Persecution of Faithful Priests

Vatican and China Renew Deal Over Appointment of Bishops

10/22/2020 at 11:47 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
The Vatican also offered a lengthy defense of the agreement, saying that “processes for new episcopal appointments are underway, some at an early stage, others at an advanced stage.” Edward Pentin Blog, October 22, 2020 VATICAN CITY — The Holy See has announced it has renewed its... read more

Analysis: The Art of China’s Vatican Deal

09/05/2020 at 5:06 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
What, then, could the Vatican hope to achieve by extending a deal which has yielded no results? Ed Condon/CNA WASHINGTON —Next month, the 2018 Vatican-China deal expires. Those close to the negotiations, both in Rome and in Beijing, now confidently predict a one-year extension to the... read more

MY TIME IN PRISON

07/28/2020 at 3:07 PM By Kevin Edward White
By George Cardinal Pell, First Things, August 2020 There is a lot of goodness in prisons. At times, I am sure, prisons may be hell on earth. I was fortunate to be kept safe and treated well. I was impressed by the professionalism of the warders, the faith of the prisoners, and the existence of... read more

Cardinal Pell Ruling Deferred, Supporters Hopeful

03/12/2020 at 10:03 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
A seven-member panel of justices decided March 12 they would need more time to consider whether to acquit the Australian cardinal or uphold his conviction. By Edward Pentin, March 12, 2020 Legal experts and supporters of Cardinal George Pell are quietly confident he could be acquitted soon... read more
Author with Fulani men in Nigeria.

The New War Against Africa’s Christians

12/20/2019 at 1:45 PM By Kevin Edward White
Fulani raiders ‘are Islamic extremists of a new stripe, more or less linked with Boko Haram,’ but present throughout Nigeria. By Bernard-Henri Lévy, WSJ, Dec. 20, 2019 5:16 pm ET A slow-motion war is under way in Africa’s most populous country. It’s a massacre of Christians, massive... read more

A Simple Way to Pray Always

12/05/2019 at 11:17 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
Advent Meditation By Venerable Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan After my liberation many people said to me: Father, in prison you must have had a lot of time to pray.”  It was not as simple as one might think.  The Lord permitted me to experience all my weakness, my physical... read more

Cardinal Burke: ‘I’m Called the Enemy of the Pope, Which I Am Not’ A conversation with Cardinal Raymond Burke.

11/10/2019 at 11:51 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Ross Douthat, New York Times, November 9, 2019 In mid-October, while the Catholic Church’s internal debates were reaching another crescendo at a synod for the Amazon region held in Rome, I sat down with Cardinal Raymond Burke, best known as Pope Francis’s most vocal critic in the... read more

Chinese Catholics barricade themselves in church to prevent demolition

11/04/2019 at 10:01 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
Beijing, China, Nov 1, 2019 / 09:07 am (CNA).- Priests and parishioners have barricaded themselves in a Catholic church in the Chinese province of Hebei. According to reports, the Catholics are attempting to prevent the Chinese government from tearing down the Church. The protest began at 6am... read more

Chinese Totalitarianism and Catholic Witness

09/29/2019 at 11:34 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Thomas Farr, September 21, 2019 “The current assault on religion in China under President Xi Jinping is the most comprehensive attempt to manipulate and control religious communities since the Cultural Revolution.” Or so I argued in congressional testimony [1] last fall. Part of Xi’s... read more

Pell: the evidence may be ‘compelling’ but is it true?

08/30/2019 at 1:12 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Pell: the evidence may be ‘compelling’ but is it true? ‘Hamlet’ is ‘compelling’ drama, too. But it is a work of fiction, says an American former district attorney Gerard V. Bradley | Aug 29 2019 |  comment 13 The Court of Appeal of the state of Victoria dismissed George... read more

Cardinal Pell’s Groundbreaking Record on Dealing With Clergy Sexual Abuse

08/20/2019 at 11:22 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
COMMENTARY: Whatever the outcome of his appeal against his own conviction, historically he pioneered many reforms now in effect in how bishops address this issue. By Father Raymond J. de Souza, August 20, 2019 In the discussion of clerical sexual abuse, Cardinal George Pell now occupies a... read more

Cardinal Pell: ‘Amazon Or No Amazon, The Church Cannot Allow Any Confusion’

08/10/2019 at 4:59 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

JPII Institute profs dismissed for interpreting Francis in line with Tradition? Former president speaks out

08/07/2019 at 4:59 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Social “Science” at the JPII Institute

08/06/2019 at 3:30 AM By Kevin Edward White
Fr. Jose Granados, DCJM. Courtesy photo

JPII Institute VP says school’s identity is ‘seriously threatened’

08/01/2019 at 9:55 AM By Kevin Edward White

No Parish for Real Men

08/01/2019 at 9:28 AM By Kevin Edward White

Bishop Schneider: Pope Francis has ‘strict duty’ to reaffirm priestly celibacy at Amazon Synod

07/25/2019 at 12:56 PM By Kevin Edward White

USING PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS TO PUNISH PRIESTS

06/22/2019 at 4:01 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Fr. Augustus Tolton, former African American slave, advances toward sainthood

06/12/2019 at 4:47 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Cardinal Cupich’s Selective Justice?

04/09/2019 at 9:40 AM By Kevin Edward White