Columnist: Elise Ann Allen
Leo Says Fear Of Islam Often A Political Maneuver Against Migrants
Speaking to journalists on his return flight from Beirut to Rome, Pope Leo XIV spoke about the Holy See’s global peacemaking efforts in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well ...
Pope Leo’s First Curial Appointment Signals Continuity with Francis on Women in Church
As with any papal transition, when Pope Leo XIV was elected questions arose about what his priorities would be, and whether he would continue to advance the priorities and reforms ...
Head Of Jesuits Claims They Have Learned From Their Mistakes With The Rupnik Sexual Abuse Case
In a conversation with the press earlier this week, the Venezuelan Jesuit superior general, Fr Arturo Sosa, acknowledged that his order had been “blind” to abuses committed by Rupnik, the ...
Vatican Nativity Scene with Christ Child on Palestinian Keffiyeh Disappears
A Nativity scene displayed at the Vatican that depicted the infant Jesus resting upon a Palestinian keffiyeh has now been removed after causing significant controversy. When the scene was unveiled ...
Fernández Considering New Canonical Crime of “Spiritual Abuse” – We Nominate Francis For Its First Application
The Vatican is establishing a study group to more clearly define the crime of “spiritual abuse” in Church law. It follows a swath of scandals involving founders of religious orders ...
Survivors Blast Francis Meeting With Duo Linked To Scandal-Plagued Peru Group
After first threatening to excommunicate two Peruvian laypeople for filing criminal charges against a papal investigator, Pope Francis apparently met with the pair over the weekend and annulled their excommunication ...
TERRIBLE IDEA: Synod Participants Debate Bishop Conferences ‘Doctrinal Competence’
As the pope’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality breaches the halfway point, participants are now debating the “doctrinal competency” of national bishops’ conferences, loosely meaning their ability to adapt matters ...
Homosexualist Timothy Radcliffe Gets a Red Hat
Pope Francis on Sunday announced a consistory in December for the creation of 21 new cardinals from all over the world, representing yet again the pope’s love of the peripheries ...
Francis Claims Rejecting Migrants Equivalent to Abortion
Pope Francis during his in-flight press conference returning from Singapore to Rome said American Catholics torn on how to vote in the upcoming presidential election due to the Church’s pro-life ...
Pope Meets Ousted Peruvian Archbishop, Member of Scandal-Plagued Group
Pope Francis on Friday met with an archbishop who belongs to a scandal-plagued lay group in Peru and who was recently removed from leadership of the Piura archdiocese as an ...
Archbishop Viganò Says He Fears For His Life
The former Vatican envoy to the United States who was excommunicated earlier this summer has said his life is in danger. Speaking to veteran Vatican journalist Franca Giansoldati with Italian ...
Too Little, Too Late: Vatican FINALLY Responds to Mockery of Christ
Belatedly joining a global chorus of outrage and condemnation, the Vatican on Saturday reacted to an apparent parody of the Last Supper during the July 26 opening ceremony of the ...
Colombian Bishop Resigns Early Amid Abuse Coverup Allegations
Last month it was announced that a Colombian bishop, whose term as the temporary leader of a scandal-plagued Peruvian lay group has come under scrutiny, had resigned several months prior ...
Peruvian Archbishop Resigns Amidst Abuse Allegations
Amid an ongoing investigation into a scandal-plagued Peruvian lay group, the Vatican Tuesday announced that a top archbishop belonging to the group has resigned from leadership of the Piura archdiocese ...
Vatican Says Women Deacons on Docket for Next Synod
Organizers of Pope Francis’s ongoing Synod of Bishops on Synodality announced Thursday that ten different working groups had been formed in the Roman Curia to address specific topics that came ...
Belgian Bishops Reportedly Back Women Deacons, End to Priestly Celibacy
In the lead up to this year’s closing session of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, the Belgian bishops have apparently opened a national discussion on allowing women deacons and ...
Amid Row Over Same-Sex Blessings, Pope Laments Split in the Church He Helped Create
Pope Francis on the feast of the Epiphany lamented the sharp division among Catholics of differing views, saying believers must imitate the three wise men in putting God at the ...
LAUGHABLE: Participants Claim Synod Isn’t Driven by Francis’ ‘Private Agenda’
Participants in this month’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality selected by organizers to brief reporters have praised the process as open and balanced, saying everyone is welcome in the Church ...
‘Pope, Please Save our Church!’ Pleads One Young Chinese Catholic
At Pope Francis’s Mass in Ulaanbaatar Sunday afternoon, which was attended by nearly 200 people from mainland China, one young Catholic from the mainland said life for the Church in ...
Pope Tells ‘Mad’ U.S. Conservatives to ‘Move On’
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis has told infuriated conservative American Catholics to “move on” after he accused them of putting ideology before their faith. His comments came aboard ...
Pope Takes Control of Church’s Largest Charity
To the surprise of many inside the organization, Pope Francis essentially placed the Catholic Church’s largest charitable organization into receivership Tuesday, removing its current leadership and appointing an interim administrator ...
