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New book sketches Pope’s dream for a post-COVID world

In that brief inter-mezzo over the summer between what turned out to be the first and second great surges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis held a series of appropriately socially distanced, “vir-tual” conversations with his premier English-language explicator about what he believes needs to be done for the world to be better than it […]

McCarrick scandal shows why popes, like John Paul, should not be canonized

The recent report detailing the Vatican’s response to the scan-dal surrounding ex-Cardinal Theo-dore McCarrick shows why it’s a mistake to canonize Popes (or anyone) quickly after their deaths. According to the Vatican report released, Pope John Paul II received warnings about McCarrick from Vatican officials and New York Cardinal John O’Connor in 1999. Two years later, […]

Pope tells Christians to break ‘rules’

Pope Francis has made an impassioned plea to Christians to reach out to the poor and homeless. Speaking on the World Day of the Poor, he said it was not enough simply not to do harm. Not doing good was also not good. “We must do good, go out of ourselves and look, look at […]

Poland: Prime Minister’s appeal against trips to Christmas

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has warned Poles against planning travel during the Christmas period, warning that most of the restrictions to keep the epidemic under control will be prolonged, even if you think about the reopening of the shops. “Please don’t plan any trips,” Morawiecki said at a press conference, adding that the government […]

Christian astronaut takes Bible, communion cups on mission to space station

Astronaut Victor Glover was- n’t trying to get away from God as he blasted to the International Space Station in the SpaceX Crew Dragon’s capsule Resilience on November 15. As the first African American astronaut to go on a long-term mission, Glover took on board communion cups and the word of God. He plans to […]

Christian Persecution: A Glaring Blind Spot in Nigeria and Beyond

“Traveling by road into Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria’s northeast, has become one of the most dangerous journeys on earth.” So begins an alarming and timely Wall Street Journal article about ever-encroaching violence in Nigeria, Africa’s largest country and most powerful financial centre. Writer Joe Parkinson describes four primary highways that lead into that northern Nigerian city, […]

Multiracial churches on the rise, Catholic churches lead in diversity: survey

American Churches have grown in diversity with Catholic Churches leading as the most diverse, a new study by Baylor University shows. The number of churches where less than 80% of people belonged to one race has nearly tripled since 1998, from 6% to 16%. The study counts churches in this category as “multiracial.” Baylor University […]

2 in 3 Americans thankful to God; most thankful for family: Survey

Ahead of Thanksgiving Day, which will be celebrated amid the COVID-19 pandemic and following a divisive election, a new survey shows that the majority of Americans still have a reason to be thankful. The poll from Nashville-based LifeWay Research shows that more than 84% of American adults say they are thankful for their family, 69% are thankful […]

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