The bishops’ conference of Spain warned of conflict over government plans to remove Catholic symbols from a civil war memorial site near Madrid from which the remains of former dictator Gen. Francisco Franco were exhumed a year ago. The bishops’ conference of Spain...
Tracey Rowland, professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia, has won the Ratzinger Prize for theology, often described as the field’s equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize. The award is a stunning win for the Melbourne, Australia-based academic, who...
Pope Francis is urging world leaders not to go down the path of nationalism and isolation following the Covid-19 pandemic. In a speech to the United Nations, Pope Francis warned against ideologies which place power before people. The 83-year-old Roman Pontiff told the...
Pope remarks came following the General Audience where he had a brief meeting with members for an Italian group Tenda di Gionata (Jonathan’s Tent), which supports the parents of LGBT children. According to reports of the encounter, Francis said “God loves your...
Prominent Catholic women across the globe are continuing to raise objections to the title of Pope Francis’ forthcoming new encyclical, “Fratelli tutti,” which uses the Italian masculine plural to address the world’s population. Some are also baldly upset at the...
