Vatican

Israel’s Vatican envoy says pope’s remarks on self-defense, hostages ‘fill a vacuum’

10/12/2023 at 9:38 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Elise Ann Allen, Crux, October 12, 2023 ROME – Israel’s ambassador to the Vatican has voiced appreciation for Pope Francis’s recent remarks regarding the catastrophic surprise attack by Hamas, saying the pontiff’s call for the release of hostages and his insistence on the... read more

3 New Arguments Against Sedevacantism

09/27/2023 at 10:12 AM By Kevin Edward White

Refuting Sedevacantism By Noah Perez, Catholicism Coffee, September 14, 2022 Delivery of the Keys, Pietro Perugino Introduction Sedevacantism is the claim that the Papacy is currently uninhabited and that all the Popes since the death of Pope Pius XII are... read more

Bishop Schneider Supports Bishop Strickland

09/22/2023 at 3:38 PM By Kevin Edward White

FSSPX News, September 22, 2023 In a letter addressed to the Joseph Strickland, Bishop of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Astana, Kazakhstan, encourages the courageous American bishop in his confession of the Catholic faith and in the... read more

Pastoral “discernment” and cutting the ground from under the papal feet

08/31/2023 at 9:26 PM By Kevin Edward White

Archbishop Heiner Koch of Berlin has instructed his priests to consider blessing the marriages of same-sex couples. What will Pope Francis do in response? By Edward Short, Catholic World Report, August 31, 2023 Readers may have seen the recent article in the Catholic... read more

Bishop Strickland denies wrongdoing, says Vatican inquiry ‘not fun’

07/25/2023 at 2:13 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency, July 25, 2023 In a recent podcast, Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, denied any wrongdoing related to the Vatican inquiry into his conduct and that of his diocese and said the recent apostolic visitation was “not fun.” The... read more

Professor Rist: The Catholic Church Could Be Facing a Crisis Worse Than the Arian Controversy of the 4th Century

07/24/2023 at 9:36 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Edward Pentin, July 24, 2023 The recent suspension of an Italian priest for writing a scholarly critique of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia was a foolish and “wholly unjust” decision but one that underlines the depth of a crisis in the Church that could... read more

Eight Takeaways From the Pope’s Latest Selection of Cardinals

07/13/2023 at 7:38 AM By Kevin Edward White

COMMENTARY: While some of the appointments were expected there were also some surprises, as has been customary during his papacy. By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register, July 11, 2023 The next consistory for the creation of new cardinals has the typical flourishes of Pope... read more

ANALYSIS: How to interpret Pope Francis’ choice of new cardinals

07/11/2023 at 12:43 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency, July 11, 2023 With his ninth consistory in 10 years of his pontificate, Pope Francis will lock down his influence on the College of Cardinals for the next conclave, considering the overwhelming majority of cardinals will have been... read more

EXCLUSIVE: I’m here to enforce the ‘recent’ Magisterium, says Archbishop Fernández

07/07/2023 at 11:25 AM By Kevin Edward White

By Elise Ann Allen, Catholic Herald/ Crux, July 7, 2023 ROME – Pope Francis’s new top theological advisor has attempted to reassure voices in the United States and elsewhere who’ve questioned his adherence to Catholic teaching and tradition, vowing that he’s not a “Soros spy... read more

Víctor Manuel Fernández to InfoVaticana: “What is wrong is wrong and I defend objective morality”

07/05/2023 at 5:46 PM By Kevin Edward White

Victor Manuel Fernandez By Javier Arias | July 05, 2023 INTERVIEWS/UNIVERSAL CHURCH/HOLY SEE/VICTOR MANUEL FERNANDEZ The recently appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Víctor Manuel Fernández , has given his first interview to... read more

BREAKING: Pope appoints long-time ally and ghostwriter of Amoris Laetitia as new Vatican doctrine chief

07/01/2023 at 9:19 PM By Kevin Edward White

Pope Francis' appointment of Argentinian Archbishop Fernández to the Vatican's top doctrinal position has raised concerns over his support for Communion for the divorced and 're-married,' promotion of erotic actions, and downplaying Church teaching opposing same-sex... read more

Vatican

Israel’s Vatican envoy says pope’s remarks on self-defense, hostages ‘fill a vacuum’

3 New Arguments Against Sedevacantism

Bishop Schneider Supports Bishop Strickland

Pastoral “discernment” and cutting the ground from under the papal feet

Bishop Strickland denies wrongdoing, says Vatican inquiry ‘not fun’

Professor Rist: The Catholic Church Could Be Facing a Crisis Worse Than the Arian Controversy of the 4th Century

Eight Takeaways From the Pope’s Latest Selection of Cardinals

ANALYSIS: How to interpret Pope Francis’ choice of new cardinals

EXCLUSIVE: I’m here to enforce the ‘recent’ Magisterium, says Archbishop Fernández

Víctor Manuel Fernández to InfoVaticana: “What is wrong is wrong and I defend objective morality”

BREAKING: Pope appoints long-time ally and ghostwriter of Amoris Laetitia as new Vatican doctrine chief

A New “Synodal Church” Undermines the Catholic Church

Stika resigns

Reports: Vatican-ordered investigation targets Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas

The “World Meeting on Human Fraternity” was a sad exercise in soda pop solidarity

Rupnik dismissed from Jesuits

Trips by Jesuit priest accused of abuse are transgression of restrictions, superior says

Rupnik superior: ‘From an ecclesial point of view it’s illegal’ for priest to own business

Vatican [prevaricating]? Pope reportedly ‘arrived unconscious’ at hospital 2 weeks ago

Pope Benedict XVI’s aide acknowledges criticism over memoir