OSV News Whether we want to admit it or not, life is full of changes. Some changes are easy, fun, and helpful: trying a different hairstyle, buying a new car, learning a new skill, landing a new job. Some changes challenge us – losing weight or quitting smoking – or transform us, like letting go…
Fr Johan Verschueren, the superior of Fr Marko Rupnik, a Jesuit priest and artist accused of sexually abusing numerous nuns, explained that from an ecclesial point of view it is “illegal” for Fr Rupnik to be the owner of a company. On April 22, Fr Verschueren, the Jesuit superior in Rome, told ACI Prensa that…
The Vatican announced on April 26 that there will be laypeople participating as voting members in the Synod on Synodality’s October assembly, a break with past custom, which allowed laypeople to participate without the right to vote. Pope Francis will also approve every member in advance. The general assembly of the Synod on Synodality will…
Dear Editor, It is wonderful to have people like Niamh Uí Bhriain call pro-abortion politicians out for their hypocrisy and undemocratic agendas [The Irish Catholic – April 27, 2022]. Some 400,000 people voted ‘No’ in the 2018 abortion referendum because they believed an unborn child deserves the right to life. That figure would have been…
Dublin archbishop hopes Stardust inquest brings closure The archbishop of Dublin has said he hopes the inquest into the deaths of 48 people in the Stardust fire will reveal the truth about the disaster. The blaze at the Stardust Ballroom in Artane in the north of Dublin city occurred in the early hours of Valentine’s…
Vatican reportedly preparing text for divorced and remarried couples The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life is preparing a document that will address divorced and remarried couples at the request of Pope Francis, according to the dicastery’s prefect, Cardinal Kevin Farrell. Cardinal Farrell mentioned the in-progress document in a speech delivered in Italian…
Cindy Wooden Budapest, Hungary – Paying homage to Hungary’s history, culture and location in the heart of Europe, Pope Francis pushed against the notion that the country needed to insulate itself to protect its identity. As expected, in his first speech in Hungary – to government and civic leaders and diplomats serving in Budapest –…
The Sunday Gospel Jem Sullivan May 7, 2023 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 6:1-7 Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 1 Pt 2:4-9 Jn 14:1-12 In those early days of the global pandemic in spring 2020, our parish food pantry saw an unexpected and dramatic increase in the number of families in need of food assistance. The…
Recovering Politics, Civilisation, and the Soul: Essays on Pierre Manent and Roger Scruton, by Daniel J. Mahoney (St Augustine’s Press, paperback US$20.00; ebook) Frank Litton The Good Friday Agreement whose 25th anniversary we celebrate, or at the very least, acknowledge the enormous sigh of relief it occasioned, is taken as an example of politics at…
Speaking in an interview with the US Students for Life organisation, childhood star Alexa PenaVega described how she helped to save a baby from abortion. Best known for her role as Carmen Cortez in the popular Spy Kids film series, Ms PenaVega revealed that a “well-known” man on Instagram reached out to her for help…