By Philip Pullella
In Havana last March, when Pope Benedict sat down with Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader jocularly asked his fellow octogenarian: “What does a pope do?”
Benedict proceeded to tell Castro, who had stepped down as president in
Nurse destroys archbishop’s gay marriage stance with a stroke of her pen
A 65-year-old former nurse has told the leader of England’s Catholics to ditch the robes, the Latin and activism against gays and start helping the needy
A 65-year-old former nurse has delivered a withering telling off to the Archbishop of
It’ll be a miracle if a new pope ushers in real change in a decaying Church
By Colette Browne
THE resignation of Pope Benedict has prompted much debate about his legacy but another question also arises — why do so many people in this country continue to care about an anachronistic institution that doesn’t want them
A Must Read…
Allow me to call you attention to another brilliant commentary posted over at Enlightened Catholicism:
Why I Doubt The Next Pope Will Come From Africa.
What kind of pope do Roman Catholics need?
By Cristina LH Traina
Selection of the next Pope will factor in a host of complicated variables as wings of the Church compete for ascendancy.
Pope Benedict XVI’s impending resignation has already fuelled all the usual speculation about candidates for
What’s the message on the runway for Baroque fashions?
By Thomas F. O’Meara
When I was a boy, more than 50 years ago, ecclesiastical clothes were impressive. They were unusual and colorful, antique and sacral; they were distinctively Roman Catholic. The colored watered silk, the jeweled gloves, the red
The Pope’s dangerous sex appeal
By Ian Buruma
Human sexual behaviour can be perilous, as the ghastly rape of a 23-year-old woman by six men on a Delhi bus in December once again showed. After going to the cinema, she and her boyfriend were beaten,
50 Reasons to Boycott the Catholic Church
The Church uses its resources to oppose social progress and positive change all over the world.
By Adam Lee
Last month in Ireland, Savita Halappanavar died, and she shouldn’t have. Savita was a 31-year-old married woman, four months pregnant, who
For Gay Catholics, an Alternative to the Collection Plate
By donating gift cards to local priests, churchgoers can support their parishes without accidentally funding political causes.
Salvatore Cordileone is the archbishop of San Francisco. Although — or, perhaps, because — he lives in the American city most identified with
The Vatican Implosion
Robert C. Mickens, Vatican correspondent and columnist for “The Tablet,” speaks about The Vatican’s implosion and what it means for Catholics.