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Women played an intriguing role in Catholic revival in Germany, author says

In his book, Disruptive Power: Catholic Women, Miracles, and Politics in Modern Germany, 1918-1965, Marist College professor Michael O’Sullivan explores the revival of Catholic faith in Germany from 1920-1960, fueled in large part by Marian devotion. Yet ironically, this new sense of devotion, primarily from traditionalist Catholics, unintentionally weakened the institutional Church, O’Sullivan argues. His book, […]

Nurse Says God Asked Her To Work Covid Ward

Former United Reformed Church Youth Moderator, Katie Henderson, voluntarily switched from working on a paediatric ICU ward to an adult ICU coronavirus ward after she felt led by God to help battle the disease. “I very much feel like this was a calling for me to do,” she told Premier. “It’s not something I never […]

Former Pope Benedict XVI sees church threatened by pseudo-humanism

The former Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church is threatened by a “worldwide dictatorship of seemingly humanist ideologies.” He cited gay marriage, abortion and the “creation of humans in the laboratory” as examples. The retired Pope, 93, said: “Modern society is in the process of formulating an anti-Christian creed, and resisting this creed is […]

Debate over Covid-19 vaccine derived from foetus

There is “no absolute duty” to boycott any Covid-19 vaccine produced with the help of cells derived from aborted foetuses, said a researcher from a Catholic bioethics institute. Scientists from the University of Oxford, England, are conducting human trials of a possible vaccine against the coronavirus in the hope that it could be made ready […]

Creation is sacred gift deserving respect, care, pope says on Earth Day

Humanity has failed to take care of the earth and its inhabitants, sinning against God and his gift of creation, Pope Francis said. Celebrating Earth Day, which fell during the “Easter season of renewal, let us pledge to love and esteem the beautiful gift of the earth, our common home, and to care for all […]

Dutch cardinal says euthanasia ruling will not bring clarity

A Dutch cardinal said that a recent Supreme Court ruling permitting the euthanizing of dementia patients creates confusion and raises questions about consent, especially for the most vulnerable at the end of life. Speaking on behalf of the Dutch bishops’ conference, Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, the archbishop of Utrecht, high-lighted renewed concerns about the growing […]

TRUMP SAYS HE’S ‘BEST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY OF THE CHURCH’ IN CALL WITH CATHOLIC LEADERS

President Donald Trump identified himself as the “best [president] in the history of the Catholic Church” in a conference call for Catholic leaders and educators April 25, where he warned that issues at stake in the upcoming presidential election, particularly on abortion and religious liberty, “have never been more important for the Church.” Trump also […]

Cardinal fears coronavirus could be end of European Union

In a provocative reflection on the coronavirus and Europe, Luxembourg Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich said aloud what many at this moment are likely thinking: With the European Union in disarray over the migration crisis and weakened by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom, could the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic be the tipping point signalling the end […]

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Pope: Red Cross’ humanitarian work shows that fraternity is possible

New Vatican document lists ‘grave violations’ of human dignity