National Catholic Reporter – by Joshua McElwee
ROME — The Vatican’s doctrinal office issued a note Dec. 21 saying it is “morally acceptable” for Catholics to take vaccines against the coronavirus, in what appears an unprecedented effort to convince believers to inoculate themselves to help end the global pandemic.
Pope Francis promulgates Apostolic Constitution on Roman Curia ‘Praedicate Evangelium’ Pope Francis promulgates the text of the Apostolic Constitution ‘Praedicate Evangelium’, which gives a more missionary structure to the Roman…
JUL 30 This morning, Sunday, I attended an anniversary Mass of a person I had known. Yesterday evening I had been reading an article about the Synodal Process, and had…
Thomas Reese The study groups appointed by Pope Francis to deal with controversial topics removed from the synod’s agenda made their interim reports to the synod on Oct. 3. The decision of…
The link to this article (an opinion piece from Common Dreams) was submitted by an ACP member: “From a historical perspective alone—one of the best”, he says. The article has…
Getting your hands on a copy of the novel NIGHT SWIMMERS by Rosin Maguire, published on the Feast of St. Brigid, which I don’t think is a coincidence, might be…
Thomas O’Loughlin, in a slightly longer version that was published in La Croix, looks at some objections raised to ordaining married men as presbyters.
“It has often been noted that while universities speak of ‘education’ (focusing on developing the individual’s talent), seminaries, along with military academies, speak of ‘formation’: learning to think with the group, act together, and became familiar with the group’s standard procedures and goals.”
