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Evangelical Catholicism, Pope Francis, and the 21st-Century Church
An interview with George Weigel (Author: 24 May 2013)

Lourdes: a Stadium of the New Evangelization
Now our task is to make every parish, every school, every place of charity and health care, every home, a Lourdes! Then we wouldn’t have to define the New Evangelization, we’d just show it! (Author: 24 May 2013)

Author finds Catholic themes in Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'
Editor and author Joseph Pearce's new work, “Shakespeare on Love,” sees the Catholic presence in “Romeo and Juliet” and corrects popular interpretations of the play, which see the pair only as victims. (Author: 24 May 2013)

The liturgical vision of Vatican II 50 years later
So the post-Vatican II reform will probably proceed apace. But with regard to the major goals of “Sacrosanctum Concilium,” the reform is far from over. (Author: 24 May 2013)

Pope, Salvadoran president discuss Archbishop Romero
Pope Francis met on May 23 with El Salvador’s President Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, for a conversation that highlighted the role of the slain Archbishop Oscar Romero in the life of the Central American country. (Author: 24 May 2013)

Pope confirms Cardinal Vallini as vicar for Rome
From Our Store: Essays in Apologetics, Volume II (eBook) Pope Francis has formally confirmed Cardinal Agostino Vallini as his vicar for the Rome diocese (Author: 24 May 2013)

China tightens rules for appointment of bishops in Catholic Church
In a move that seems sure to increase tensions with the Vatican, Beijing has revised its regulations governing the selection and ordination of Catholic bishops in China (Author: 24 May 2013)

Be salt of the earth, not 'museum Christians,' pope says at Mass
Christians are called to be the salt of the earth, and if they don't share the flavor of their faith, hope and love with others, they are simply "museum Christians," Pope Francis said. (Author: 24 May 2013)

Pope leads Italian Bishops in Profession of Faith
On Thursday evening, Pope Francis joined the Bishops of Italy as they gathered in Saint Peter’s Basilica for their 65th General Assembly. (Author: 24 May 2013)

Mideast Christians pray for Syrian bishops’ release a month after abduction
Christians gathered in the Jordanian capital of Amman to pray for the release of the Greek Orthodox and Syriac Orthodox archbishops of Aleppo, who were kidnapped one month ago by Syrian rebel forces (Author: 24 May 2013)

Franciscans over the moon about news of Pope’s visit to Assisi
Vatican Insider interviews Fr. Mauro Gambetti, guardian of the Sacred Convent of Assisi who explains how the community found out about the news (Author: 24 May 2013)

Bishop Campbell's Pentecost Pastoral Letter: re-grouping to be smaller but more 'missionary' Church
Bishop Campbell's Pastoral Letter for Pentecost can be read here (Author: 24 May 2013)

Come to Lourdes with the Diocese this Year!
Go to the Lourdes page of the diocesan website for details (Author: 24 May 2013)

Age-Old Prayer Gains More Pray-ers
Many modern Catholics’ familiarity with the Liturgy of the Hours begins and ends with a ditty about an ineffective Matins bell and a dozing friar named Jacques (Author: 24 May 2013)

Holy Spirit powers evangelization, Pope explains at audience
“Evangelization is the Church mission,” Pope Francis told his public audience on May 22. “Not just of a few, but my, your, our mission.” (Author: 23 May 2013)

Catholics, Atheists, and the “Digital Areopagus”
Brandon Vogt discusses his new online project aimed at creating dialogue between Catholics and atheists. (Author: 23 May 2013)

Episcopalian Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori bashes on St. Paul, opposition to homosexual relations
The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church has denounced the Apostle Paul as mean-spirited and bigoted for having released a slave girl from demonic bondage as reported in Acts 16:16-34 (Author: 23 May 2013)

Top Irish bishops clash over excommunication of Catholics who support new abortion bill
Archbishops Diarmuid Martin and Eamon Martin disagree strongly on how to handle issue (Author: 23 May 2013)

Pope tells Catholics to shout 'Jesus' instead of 'Francis'
Pope Francis asked those gathered for the Pentecost Vigil Mass at the Vatican to chant Christ's name instead of his own, highlighting his role as Christ's vicar on earth. (Author: 23 May 2013)

Pope Francis: Call to prayer for the Church in China
Pope Francis has called Christians worldwide to prayer this Friday for our brothers and sisters in China (Author: 23 May 2013)

Vatican media czar Greg Burke's London talk about the media and the Vatican
The Vatican's Senior Communications Adviser, Greg Burke, gives his first lecture since taking up the post in June 2012. Greg worked for Fox News for a decade as a correspondent based in Rome and also for Time magazine (Author: 23 May 2013)

Pope Francis visits Vatican soup kitchen
Pope Francis visited the "Gift of Mary" soup kitchen and women’s shelter run by the Missionaries of Charity on Tuesday evening (Author: 23 May 2013)

Vatican’s Financial Information Authority issues report, cites strides toward transparency
The Vatican’s Financial Information Authority (FIA) has released its first annual report, documenting the effort to tighten controls on financial transactions and to guard against money-laundering (Author: 23 May 2013)

Conference at Vatican Museums recalls attack on Pietà
The Vatican Museums hosted a conference on May 21 devoted to the 1972 attack on Michelangelo’s Pietà and the sculpture’s subsequent restoration (Author: 23 May 2013)

In 2nd message on Edict of Milan, Pope Francis calls for recognition of religious freedom
On May 15, Pope Francis sent a telegram to Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew traveled to the Italian city to commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan. (Author: 23 May 2013)

Reconfiguring the Church in Boston: Past, Present and Future
We’re not the same archdiocese we were fifty years ago. We’re humbler, and that’s a start. (Author: 23 May 2013)

But Whom May We Evangelize?
There is no indication in Scripture that, in the end, there will be more than a few real believers in the world. Christ’s advice to the Apostles remains, go to those who will listen to you; leave those who will not. (Author: 23 May 2013)

Vatican denies pope performed public exorcism
When Pope Francis solemnly laid both hands on the head of a young man in a wheelchair and prayed intently over him for several minutes, he was not performing an exorcism, said the Vatican spokesman. (Author: 22 May 2013)

Tornadoes exact deadly toll; region needs 'a lot of prayers right now'
Even after the initial death toll was cut by more than half, the human and material devastation of a string of tornadoes that buffeted areas of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City May 19-20 was incalculable. (Author: 22 May 2013)

Westminster MPs vote in favour of gay marriage legislation
Members of Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of legislation for same-sex marriage yesterday (Author: 22 May 2013)

Has the Church has lost control of marriage?
Let's face it -- the church has lost control of the cultural conversation on marriage. Just about any parish priest can tell you that. Even devout Catholics often ignore the church's teaching and views on marriage (Author: 22 May 2013)

What Ordination Season Looks Like
Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila of Denver ordains seven men to the Catholic priesthood (Author: 22 May 2013)

Francis: “Real power is service”
This was the Pope’s message in this morning’s mass in St. Martha’s House. "The struggle for power in the Church is nothing new, it began with Jesus” (Author: 22 May 2013)

Community of St. John acknowledges lapses by founder
The Community of St. John has acknowledged that its founder, Father Marie-Dominique Philippe, had improper relations with women under his spiritual direction (Author: 22 May 2013)

Papal prayers for Oklahoma tornado victims
Pope Francis offered a prayer for tornado victims in Oklahoma at his morning Mass on Tuesday, May 21 (Author: 22 May 2013)

Suicide in Notre Dame cathedral in Paris
A French man committed suicide inside Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on May 21. (Author: 22 May 2013)

The Bishop's Blog for this Week
Check out Bishop Campbell's latest blog post (Author: 22 May 2013)

Pope at morning Mass: Courageous, humble prayer can work wonders
Courageous, humble and strong prayer can accomplish miracles: this was Pope Francis’ message at morning Mass in Casa Santa Marta. Emer McCarthy reports (Author: 21 May 2013)

Regina Caeli :The New Movements as a gift and a treasure for the Church  
Ahead of reciting the Easter Marian hymn, Regina Caeli, for the last time this year on Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis had a special message for the estimated 200 thousand men, women and children gathered before for him in St. Peter’s Square (Author: 21 May 2013)

Pope Francis' First Crisis? Defiant Archbishop Refuses to Quit
On several occasions the Vatican has asked Puerto Rican Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez Nieves to leave his post. But supporters of the archbishop have organized several meetings to pray for his continuity (Author: 21 May 2013)

Why the world doesn't take Catholicism seriously
The question we must answer is "if Catholicism offers a better way, why don't Catholics' lives seem any better?" (Author: 21 May 2013)

Church of Scotland General Assembly votes to allow gay ministers
The Church of Scotland's ruling General Assembly has voted to allow actively gay men and women to become ministers. (Author: 21 May 2013)

Egypt's Copts again under attack, but ex-nuncio sees positive strides
Egypt’s Christian minority suffered two more violent assaults during the past week, with bombings at Coptic Orthodox churches in two different towns (Author: 21 May 2013)

Ecumenical Patriarch: even amid persecution and attacks on family, the Church endures
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople said that “the divinely-inspired Emperor established in action and legislation the fundamental principles on which modern Christian societies – and the entire world – are based to this day". (Author: 21 May 2013)

Francis laments not being able to listen to confessions outside the Vatican
In his speech during the Pentecost Vigil Pope Francis expressed disappointment at not being able to administer the sacrament of penance as before (Author: 21 May 2013)

Vatican official: current Code of Canon Law drafted during ‘naïve’ time
Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta has a special briefcase he uses exclusively to carry documentation for a project that would completely revise an entire section of the Catholic Church's basic law. (Author: 21 May 2013)

Rome university launches course on liturgical music
A pontifical university in Rome has launched a master's program in Gregorian chant and the use of the organ at Mass so as to build unity among Catholics world-wide. (Author: 21 May 2013)

On the Case of Shanghai, a Letter from Cardinal Zen
The bishop emeritus of Hong Kong corrects and clarifies some passages of the last article from www.chiesa on China (Author: 21 May 2013)

Former Moderator says Church of Scotland is facing crisis of leadership and lack of vocations
The former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has warned of the need to attract more people to the ministry. (Author: 21 May 2013)

Pope's Homily for Pentecost with the New Movements: Newness, harmony and mission
Here is the official English language translation of Pope Francis’ homily at Mass for the Feast of Pentecost with New Movements: (Author: 20 May 2013)

The Lancaster Vocations Novena Begins
The Diocesan-wide Vocations Novena has begun (Author: 20 May 2013)

If we ignore the problem of cloning, we will sink into a more violent depravity...Aquila
The embryos killed are the first class of victims; the second class of victims will be the rest of us. (Author: 20 May 2013)

Saving the Uncommon Core of Catholic Education
Now, more than ever, is the time to embrace classical Catholic education and shun secular fads like the Common Core (Author: 20 May 2013)

The LCWR vs. the Vatican: Setting the Record Straight
The facts don’t support complaints by the U.S. women’s religious group about its Vatican-mandated reform process (Author: 20 May 2013)

8 things to know and share about Pentecost
Did you know...? (Author: 20 May 2013)

“Communio” publishes Ratzinger’s letter of praise to the theological journal
“Communio” has published a letter dated early 2012, in which Benedict XVI praises the journal’s work, forty years from its establishment (Author: 20 May 2013)

Francis to New Movements at Vigil: 'People are dying of hunger but all we talk about is banks'
Francis condemns lack of ethics in public life at Pentecost vigil with lay ecclesial movements (Author: 19 May 2013)

Pope Francis meets with Angela Merkel
in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, was received in audience by Holy Father Francis. (Author: 19 May 2013)

A letter from the pope: Affirmation to those on the margins
After Los Angeles youth detainees thank Pope for Holy Thursday jail visit in Rome -now the Pope responds by sending them a letter (Author: 19 May 2013)

Vatican envoy: consumerism, attitudes towards women help foster human trafficking
Here is a speech made by the Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York, Archbishop Francis Chullikatt on the issue of human trafficking (Author: 19 May 2013)

Bishop Campbell's Homily for Candidacy at Oscott College
Here is Bishop Campbell's Homily from the Candidacy Mass at Oscott (Author: 19 May 2013)

Bishop Campbell's Year of Faith Regional Mass Homily at Kendal
Read the Bishop's Homily here (Author: 19 May 2013)

'There's too much gossip and envy in the Church' says Pope Francis this morning
The Christian must overcome the temptation to "interfere in the lives of others," was the exhortation of Pope Francis at Mass this morning at the Casa Santa Marta. The Pope also stressed that talk and envy do so much harm to the Christian community (Author: 18 May 2013)

Failure to repent sin is fundamental problem, Pope tells congregation
“The problem is not that we are sinners,” Pope Francis told the congregation at his morning Mass on May 17. “The problem is not repenting of sin, but not being ashamed of what we have done.” (Author: 18 May 2013)

George Weigel on Obama's Planned Parenthood speech
Read this very interesting article by George Weigel (Author: 18 May 2013)

Dublin's archbishop, Irish prime minister clash on proposed abortion law
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has protested that a proposed change in Ireland’s ban on abortion could lead to the death of unborn children who are capable of independent survival outside the womb. But Prime Minister Enda Kenny has flatly denied the charge (Author: 18 May 2013)

Escalating violence in Nigeria; prominent Protestant pastor murdered
Amid escalating violence committed by the Islamist terrorist organization Boko Haram, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three states. (Author: 18 May 2013)

Missio: Pope Francis unlocks app for Pontifical Mission Societies
With slightly more of a swipe than a tap, Pope Francis helped the Pontifical Mission Societies of the United States broaden its reach around the world by unlocking a smartphone app. (Author: 18 May 2013)

Jesuit superior, Nicolas, appointed head of religious orders
The “black pope” has been placed in charge of the International Union of Superiors General for the next three years (Author: 18 May 2013)

New figures show stark decline in Catholic baptisms, ordinations claims Latin Mass Society
According to the figures, gathered by the Latin Mass Society, the high point for Catholicism was the 1960s, with high numbers of baptisms, ordinations and marriages in 1964, 1965 and 1968 respectively, before a dramatic fall-off in each case (Author: 18 May 2013)

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