Archive for July 19, 2017
Why religious leaders might be best at fighting extremism
Religious leaders, not secularists, are often in the best position to persuade violent religious extremists towards peace, the papal nuncio... Read more
Step outside the politics and encounter immigrants, bishop implores
A U.S. bishop on the border of Mexico hopes his new pastoral letter on migration will turn the hearts of... Read more
Facebook restores blocked Catholic pages, citing malfunction
Facebook has restored more than 25 Catholic pages in Portuguese and English that were blocked yesterday, citing a malfunction in... Read more
Archbishop Chaput: Civilta Cattolica got American Christianity wrong
A prominent Catholic journal’s critique of American religion and politics got quite a bit wrong, Philadelphia’s Archbishop Charles J. Chaput... Read more
Pope phones trash man who lost legs in accident
Maximiliano Acuña is a garbage collector in Buenos Aires who earlier this year was injured in a serious accident that... Read more
Church leaders in China remain open to dialogue with Vatican
As the Catholic Church in China journeys toward a normalized relationship with the Holy See, one priest in dialogue with... Read more
Be protagonists of change, Cardinal Sandri tells Ukrainian youth
At the close of his recent trip to Ukraine, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri met with youth from the troubled country, telling... Read more
Florida's abortion waiting period law awaits further testimony in courts
The attorney general of Florida has been given 60 days to gather evidence and testimonies in defense of a 2015... Read more
Charlie Gard's family could be allowed permanent US residency
Amid the Gard family's legal battle in the U.K. to pursue experimental treatment for their infant son, a committee in... Read more
