Articles by Carl Bunderson
How to celebrate Christmas with Benedictine nuns
Dec 4, 2016 / 15:02 pmAs the Christmas season approaches, the hit-making community of Benedictine nuns based in Missouri have released an album full of carols with which to greet the newborn Christ.
Archbishop moves seminarians from 'gay culture' at St. Patrick's College
Aug 6, 2016 / 02:02 amArchbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has transferred his seminarians away from Ireland's main seminary, St. Patrick's College, after anonymous accusations emerged of a gay culture at the institution.
What do Catholics and Eastern Orthodox disagree about, anyway?
Jun 30, 2016 / 02:08 amWith the Eastern Orthodox wrapping up their “pan-Orthodox Council” this past weekend, it might be a good time to take a look at the factors that separate Catholics from their sister Churches in the east.
Who was Elizabeth of the Trinity? The story behind a new saint
Jun 21, 2016 / 02:03 amPope Francis acknowledged a miracle worked through the intercession of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, a Carmelite nun of the 20th century, paving the way for her canonization likely later this year.
Benedictine nuns back at it again with a new album
Apr 27, 2016 / 15:52 pmA new album from the chart-topping community of Benedictine nuns in rural Missouri has an intimate selection of the songs they sing when they gather for Eucharistic Adoration at their monastery.
Jesuit Father Raymond Gawronski remembered for witness of priesthood
Apr 21, 2016 / 09:22 amFather Raymond Thomas Gawronski, S.J., professor of dogmatics at St. Patrick's Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California, died in the closing hours of April 14 of complications from cancer, at the age of 65.
Integration requires conversion: reflections on Amoris laetitia
Apr 9, 2016 / 05:57 amReflecting on Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on love in the family, two professors at the John Paul II Institute have emphasized the close ties between integration and conversion, as well as the importance of the Church's established teaching.
'Impatience for unity' – a look at the Pope's recent chat with Lutherans
Nov 17, 2015 / 15:02 pmPope Francis' encounter with a Lutheran community in Rome this weekend was his chance to advocate for greater unity among Christians, a theologian has reflected.
How one professor is inviting teachers to rethink Catholic education
Nov 12, 2015 / 00:23 amRealizing that many educators don't learn the history of teaching before they begin their career, a professor at the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts has edited a compendium of selections from writings on education, from Plato to St. Thomas Aquinas, to St. John Paul II.
Why is Christianity growing so quickly in mainland China?
Aug 17, 2015 / 16:19 pmChristianity is spreading rapidly in China, and it could be because of how well the faith fits in with modern scientific technology.
African, European bishops' meeting promotes an authentic 'joy of the family'
Jun 5, 2015 / 03:01 amA group of bishops from across Africa and Europe met last weekend pledging to redouble their efforts in favor of families, and examining challenges of the 2014 Synod on the Family as well as prospects for the 2015 synod.
'We wanted to involve our listeners in an experience of prayer'
Jun 3, 2015 / 03:02 amThe Benedictine Monks of Norcia spend their lives in prayer and labor – “ora et labora” – chanting the psalms and producing crafts to support themselves. This week, they also released an album meant to share their prayer with the world – music, they say, that has what your soul needs.
Bishop Conley asks for prayers as Nebraska legislators vote on death penalty (Updated)
May 27, 2015 / 08:55 amAs the Nebraska Legislature considers overriding the state governor's veto of a bill that would repeal the death penalty, the Bishop of Lincoln has requested a prayerful response to the situation.
German bishops change labor laws to allow divorced and remarried, gay civil unions
May 12, 2015 / 19:18 pmLast week, the German bishops’ conference announced it is changing its labor laws such that contracting a civil marriage after divorce or entering a same-sex civil union cannot result in termination of employment except in “exceptional cases.”
A crisis in the German church? Synod questionnaire would suggest so
May 2, 2015 / 16:44 pmThe Synod of Bishops began receiving in April responses to a questionnaire that had been sent to dioceses the world over in preparation for October's Synod on the Family. The results from Germany indicate that most Catholics there hope for an openness to divorce and remarriage, as well as homosexual acts.
Bishops conferences are not the Magisterium, Vatican doctrine chief reminds Cardinal Marx
Mar 26, 2015 / 15:00 pmCardinal Gerhard Mueller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has told a French paper that doctrinal, or even disciplinary, decisions regarding marriage and family are not up for determination by national bishops’ conferences.
Chart-topping Benedictine nuns to release new album for Easter
Feb 28, 2015 / 16:02 pmTogether with the joys of the Resurrection and feasting, this Easter will have an added delight: listening to the new album by the hit-making, Missouri-based Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles.
Scholars: No, Benedict XVI doesn't support Kasper in Synod debates
Nov 25, 2014 / 02:49 amA new volume of Benedict XVI's collected works includes an updated version of a 1972 essay in which he had suggested that the divorced and remarried could receive Communion – but the Pope had long since abandoned that position, scholars noted.
Christian couple reportedly burned alive, Pakistan urged to respond
Nov 5, 2014 / 04:35 amThe reported killing of a Christian couple in Pakistan by a mob on Tuesday has sparked calls for the nation's government to protect its people, and especially its minorities.
'Don’t abandon us' – Church in Mosul 'no longer exists'
Oct 23, 2014 / 03:21 amReflecting on his recent trip to the Holy Land and to Iraqi Kurdistan, Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City said that for all practical purposes, the bishops of Mosul no longer have Churches to shepherd.