Fernando Meirelles’ film, the Two Popes has won the audience award at the Miami Gems Film Festival. Inspired by a true story, “The Two Popes” stars Anthony Hopkins as Pope Benedict XVI and Jonathan Pryce as the future Pope Francis in a verbal battle of wits over the future direction of the Catholic Church. The Read more
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As Angola drought continues, Church calls for emergency declaration
Thursday, October 17th, 2019As a severe drought continues to devastate regions of Angola, the Catholic Church in the country is asking the government to declare a state of emergency, according to Portuguese news agency Lusa. On Monday, the Angolan government acknowledged a “severe water and grazing crisis” which has affected over 800,000 people in one southern province alone, Read more
Pope Francis prays for ‘beloved and tormented’ Syria
Thursday, October 17th, 2019As Turkish-led forces began the fifth day of their move against Kurdish militias in northeastern Syria Sunday, Pope Francis appealed for dialogue, especially as families in the region are forced to flee from warfare. “My thoughts go once again to the Middle East. In particular, to the beloved and tormented Syria, from which dramatic news Read more
Prosecutors respond to jailed George Pell’s appeal bid
Monday, October 14th, 2019
Victoria’s Office of Public Prosecutions has filed a summary of their argument against jailed cardinal George Pell’s “special leave to appeal” application. The director of public prosecutions, Kerri Judd QC, has challenged Pell’s grounds to appeal to the High Court. Background December 2018: Pell found guilty in the County Court of Victoria on five charges Read more
To oppose the pope is to be outside the Church
Monday, October 14th, 2019
People who oppose the pope put themselves outside the Church, says Cardinal Robert Sarah. “The truth is that the Church is represented on earth by the vicar of Christ, that is by the pope. “And whoever is against the pope is, ipso facto, outside the Church,”. In 2014 Francis appointed Sarah as prefect of the Read more
John Newman should be a Doctor of the Church
Monday, October 14th, 2019
St John Henry Newman, who was canonised on Sunday along with four others, should be considered a Doctor of the Church. He should rank alongside early Christianity’s great thinkers, Cardinal Marc Ouellet says. Ouellet, who is the Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and a respected theologian, told the 20,000-strong crowd at the canonistaion that Read more
The four women canonized with Newman
Monday, October 14th, 2019
Four women were canonized on Sunday at the same time as St John Henry Newman. The four included stigmatists, a mystic, a Roman orphan and a Nobel Peace prize nominee. Mother Mariam Thresia (1876-1926) was an Indian mystic and founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family. Her prayer life was characterized by frequent ecstasies Read more
Church ‘can’t sacralize, nor Satanize’ every indigenous practice
Monday, October 14th, 2019
The Church “cannot sacralize every indigenous thing, nor can we Satanize it,” Brazilian Bishop Wilmar Santin said at a press conference about the synod on the Amazon. Other speakers included Colombian Bishop Medardo de Jesús Henao Del Río and Colombian Sister Gloria Liliana Franco Echeverri. Santin said many Amazon-region Catholics are defecting to other churches Read more
More aborted remains found in cars belonging Ulrich Klopfer
Monday, October 14th, 2019More fetal remains were found in vehicles owned by the late Indiana abortionist Ulrich Klopfer on Wednesday, just weeks after the remains of more than 2,200 aborted babies were first discovered at his Illinois residence. On Oct. 9, the Will County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Office discovered more fetal remains in vehicles owned by Klopfer, which were Read more
$1,425 ‘Jesus Shoes’ filled with holy water sell out in 1 minute flat
Monday, October 14th, 2019In a first-century collaboration (we mean the A.D. era, people), a Brooklyn-based company created $1,425 customized Nike sneakers called “Jesus Shoes” — that sold out in one minute. The sneakers, a pair of Nike Air Max 97s injected with holy water derived from the Jordan River in the Middle East and adorned with a steel Read more