Bishop Barron: Church should engage culture with more ‘energy, panache, and confidence’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Robert Barron speaks to EWTN’s Colm Flynn about evangelizing the culture today. October 2023. / Credit: Word on Fire Vatican City, Oct 26, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron said he regrets the Catholic Church’s “hand-wringing” in recent decades over how to share the Christian message with a secular culture.  In an…

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Polish bishop at Synod: Practice can vary but doctrine has to be the ‘same for everyone’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Catherine Clifford, a professor at St. Paul University in Ottawa, and Archbishop Stanisław Gadecki of Poland at the Synod on Synodality’s Oct. 26, 2023, press briefing. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 26, 2023 / 13:35 pm (CNA). A Polish archbishop said Thursday one difficulty of synodality lies in distinguishing pastoral practice —…

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Cardinal at Synod on Synodality: ‘Clericalizing women’ will not solve problems — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops since April 12, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 26, 2023 / 11:25 am (CNA). Synod on Synodality delegate Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost said this week that “clericalizing women” would not solve problems in the Catholic Church. When asked…

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