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What’s not in Francis’s encyclical?
Pope Francis waves from the pope-mobile during his inauguration Mass at St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday (March 19) at the Vatican. World leaders flew in for Pope Francis’ inauguration Mass in St. Peter’s...
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Pope Francis’s appeal goes mainstream
Pope Francis (courtesy flickr user Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk) An update from NPR about the recent papal encyclical confirmed my suspicions. The other night, at the end of the hourly newscast, listeners...
View ArticlePope surprises on women, gays, marriage
During a press conference on the way back from World Youth Day, Pope Francis addressed a number of issues, including marriage (not what you think), the role of women in the Catholic Church, and...
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7 Questions: ending the death penalty
Karen Clifton is the executive director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network, a Washington, DC, based Catholic group that seeks to apply the Catholic Church’s pro-life mission to the abolition of the...
View ArticleCatholic bishops tackle punishment and poverty
Over at America magazine, I report on a study the Catholic bishops’ anti-poverty initiative, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, is undertaking to explore how harsh sentencing guidelines often...
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7 Questions: keeping college students Catholic
Katie Diller runs ESTEEM, a program launched by the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management and the St. Thomas More Chapel & Center at Yale University. Katie Diller leads...
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Pope’s selfie
The internet is loving this photo from the Vatican’s newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano: The post Pope’s selfie appeared first on Faith Fix.
View ArticlePutin’s papal pal?
Can Pope Francis take credit for the renewed diplomatic efforts to end the violence in Syria? Russian President Valdimir Putin penned a letter to the American, in which he says that US military...
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7 Questions: Sr. Jeannine Gramick on space for gay Catholics
Sr. Jeannine Gramick, S.L., co-founded New Ways Ministry in 1977 to minister to gay and lesbian Catholics. Her work has been investigated by Vatican officials and was cited in the ongoing investigation...
View ArticleTV priests talk celibacy
Pope Francis’s new number two, Archbishop Pietro Paolin, made headlines last week for saying that priestly celibacy could, in theory, be changed. While this idea isn’t new—priestly celibacy wasn’t...
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Pope Francis: mercy for gays, end obsession with abortion
Pope Francis waves from the pope-mobile during his inauguration Mass at St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday (March 19) at the Vatican. RNS photo by Andrea Sabbadini This image available for Web and print...
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Pope Francis: accompany with mercy
Pope Francis waves from the pope-mobile during his inauguration Mass at St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday (March 19) at the Vatican. RNS photo by Andrea Sabbadini This image available for Web and print...
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Progressive Catholic media fights
All’s not well in progressive Catholic media-land. When America magazine, the Jesuit weekly, published its interview with Pope Francis, it hit gold. The cover has been featured on every major network,...
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Southern Baptist leader and Catholic ally slams pope
Dr. Russell Moore (russellmoore.com) One of the Catholic Church’s allies in the fight to safeguard religious liberty is lashing out at Pope Francis. Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, who leads the...
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Scalia on pope, heaven, demons, and gays
Antonin Scalia (flickr user pennstatenews). Another prominent Catholic gives a lengthy interview, but this time, it’s not the pope. Justice Antonin Scalia talked to New York magazine. The full text is...
View ArticleAbout that synod on families…
The Vatican announced that a synod of bishops meeting next October will focus on the pastoral care of families. Pope Francis himself has spoken of the need for a more merciful approach in the church’s...
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7 Questions: Writer James Carroll on Vatican II, war, and the new pope
James Carroll James Carroll was a Catholic priest before leaving ordained life to become a writer and historian. His books include Constantine’s Sword, An American Requiem, and most recently,...
View ArticleThe pope’s financial reforms
That Pope Francis has shaken up and reinvigorated parts of the Catholic Church is well known, but what may be less apparent are the changes he is implementing at the Vatican bank, reforming the once...
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Pope Francis, child admirer warm the heart
BuzzFeed captures the heartwarming moment between Pope Francis, a small child, and a few thousand people in St. Peter’s Square. At an event marking the Year of Faith, several children were invited to...
View ArticlePope Francis seeks input on pastoral care for gays, remarried Catholics
A few weeks ago I wrote a post expressing concern about the Vatican’s upcoming Synod on Families, hoping that the event would not serve as another opportunity for Catholic bishops to rail against...
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