Essay: The Catholic Church needs married priests now
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says that at the Last Supper, Jesus said, ‘”Do this in memory of me”. He did not say, “Be celibate”…
Sight-Seeing: Change is not easy in the Catholic Church, whether Vatican II or Pope Francis
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says his heart goes out to the Catholic seminarians who are going through the current trauma of change under Pope Francis, because he went through the same trauma after Vatican II…
Pope urges unity as he marks Vatican II’s 60th anniversary
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis appealed for unity in the Catholic Church on Tuesday as he marked the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, lamenting the divisions that its modernising reforms spawned as the work of the devil. Francis presided over a special evening Mass to commemorate the opening of Vatican II which brought the […]
Essay: Why Christian nationalism is un-Christian
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article published by Religion News Service, says its possible to love the US and still recognise the sin of slavery, the genocide against Native peoples and our role in global warming…
In US, the Pope’s allies gathered to discuss his vision – and his detractors
RNS You could argue a recent gathering of Catholic cardinals, bishops, scholars and journalists in Chicago wasn’t all that unusual. After all, gatherings of influential US Catholics are common, particularly among the church’s conservative wing. But as news rolled in about the assembly of prominent faithful over the past week, peculiarities emerged. For instance: The […]
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…
THE INTERVIEW: SISTER HELEN PREJEAN ON HER NEW BOOK, GETTING RID OF THE DEATH PENALTY AND GETTING JESUS “RIGHT”
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, talks to anti-death penalty compaigner Sister Helen Prejean about how she became involved in social justice, why she thinks the death penalty is on its way out and how she got to “bump into two popes along the way”…
ESSAY: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S US SEMINARIES NEED REFORM
Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, calls for change in the Catholic Church’s US seminaries…
CATHOLIC CHURCH: POPE RAILS AGAINST ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE OLD-STYLE WORSHIP
CHRISTOPHER LAMB, of Religion News Service, reports from the Vatican…