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Western People 11.2.2025 50 years ago, in the summer of 1975, in the bicentenary year of the United States of America, I spent six glorious weeks in sunny California. It…

Marx makes his mark on Church reform Western People June 22nd 2021 In 2013, when Pope Benedict surprised the Catholic world by resigning as pope – the first in 600…

The National Catholic Reporter carries a report about the conclusions of the Synod on the Amazon.

Tues June 23rd – A Question to Mother Teresa Some years ago, the well-known priest and author Henri Nouwen who died quite young had the opportunity of meeting Mother Teresa….

Letter on the Accompaniment Processof the Implementation Phase of the Synod Accompanying the Implementation Phase of the Synod Letter to the Bishops and the People of God of the whole worldVatican,…

The National Catholic Reporter carries a robust editorial on Cardinal Ouellet’s response to Archbishop Viganò. It challenges the role of those U.S. catholics “whose primary ambition, it seems, is to convince the rest of us that the Christian Gospel was actually promulgated to justify the most extreme expressions of American-style capitalism.”
It concludes “The work ahead will require more than bluster and misappropriated slogans. It will require accessing the deepest levels of our sacramental tradition. It will require the imposition of unprecedented accountability from bishops. It will also require bishops with the will to confront the toughest questions about how the clerical culture arrived at this point.”