David Werning The dogmatic constitution from Vatican II, Lumen Gentium, promulgated 60 years ago, sets forth the nature and mission of the Church. It begins by naming Jesus as the “Light of the Nations” Lumen Gentium and head of the Church, which is his body and includes all the faithful. Jesus established the Church and…
Peter Kasko I was recently approached by a friend who asked me what is like to be a member of core/leadership team and the challenges that come with it. From the moment, it was like a flood of ideas coming to my mind and the flow was so quick that I just couldn’t keep track…
Andy Drozdziak (CNA) The bishops of England and Wales continue to urge Catholics to “raise their voices” in opposition to an assisted suicide bill, the text of which was published earlier last week. Late on November 11, English Labour Member of Parliament Kim Leadbeater published her Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill before Parliament members vote…
Kimberley Heatherington The answer – according to an Institute for Human Ecology panel convened at The Catholic University of America in Washington – is basically this: It depends. There are “two big questions that hang over human life in digital reality right now,” announced Ross Douthat, a media fellow with the institute and New…
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen several Catholics to serve in his cabinet and other parts of his administration, including environmental lawyer Robert F Kennedy Jr, three-term Senator Marco Rubio, and Representative Elise Stefanik. The 45th and soon-to-be 47th president made more than a dozen announcements within 10 days of his electoral victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. Many…
One of the challenges facing the Church in Ireland today is the tension between the fact that necessary Church reform requires patient discernment, but also the fact that this reform is urgently needed. Within a decade the Dublin Archdiocese – the country’s largest with over a million registered Catholics – will have only a couple…
The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, is preventing priests from entering hospitals in Nicaragua to administer the sacrament of anointing the sick to those who need it, according to lawyer Martha Patricia Molina, author of the report “Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church?” while reports emerged over last weekend that…
US bishops: Synodality requires conversion of heart more than new structures Jonathan Liedl Promoting synodality in the United States depends more on a conversion of heart than on the creation of new structures, the US bishops emphasised at their fall assembly in Baltimore. “It’s about cultural change, not necessarily structural change or not necessarily…
Dear Editor, In recent years one can observe the poor maintenance of both civic and privately owned historical buildings in the centre of Irish cities and large towns. “Not enough chimney pots” a politician told me. What he was saying is that there are little or no Dáil votes to be had in city centre areas…
Bishop Michael Router The recent synod entitled For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission, which came to a conclusion on October 27, led the Church through three years of reflection and discernment. Its final document outlines a blueprint for action that will help all of us who are baptised to take responsibility for…