[Editor’s note: What follows is an English translation of Cardinal Schönborn’s response to the recent CDF statement on blessings for same-sex couples in the Catholic Church. It was generously provided by a reader and patron from Austria. These remarks were...
We are excited to share several new media appearances by Where Peter Is contributors and Managing Editor Mike Lewis. First, check out Where Peter Is Live! on our YouTube page. It’s our recently launched livestream airing on Thursday evenings and...
Pope Francis spoke to members of Italy’s National Catechetical Office today, and offered some words of encouragement and gratitude to catechists, who do such an important job of forming us in the faith. Earlier this evening, I took part in...
Today for the first time since 1814, the U.S. Capitol was violently seized. Although its hours-long occupation by rioters was nowhere near as catastrophic as that event (though one was fatally shot), this attack has the dishonor of having been...
Every year, the Vatican receives a nativity scene (or presepe), donated from a region of Italy, for their traditional Christmas display. In 2020, the Abruzzo region lent its Presepe Monumentale, a work of art produced from 1965 to 1975 by...
Last year, I wrote on Where Peter Is that Bishop James Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska had taken a leave of absence to receive treatment for depression and anxiety. This is, as far as I know, almost without...
UPDATE: Here’s the video. Tonight at 6:30pm (EST) I’m giving a presentation on Pope Francis’s new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti. St. Thomas Aquinas parish in East Lansing, Michigan invited me to give an hour-long presentation (followed by a brief Q&A). You...
UPDATE 11/1/2020 Although the window for viewing Francesco through the Savannah film festival has passed, we are still receiving messages from people who want to see the film. We’re not entirely certain about the details of other streaming opportunities, and I...
Last Friday Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, announced that he is resigning due to a flare-up of chronic illness. Abe, a hawkish nationalist and close international ally of US President Donald Trump, is Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister. He had...
Where Peter Is wishes a Happy Birthday to our beloved Pope Emeritus. May God keep him always in good health, and may his pilgrimage on this earth keep bearing many fruits.
On March 20, the Holy See Press Office announced that the Apostolic Penitentiary had established a series of plenary indulgences during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. These indulgences include: Plenary indulgences for COVID-19 patients who watch Mass online during the ongoing...
Vatican City — In his latest apostolic exhortation, Querida Amazonia, Pope Francis calls for “authentic” inculturation in the Amazon, so as to allow for the creation of a Church which truly bears the features of the region and the culture of...
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