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Category: Analysis

Vatican publishes decree on Texas nuns

UPDATE APRIL 20: The Arlington nuns respond. Yesterday, the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (DICLSAL) published a decree regarding the Most Holy Trinity monastery of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Arlington, Texas, entrusting them...

Russell Brand and the Hallow app

It is no secret that the investors behind the Catholic prayer and meditation app, Hallow, have deep pockets. Their $7 million Super Bowl commercial staring Mark Wahlberg and Jonathan Roumie showed America just how deep those pockets are. What is...

The Pope’s War on War

This is an article that I’m nervous to publish, especially in light of the recent backlash against Pope Francis. This week, the pope has received a great deal of criticism, including criticism from many who typically view him favorably, following...

Pope Francis’s Academy for Life

“The path to peace does not mean making society blandly uniform, but getting people to work together, side-by-side, in pursuing goals that benefit everyone. … The path to social unity always entails acknowledging the possibility that others have, at least...

Papal compromise or capitulation?

It is not new for Catholics to grumble about a perceived lack of “backbone” from the pope. The failure of the pope to remove bishops who have gone rogue, to defrock priests deemed heretical, or to excommunicate openly schismatic leaders...

Answering 7 Key Questions on Fiducia Supplicans

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...