Today, the Diocese of Fort Worth published a PDF file containing three documents regarding the Carmelite monastery in Arlington: A statement from Bishop Michael Olson on the suppression of the monastery; a letter from Sr. Simona Brambilla, MC, secretary of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life...
Doctors Without Borders is a well-known organization that ministers to the sick and suffering wherever they may be found. I discovered that there is also a similar organization known as Carpenters Without Borders who were involved with the reconstruction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Both these groups offer their help beyond the...
The liturgical cycle has brought us once again to the season of Advent. The Advent season is unique in the sense that it anticipates something we have already experienced. The Christ-child whose birth we celebrate at Christmas is the same Christ we anticipate at his second coming. One part of the celebration looks...
But of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. — Matthew 24:36 A week or two ago, I received an email with a question from someone I deeply respect, a long-time student of Roger Duncan and a colleague in the Balthasar...
Purified of elements that can adulterate it, with severe consequences for the Faith, this liberation theology is not only orthodox, but necessary. My wishes — and I’m certain, everyone’s wishes — is that from the unbiased, fraternal reflections of these past days, a more lively awareness of the positive elements of the legitimate...
This morning, I finally got around to listening to Paul Fahey’s Third Space interview with Fr. Chris Kellerman, SJ, author of All Oppression Shall Cease: A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Catholic Church. They discuss what Fr. Kellerman discovered over the course of researching and writing his book, including his realization that the...
[Editor’s Note: This is an unofficial English translation of Fr. Roberto Pasolini’s homily for Sunday, June 9, 2024. Fr. Pasolini was recently named Preacher of the Papal Household, replacing his fellow Capuchin Friar, Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, who has retired at the age of 90 after holding the position for 44 years.] From what...
In the darkness of the Church on Holy Saturday night, the new fire of Easter is born. It then blossoms on the paschal candle and all the candles of the congregation are lit from it. The paschal candle will shine in the sanctuary at every Mass throughout the whole season of Easter. That...
This week I talked with Fr. Chris Kellerman SJ about his excellent and challenging book, “All Oppression Shall Cease: A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Catholic Church.” In our conversation he presents a brief history of the Church’s involvement with, and teachings about, slavery. Fr. Chris also responds to still repeated misconceptions...
[Editor’s note: On November 22, the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM) released an official statement on the earlier news (and false rumors) about the pope’s approval of cultural adaptations to the Roman Rite for indigenous Catholic Communities in Mexico. Given the wide circulation of lies about these adaptions in the English-speaking world, I have...
But migrations, by bringing together people belonging to diverse religions during daily coexistence, made this sense of belonging one of the elements of social diversification. The countries that, in this sector, experienced the most delicate changes are, without a doubt, the Western countries, of a Christian majority. In some of them, the plurality...
[Author’s note: The following post, especially the first half, is more technical and challenging than my previous posts on this site. I do find this material exceptionally important, and I believe that persistence in reading will be rewarded with a deeper understanding of the thought implicitly underlying Pope Francis’s theology and pastoral vision....
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