VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) – Israel’s foreign minister is blasting the Holy See for drawing a moral equivalence between Hamas’ massacre of Jewish civilians and Israel’s military response in Gaza that is aimed at rescuing hostages and eliminating terrorists. Eli Cohen After a conversation with Abp. Paul Gallagher, the Vatican secretary for relations with states, Israel’s minister of…
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández gave another eye-catching interview this week, dedicated to one of the most controversial aspects of his work. In the Oct. 10 conversation with the Spanish website Religión Digital, the new prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) spoke about his department’s responsibility for clerical abuse cases….
Confidential records from the Vatican’s October synod on synodality have been posted to an unsecured cloud server in the days since the synodal assembly began this month, with new records added as recently as Thursday. The records include rosters of synodal participants and their working group assignments — along with the reports filed by working…
Church Militant’s Rome correspondent, Dr. Jules Gomes, discusses the pro-LGBT and pro-feminist thread in modern Bible studies and the Synod on Synodality. Please make a donation below! Read More
Many Americans are suffering as six out of 10 are now living paycheck to paycheck under the Biden administration. Meanwhile, the U.S. bishops continue to enrich themselves by supporting Democratic policies that financially and psychologically stress the average American. Joe Biden’s policies are stressing Americans The financial stress of Americans from every demographic group has reached the…
Happy Friday friends, As JD said on Tuesday, this is a very good week not to have a “take” on what is going on in the world. Like everyone else, I have been watching the horror of what is happening in Israel. And like some, I can be upfront about my lack of any worthwhile…
On Sunday, Pope Francis released an apostolic exhortation about St. Thérèse of Lisieux, a Carmelite nun and Doctor of the Church. Catholics around the world love St. Thérèse, cherish her spiritual writings and invoke her intercession. She’s known for an approach to spirituality referred to as the little way. In this episode of The Download,…
Israel unleashed an attack in the northern Gaza Strip on October 12, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza. / Credit: Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images) CNA Staff, Oct 13, 2023 / 11:32 am (CNA). The Israeli government on Friday urged civilians to evacuate the northern part of Gaza amid its war against the terror group Hamas. …
The full original report is found here at the Lepanto Institute. The Lepanto Institute has received several requests concerning Jesuit Refugee Service, asking if it is safe for Catholic donations. After a lengthy period of research, we must unfortunately report that JRS as an organization is not safe for Catholic giving because directly and through its partnerships,…
A cross atop the seminary in Beit Jala, Palestine. / Aid to the Church in Need. CNA Staff, Oct 13, 2023 / 12:20 pm (CNA). Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, condemned Hamas’ Saturday terrorist attacks against Israel, called for peace in the Holy Land, and said the Vatican is ready to help…
