Controversial archbishop summoned to Palace of the Holy Office on June 20 to answer charges (he did not go) By ITV staff The former apostolic nuncio to the U.S., Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganó, 83, has been formally accused by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith [...]
An interview with Fr. Philip Larrey, PhD, on how Catholics are grappling with the AI explosion By ITV staff Rev. Philip Larrey, Ph.D., held the Chair of Logic and Epistemology at the Pontifical Lateran University in the Vatican for more than 20 years. He now teaches at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at [...]
By Matthew Trojacek The dialogue between Catholics and Orthodox, already put in crisis by the latter's support for the invasion of Ukraine, is becoming more complicated after the release of the document Fiducia supplicans on blessing same-sex couples. Here, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, on a peace mission to Moscow on Pope Francis' behalf, speaks with Russian [...]
The "techno-human condition" — the human inclination to use tools to mediate our environment — is natural, said Francis, but leaves us vulnerable By Joseph Tulloch (Vatican News) Pope Francis with some of the world’s most powerful political leaders in Italy on June 14 (VATICAN MEDIA/Ag.Romano Siciliani) On the afternoon of Friday, June 14, [...]
By Peter Anderson In this icon we see the face of Christ between the Fathers of the Western and Eastern Church In the early Christian Church, the primary organizational structure was the “diocese” – an area under the jurisdiction of a single bishop. However, certain dioceses were more important than others. The First Ecumenical [...]
By Mother Martha The ancient Romans were the world’s first gourmets. They owe their obsession with food, at least in part, to fellow citizen Marcus Gabius. Better known as Apicius, he was a wealthy decadent epicure who in the first century wrote De Re Coquinaria (Concerning Culinary Matters), the world’s first cookbook. He specialized in [...]
The Pope is continually portrayed as a "progressive" — but how "progressive" is he really? By ITV staff/Vatican News Pope Francis “never intended to offend” by using a slang term for homosexuals, said Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni. Others commented: Michael Day on the INews website in the UK and Robert Mickens, editor-in- chief of the [...]
Every day, he says, a curtain opens on each of the thousands of characters that inhabit St. Peter's Text by Christina Deardurff - Photos by Grzegorz Galazka Although St. Peter’s Basilica is the church most closely associated with the Pope (in his office as Pope, as well as geographically — he lives in its shadow), it [...]
"I believe in the Holy Spirit, the lord the Giver of Life, Who proceeds from the Father" By Robert Wiesner Thus begins the answer to Macedonianism, laid down by the Fathers of the Council of Constantinople in the year 381. The gathered bishops of course were aware of the existence of the Third Person of the [...]
Cardinal Fernández tightens Rome's control while hinting that traditional Catholics, in their reliance on "faith and prayer," may fuel distorted attitudes By Robert Moynihan ”Many times, these events have led to a great richness of spiritual fruits, growth in faith, devotion, fraternity, and service…” “At the same time, in some events of alleged supernatural origin, there [...]
