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Bishop Schneider shows why instituting women as lectors, acolytes is a huge problem 01/23/2021 at 12:39 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White There are strong reasons why the universal Church never admitted women to liturgical public service, not even in the lower grades of lector or acolyte. By Bishop Athanasius Schneider, LifeSite News, January 22, 2021 Editor’s note: This article was originally published at the New Liturgical Movement. We have republished it here with His Excellency’s pe...

Vatican City, Jan 24, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).- A Vatican archbishop urged Catholics to turn off their cell phones and open the Gospel instead as he celebrated Mass marking the Sunday of the Word of God. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pont...

AP Photo/Evan Vucci Today is the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s horrendous Roe v. Wade decision that, for the first time in the history of our nation, permitted a child to be killed up to the point of birth…a point that we’ve seen expanded in Virginia (VA Governor Ralph Northam Uses Word Salad To Explain His Defense Of Infanticide) and some other abortion friendly states to include killing the baby if the mother changes her mind during birth. This is a day of national shame and m...

Roman Catholic bishops criticized on Friday President Biden's recent executive order on applying anti-discrimination protections to certain groups, arguing it didn't properly account for religious liberty and furthered "false theories on human sexuality." 

Three women theologians appointed to the Pontifical Biblical Commission. (Photo by J.GREGORY/ADOBESTOCK) Its not yet arrived at parity, but the fact that five women are among the 20 scripture scholars that make up the Pontifical Biblical Commission is notable nonetheless for a Vatican institution. The "feminization" of this world-class body of Bible experts, a trend that actually began a number of years ago, was reinforced recently when Pope Francis named ten new scholars to the 20-member comm...

Mr. President, Allow me to address you at this hour in which the fate of the whole world is being threatened by a global conspiracy against God and humanity. I write to you as an Archbishop, as a Successor of the Apostles, as the former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America. I am writing to you in the midst of the silence of both civil and religious authorities. May you accept these words of mine as the "voice of one crying out in the desert" (Jn 1:23). As I said when I wrote my lett...

Catholic World Report‘s desire to contribute to the discussion regarding principles of responsible citizenship among Catholics. ———— For the past 41 years, the Catholic Church in America has celebrated October as Respect Life Month. This is a month in which our bishops have asked us to reflect upon, pray about, and renew our commitment to the defense of all human life. Today, I should like to address this issue vis-À-vis our civic duties as Catholic Americans. Three months ago, I...

ROME: Pope Francis has appointed Society of Jesus priest Henry Pattarumadathil as a member of Pontifical Biblical Commission. Fifty seven-year-old Fr Pattarumadathil, who hails from Kerala in Southern India was ordained as a priest for the Kerala Province of Society of Jesus in 1995. He obtained a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in 2000 and a Doctorate in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 2007 . Fr Pattarumadathil served as Ass...

VATICAN: On Jan 11, Pope Francis published an apostolic letter issued motu proprio (which means “on his own impulse” in Latin), modifying canon law regarding women’s access to the ministries of lector and acolyte. He also released a letter to Vatican doctrinal chief Cardinal Luis Ladaria explaining his reasoning for the decision. What’s changed? In the document, Spiritus Domini, the Pope changed Church law so that women can be formally instituted to the lay ministries of lector and aco...

His most recent book is an ambitious, multi-volumed biography of the pope emeritus. The first volume, titled Seewald recently corresponded with Carl E. Olson, editor of CWR, about his biography of Benedict XVI, and spoke in detail about Ratzinger’s childhood, personality, education, and role in key Church events—especially the Second Vatican Council. CWR: Let’s begin with some background. When and how did you first become acquainted with Joseph Ratzinger? Peter Seewald: My first encounte...