On December 18, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) published the Declaration Fiducia Supplicans on the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings. This document is the most recent addition to an ongoing debate within the Catholic Church regarding blessings...
Dave Armstrong is a notable American apologist and prolific writer. He has written 51 books and 4,000 articles through the span of 30 years. His Patheos channel, “Biblical Evidence for Catholicism” hints at his favorite theme: to provide rational and...
As the Synod on Synodality comes to a close, another claim has been spreading through social media: that the synod has promoted love for demons. Though this claim has gone viral recently, it is not recent. Already in 2022, some...
In 2022, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) launched a National Eucharistic Revival to be held across the US, including a Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis next year. This revival is meant to counter the dire situation showcased in...
When World Youth Day (WYD) Lisbon 2023 began, the great controversy surrounding it was whether the event had lost its evangelizing flavor, given the controversy surrounding Cardinal-elect Américo Aguiar’s statements on interreligious dialogue. This controversy seems relatively forgotten by now,...
Last week a controversy erupted about the way the Blessed Sacrament was stored during the Saturday night preceding Sunday’s papal mass at World Youth Day (WYD) Lisbon. Pictures circulating on social media showed plastic containers on top of tables inside...
LISBON, August 5, 2023 — Pope Francis met yesterday with 17 other religious leaders at Portugal’s Apostolic Nunciature. “We know this is a goal of Pope Francis’ pontificate, this interreligious dialogue,” said Timóteo Cabral, President of the Evangelical Alliance of...
LISBON, August 4, 2023 — Among many other initiatives meant to bring pilgrims into a deeper relationship with Christ, the World Youth Day (WYD) organized the “City of Joy,” promoting vocations and the sacraments. Set in the gardens sprawling before...
LISBON, August 2, 2023 — World Youth Day (WYD) is featuring a new model of catechesis: the Rise Up Encounters. During a press conference held yesterday, Fr. Nuno Amador, the Pastoral Director of WYD 2023, listed these Rise Up Encounters...
LISBON, Portugal (21:50 local time) — Today, the World Youth Day (WYD) organization released the official statistics of the event. At the time of the briefing, there were 354,000 registered pilgrims. Some critics have claimed that this is the lowest...
LISBON, PORTUGAL — July 31, 2023 The pilgrimage of the symbols was one of the highlights discussed at the opening press conference for World Youth Day (WYD) today. In the weeks leading up to each WYD gathering, two symbols are...
The statements by Portuguese Cardinal-designate Américo Aguiar in a July 6 interview with a secular Portuguese TV channel about World Youth Day (WYD) have been the subject of much recent controversy. During the interview, the bishop said, “We don’t want...
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