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World's cardinals close series of meetings at Mass with Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica

World's cardinals close series of meetings at Mass with Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica | ROME REPORTS

They called for female leadership at the Vatican. They were arrested.

What’s the Vatican saying about Pope Francis and Ukraine?

A Little Catechism on Logic: A little knowing nod to my Thomist friends!

A Little Catechism on Logic

The Catholic Church’s cardinals have converged at the Vatican with Pope Francis

The Catholic Church’s cardinals have converged at the Vatican with Pope Francis - The Washington Post

New Dalit cardinal wants to be ‘missionary of compassion’

New Dalit cardinal wants to be ‘missionary of compassion’ | Crux

Words Matter — and So Do Their Definitions| National Catholic Register

Why Pastors Are Burning Out - The New York Times

Opinion | Why Pastors Are Burning Out - The New York Times

Pope Francis visits Benedict XVI with new cardinals

Pope Francis visits Benedict XVI with new cardinals | Catholic News Agency

In consistory’s wake, debunking three persistent myths about cardinals

In consistory’s wake, debunking three persistent myths about cardinals | Crux

House of Card(inal)s: The art of conclave mathematics

Cardinals' box score: The demographics of the College of Cardinals

A question of ‘delicate balance’: How might Pope Francis reform the rules of the conclave?

A question of ‘delicate balance’: How might Pope Francis reform the rules of the conclave? | Catholic News Agency

Carmen Acevedo Butcher gives medieval mysticism a Gen Z reboot

Carmen Acevedo Butcher gives medieval mysticism a Gen Z reboot :

For tailor to popes and cardinals, a consistory is ‘fashion week’: A different side to life in the Catholic Church

For tailor to popes and cardinals, a consistory is ‘fashion week’ | Crux

Ben Woodfinden: Assisted suicide is spiralling out of control in Canada

Ben Woodfinden: Assisted suicide is spiralling out of control in Canada | National Post

Patriarch Kirill cancels Kazakhstan trip and chance to meet with Pope Francis

Canada's euthanasia laws are frightening example of 'throwaway culture'

Canada's euthanasia laws are frightening example of 'throwaway culture' | National Catholic Reporter

This week’s papal speculation risks fiddling while everyplace but Rome burns

This week’s papal speculation risks fiddling while everyplace but Rome burns | Crux

Reform of Vatican Curia to be considered at meeting of cardinals

'Tammy Faye' is now an Elton John musical, to premiere in London this fall

Retired Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland dies at age 95

August Anticipation: What to Expect at the Cardinals’ Consistory

August Anticipation: What to Expect at the Cardinals’ Consistory| National Catholic Register

Invite for accused cardinal doesn’t necessarily imply rehabilitation, Vatican source says

Invite for accused cardinal doesn’t necessarily imply rehabilitation, Vatican source says | Crux

Protesters demand Utah require clergy to report sex abuse

How Catholics Can — and Should — Engage Modernity

How Catholics Can — and Should — Engage Modernity| National Catholic Register

Anti-Catholic hate crimes rising faster than every category combined, and few seem to care

Anti-Catholic hate crimes rising faster than every category combined, and few seem to care - BC Catholic - Multimedia Catholic News

Police Put Nicaraguan Bishop Under House Arrest Again, Send Priests and Seminarians to Jail

Police Put Nicaraguan Bishop Under House Arrest Again, Send Priests and Seminarians to Jail| National Catholic Register

Climate protesters target the Vatican's Laocoon statue

How Pope Francis is changing the shape of the Roman Curia

A good friend of mine who is very familiar with the inner workings of the Curia has a saying: Personnel is policy. So, it isn't that Pope Francis has shuffled the chairs with his reform of it, the proof will be found in the people who he chooses to sit in those positions of authority. This means that the next few months should be very interesting to those who are interested to see in which direction the Holy Father intends the Church to move as he appoints heads and deputies to all these new Dicasteries. How Pope Francis is changing the shape of the Roman Curia | Catholic News Agency

Contraception and Infallibility – Part 2

Contraception and Infallibility – Part 2| National Catholic Register

Contraception and Infallibility — Part 1

Contraception and Infallibility — Part 1| National Catholic Register

An interfaith discussion on the role of religion in mental health

Pope shelves sexual assault probe into Quebec cardinal

Pope shelves sexual assault probe into Quebec cardinal | CTV News

The debate over the Catholicism 'trend'

The debate over the Catholicism 'trend' | The Week

They're banning Anne Frank. Are you kidding me?!?!

Assisted dying offer puts Veterans Affairs’ mental health supports in doubt: advocates

Assisted dying offer puts Veterans Affairs’ mental health supports in doubt: advocates - National | Globalnews.ca

Cardinal Ouellet allegations will raise Vatican criticisms

A Comedian and an Astrophysicist Walk into a Bar

A Comedian and an Astrophysicist Walk into a Bar – Catholic Stand

Five Ways to Maintain Catholic Faith While Attending College

‘The Atlantic’ publishes article on the rosary as symbol of far-right, violent extremism. The Rosary? Really? What's next? Novenas are extremist messages?

‘The Atlantic’ publishes article on the rosary as symbol of far-right, violent extremism | Catholic News Agency

Israeli scientists create ‘synthetic’ mouse embryos: “One wonders what mammal could be next in line.” Obviously the next mammal is homo sapiens.

Israeli scientists create ‘synthetic’ mouse embryos - BioEdge

World Medical Association protects conscientious objection by rejecting mandatory referral

World Medical Association protects conscientious objection by rejecting mandatory referral - BioEdge

Bianca Jagger says Nicaraguan regime has ‘declared war’ on Catholic Church

Bianca Jagger says Nicaraguan regime has ‘declared war’ on Catholic Church | Crux

Report: Catholic clergy's unquestioned — and uneducated — power spurs abuse

Throwing St. John Paul II Under the Bus

Throwing St. John Paul II Under the Bus - The Catholic Thing

Workplace Productivity: Are You Being Tracked? - The New York Times

A guide to navigating (papal) 'election season’ in the Catholic Church

A guide to navigating ‘election season’ in the Catholic Church | Crux

What should a retired pope do? Canon lawyers are proposing laws and guidelines.

What should a retired pope do? Canon lawyers are proposing laws and guidelines | America Magazine

'Put to death': Canada's too-permissive euthanasia laws a threat to the disabled, experts say

'Put to death': Canada's too-permissive euthanasia laws a threat to the disabled, experts say | National Post

Ten Concrete Ways to Improve Your Marriage

Getting hip to Dimes Square Catholicism is the latest way to own the libs

Rome, packaged as a trend item for the trust-fund literary set, will never win converts. Getting hip to Dimes Square Catholicism is the latest way to own the libs

German Catholics want expanded lay roles, greater tolerance for dissent

German Catholics want expanded lay roles, greater tolerance for dissent | Crux

Czerny as the new Lustiger, the ‘Jewish cardinal’ and papal contender

Czerny as the new Lustiger, the ‘Jewish cardinal’ and papal contender | Crux

Pope's 3-point plan to get most out of last days of vacation

Majority of Canadians view Pope Francis’ apology for residential schools as a step towards reconciliation - Angus Reid Institute

On Stein milestone, cardinal recalls his own family’s Jewish roots, Holocaust horrors

On Stein milestone, cardinal recalls his own family’s Jewish roots, Holocaust horrors | Crux

New York’s Hottest Club Is the Catholic Church - The New York Times

Opinion | New York’s Hottest Club Is the Catholic Church - The New York Times

Canada topped 10,000 euthanasia deaths in 2021

Canada topped 10,000 euthanasia deaths in 2021 - BioEdge

Ambassador says Pope Francis will visit Ukraine before Kazakhstan trip

God’s Timing: The Story of a Book

Millennials adopt digital worship, but not at the expense of IRL (In Real Life) faith

Millennials adopt digital worship, but not at the expense of IRL faith

I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message - The New York Times

Opinion | I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message - The New York Times

Two things every disciple must do

Roman stunner: More or less, the Vatican tells the truth about its money

Roman stunner: More or less, the Vatican tells the truth about its money | Crux

The New Politics of Abortion - The New York Times

Opinion | The New Politics of Abortion - The New York Times

An Earthquake in Trans Medicine: Are We Paying Attention?

An Earthquake in Trans Medicine: Are We Paying Attention?| National Catholic Register

Anglicans recognize Pope as ‘father of the Church in the West,’ says archbishop of Canterbury

Anglicans recognize Pope as ‘father of the Church in the West,’ says archbishop of Canterbury | Catholic News Agency

The Pope’s tour is over. Here’s what some Indigenous Peoples want Canadians to take away

The Pope’s tour is over. Here’s what some Indigenous Peoples want Canadians to take away | Globalnews.ca

Shopping for a death doctor in Canada.

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Shopping for a death doctor in Canada.

Pope: Traditionalism is ‘dead memory’ and ‘paganism of thought’

"Speaking to Jesuits in Canada, Pope Francis took a shot at so-called 'traditionalists,' saying tradition itself is life-giving and allows forward movement, where as traditionalism is ‘the dead faith of believers’ and only leads backwards." Click on the link below to read more: Pope: Traditionalism is ‘dead memory’ and ‘paganism of thought’ | Crux