economy of Francesco, an international event next month aimed at making... read more

The Archbishop of Paris is Right: Humanae Vitae is Prophetic

07/26/2020 at 5:05 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Fertility is biological, but it is not just biological. By John Grondelski Archbishop Michel Aupetit is a voice to listen to, not just because he is a bishop but because he is a practicing physician who brings rich medical experience with him. July 25 marks the 52nd anniversary of St.... read more

Cardinal Gerhard Muller: ‘True Reform of the Church Is About Her Renewal in Christ’

07/08/2019 at 9:20 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, July 5, 2019 In a wide-ranging interview that discusses the Pan-Amazon synod and the Church in his home country of Germany, the cardinal says Western Christianity is experiencing a crisis of faith and spiritual leadership. The thinking behind the... read more

Whither Now? and What is the Church?

10/17/2018 at 2:51 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Robert Royal, October 15, 2018 A typical milky blue sky, fresh then hot, presided over yesterday’s canonizations. And St. Peter’s Square was surprisingly packed mostly with Spanish and Italian speakers, but also many Poles and Americans, and small groups of others. It was a welcome pause... read more

Hostile reactions from Catholics against the encyclical suggest the Church has lost its mission

07/28/2018 at 1:23 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
This article by journalist Malcolm Muggeridge appeared in the Catholic Herald of August 9, 1968. We republish it today to mark the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae. Muggeridge was eventually received into the Church 14 years later, at the age of 79. If ten years ago I had considered the... read more

Can Humanae Vitae’s Teachings Change?

07/13/2018 at 6:41 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Analysts who spoke with the Register stressed that any reinterpretations must be in full doctrinal continuity with Paul VI’s countercultural message. By Edward Pentin, July 13, 2018 As speculation mounts about a possible revision or reinterpretation of Blessed Paul VI’s landmark... read more

Humanae Vitae needs no update, commission chair says

05/26/2018 at 12:01 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Andrea Gagliarducci Vatican City, May 23, 2018 / 02:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The professor who chaired a Vatican study group on Humanae Vitae stressed that the Bl. Paul VI’s encyclical “needs no updating.” Professor Gilfredo Marengo, of the Pontifical Theological Institute for Studies... read more

A Re-reading (‘Relectio’) of “Humanae Vitae” – Part 1

05/05/2018 at 5:13 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By E. Christian Brugger, April 28, 2018 To “peruse” a text means to examine it carefully. To “reperuse” it means to return to it in order to examine it even more carefully, perhaps in light of new information relevant to its understanding. This type of re-examination, called in Latin a... read more

St. John Paul II’s Fresco

04/03/2018 at 10:49 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Michael J. Ortiz, April 2, 2018 Each year, five million tourists view the 5000 square feet of Michelangelo’s amazing frescoes in the Sistine Chapel in Rome which depict Biblical scenes from the Fall to the Last Judgment. The Cappella Sistina is one of the great patrimonies of humanity. It... read more

Pontifical Gregorian University Hosts Series of Talks to Take New Look at Humanae Vitae

10/21/2017 at 3:04 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Organizers say the aim is to take a new and broad look at the encyclical “in the context of a time of change” and because difficulties have become “more complex.” Edward Pentin Blog, October 21, 2017 The Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome is hosting a series of talks from October... read more

Brilliant Prophetic Document to Begin October for Victory

10/07/2017 at 10:33 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
One of the greatest Marian popes of all time speaking of calamities and family unraveling showed in a simple, powerful way the only answer for our cataclysmic time. By Joseph Pronechen Did Venerable Pius XII get a glimpse into our future too as he spoke of his times in the encyclical... read more

Head of Vatican pro-life academy: John Paul II began ‘revolution’ to give adulterers Communion

09/27/2017 at 10:57 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

THE SPLENDOR OF TRUTH IN 2017

09/15/2017 at 9:11 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Our Peripatetic Popes

08/24/2017 at 8:51 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Reconsidering Contraception and the Way of Life

07/26/2017 at 4:04 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Saving Magisterial Truth

07/19/2017 at 5:26 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Archbishop Luis Ladaria Ferrer SJ is new prefect of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

07/03/2017 at 12:05 PM By Kevin Edward White

From 1966 to 2013 all the work of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

03/24/2017 at 11:26 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Paul VI and the Unexpected Lessons of Populorum Progressio

03/05/2017 at 5:26 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Applying Catholic Social Teaching is the Duty of Laymen

09/22/2016 at 2:12 PM By Mary Anne Hackett