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Word on Fire
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Catholic News Service
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Rome Reports
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Whispers in the Loggia
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BALTIMORE – Even if the climactic votes have been nixed at Rome's behest, this afternoon's USCCB sessions still bring the presentation of the various reform drafts being proposed and – even more...
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Especially as yesterday's Vatican move to nix the US bishops' votes on several crisis-spurred reforms had the effect of detonating an ecclesial bomb of confusion and outrage, this Tuesday's latest...
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BALTIMORE – From literally the first minute of this morning's business, the meeting was thrown into disarray given a sudden call from Rome.... Lest anyone forgot, if the Pope had his way from the...
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(Updated 9.40am) BALTIMORE – And now, five months since the storm broke, what's arguably the climactic moment of the US church's response is now upon us. Over 13 years of these weeks in the cradle of...
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Before anything else, to everyone here in the States, Happy Election Day (finally) – if you haven't already, Go Vote, and may the line not be too long. Back to this side of the First Amendment, as...
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For just the second time in this latest cycle of scandal, a "credible, substantiated" allegation of abuse of a minor has been levied against a US bishop... ...yet what's even more striking...
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As this scribe's routinely said among friends over these last four months, "Every time you turn around, something else blows up...." ...yet when this readership gets jumpy about the last...
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Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis welcomed Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to the Vatican Nov. 15 for a private discussion that included the importance of...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison BALTIMORE (CNS) -- The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a pastoral letter against racism Nov. 14 during their fall general meeting at Baltimore. The...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Dennis Sadowski BALTIMORE (CNS) -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said he was leaving the bishops' fall general assembly Nov. 14 more hopeful...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Dennis Sadowski BALTIMORE (CNS) -- The U.S. bishops Nov. 14 defeated a resolution to encourage the Vatican to release all documents related to the investigation of...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Jesuit Father B. Reynolds By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) -- Plans are underway for a solemn opening in February of the sainthood cause of Father Pedro Arrupe, superior general of the...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) -- A group that has been advising the U.S. bishops for 50 years on multiple issues chose to speak to the bishops in Baltimore Nov. 13...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Lying or being inauthentic is seriously wrong because it hinders or harms human relationships, Pope Francis said. "Where there are...
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National Catholic Register
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By Angelo Stagnaro | “Someone who is always thinking about happiness is a fool. A wise person thinks about death.” (Ecclesiastes 7:4) In his magnificent Canticle of Brother Sun and Sister Moon, St...
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By Tito Edwards | A Deeper Look at the Final Synod Document Raises Questions about Sources, Analysis, Emphasis - Fr. Nicholas Gregoris Ma.L. Ma.D., The Catholic World Report+++ Promises Worth...
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By Father Raymond J. de Souza | The most dramatic meeting of the U.S. bishops since 2002 ended in failure. Except that it did not entirely fail. It may in fact have signaled a critical turning...
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By Edward Pentin | Whether it be the sexual abuse crisis, the Holy See’s recent landmark deal with China, or allegations raised in Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s testimonies, the Vatican is...
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By Ed Condon/CNA | BALTIMORE — The bishops of the United States resumed their open-floor discussion on the recent sex-abuse scandals facing the Church in America Wednesday morning. In addition to...
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By Stephen Beale | The recent midterm elections may not have reflected a decisive shift in Americans’ dominant political attitudes, but voters have delivered some key victories — and at least one...
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By Peter Jesserer Smith | A lifelong, devout Catholic from Buffalo, Siobhan O’Connor found herself living a disciple’s dream: working with her bishop to help build up Christ’s Church in...
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News from the Vatican
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Christians in Latin America must hold fast to their traditions, which are rooted in love for Christ and especially in remaining close to the marginalized and downtrodden, Pope Francis said.
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Pope Francis welcomed Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to the Vatican Nov. 15 for a private discussion that included the importance of building greater trust between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Last month Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a former papal ambassador who in recent months gained global fame for publishing a statement asking Pope Francis to resign, lost a civil lawsuit...
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Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have praised a symposium happening this week in Rome exploring human rights, saying there has been a breakdown of the idea of a right, putting the...
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Brother Guy Consolmagno, the Jesuit research astronomer who runs the Vatican’s observatory, said that global interest in outer space is increasing at astronomical proportions, meaning there must be a...
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