Poland’s ruling nationalists push John Paul II’s legacy to election centre stage
Wadowice, PolandReuters A controversy over John Paul II’s legacy looks set to spur some undecided voters in Polish elections due by November, political analysts say, as allegations that the late Pope concealed child abuse deepen rifts in the predominantly Catholic country. Claims in a new book and TV documentary that the late Pope, born Karol […]
Sight-Seeing: Avoiding a deadlocked conclave
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says that before he dies or retires, Pope Francis needs to make changes in the process of electing a new pope to avoid the possibility of a deadlocked conclave…
Essay: 75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Vatican is providing moral guidance on nuclear weapons
DREW CHRISTIANSEN and CAROLE SARGENT, of Georgetown University – in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the how the Catholic Church’s response to the issue of nuclear weapons has evolved…
Pope names 13 new cardinals, cements majority vote and the power to reshape the Church
Vatican CityRNS During a ceremony welcoming new cardinals into the Catholic Church, Pope Francis spoke of the danger that occurs “when a man of the church becomes an official”, calling them to more “compassion” in a time when the Vatican faces financial scandals and internal divisions. “So many disloyal actions on the part of ecclesiastics […]