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Accompanying mothers through childbirth offers chance to live out pro-life values Published on National Catholic Reporter Jan 18, 2022 "¡Veo su pelo!" I cried out to the screaming young woman whose hand was clasped in mine. I see his hair. "¡Veo su oreja!" I exclaimed...

Behind the front-lines of the Vatican's Ukraine-Russia strategy Published on National Catholic Reporter Mar 24, 2022 Rome — For four weeks, the Vatican has offered to serve as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine, and for four weeks, such overtures have been ignored...

Vatican reforms hailed as breakthrough for laity, despite open questions Published on National Catholic Reporter Mar 22, 2022 Rome — Pope Francis' newly released apostolic constitution, which is intended to reform the Vatican's central bureaucracy, has been praised as...

RELIGIOUS ROOTS of the Ukraine Crisis. The Tablet 26th February 2022 Has Vladimir Putin gone mad? It is question hinted at when the British Prime Minister accused him of behaving “irrationally” towards Ukraine. But the understanding of Putin’s motives seems to stop...

GERMANY / Celibacy Rule “Precarious” Marx Warns. Majority at plenary backs involving laity in nominating bishops CARDINAL Reinhard Marx of Munich has said it is “imperative” to discuss the Catholic Church’s celibacy rule. In a long interview in the German daily...

How Catholics got conned by Donald Trump A psychological analysis of the president and his supporters Jan 14, 2021 by Fran Ferder, John Heagle, National Catholic Reporter It was never about "pro-life." Many Americans, including Catholics, voted for Donald Trump...

Published on National Catholic Reporter (https://www.ncronline.org) Dec 14, 2021 Synod phase for local listening gets an uneven start in US dioceses by Brian Fraga Kevin Beck said the only thing he has seen thus far from his diocese in Colorado Springs, Colorado,...

Pope challenges Church's pastors with "Beatitudes for Bishops" Francis outlines the traits he's looking for in bishops with a prayer card distributed at the start of the plenary assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference Limited Extract from By Loup Besmond de...

Involve other churches in synodal process, says Vatican Extract from Christopher Lamb, The Tablet, 9 November 2021 The Vatican is calling on bishops across the world to involve Christian leaders from other churches in the synod process in a move that could turn it...

Astoundingly candid bishop says Catholic Church is a shattered remains of its former self Germany's Heiner Wilmer, who is widely considered a "Francis bishop", says the pope wants to "turn the Church on its head"          German Bishop Heiner Wilmer, who is reportedly...