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A Jewish perspective on the Catholic Church’s response to the Gaza conflict

February 19, 2024

Amid the plethora of public utterances on the wrongs and rights of Israel’s military action in Gaza, those of several key Vatican officials and spokesmen, including Pope Francis, along with the comments of their neighbour, the Chief Rabbi of Rome, Riccardo di Segni, have featured prominently in the Catholic Herald. Finding myself invited to supplement

What the media misses with its cynical take on ‘Gen Z’ embracing traditional Catholicism

February 15, 2024

Since the coining of the term “Gen Z”, older generations have maintained a steady interest in their habits. Observed with fascination, like a Neanderthal cousin who is curiously similar but evolutionarily very different, Gen Z’s likes and dislikes are continually analysed and then commented on. And now, apparently, people are getting excited because ‘Gen Z’

Rift between Vatican and Israel grows after Gaza remarks by top papal advisor

February 15, 2024

ROME – A growing rift between the Vatican and Israel was exacerbated 14 February, when the Israeli ambassador to the Holy See hit back against a top Vatican official who said the ongoing Israeli military offensive in Gaza is disproportionate. On the margins of a 13 Feb. event commemorating the 95th anniversary of the Lateran

Prominent clergy and scholars sign collective letter requesting Pope to retract Fiducia Supplicans

February 15, 2024

A collective letter entitled “Filial Appeal” has gained the signatures of around 90 prominent clergymen, intellectuals and authors around the world and has been submitted to the Vatican requesting the retraction of Fiducia Supplicans and its direction on the blessings of same-sex couples. The letter, originally published on 2 February 2024, addresses senior prelates around

Pope’s Ash Wednesday address: Remove social media ‘mask’ and ‘enter into the secret’ with God

February 14, 2024

ROME – Pope Francis told Catholics to carve out a silent space for God amid the buzz of the digital era in which little remains private as he opened the Lenten season with a procession and Mass on Ash Wednesday. In his homily, the Pope focused on the emphasis that the day’s scripture readings place

Finding hope in the desert: getting lost and discovering the way

February 14, 2024

The desert experience of the people of Israel was a difficult time of testing and penance, of getting lost and discovering the way, as the Lord sought to mould them into His covenant people. Yet the later prophets looked back on it as the honeymoon period in the people’s relationship with the Lord. The most

Argentina gets first female saint as Pope meets country’s brash populist leader

February 12, 2024

ROME – Pope Francis and Argentine President Javier Milei, a populist politician and a blunt contrarian who has made derogatory remarks about the pontiff, had a warm encounter as Argentina’s first female saint was canonised at Mass on Sunday in the Vatican. A former television pundit, Milei was elected president of Argentina in November. He

Chilean nun who voluntarily spent 18 months in prison during Covid wins prestigious award

February 07, 2024

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – A Chilean nun who voluntarily spent 18 months in prison in order to support inmates has said that she hopes a recent award she was given will help call attention to the issue of protecting the human dignity of people behind bars. Sister Nelly León, who’s worked with imprisoned women for