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Pope Francis endorses Cardinal Marx's mandate for Church reform Cardinal Reinhard Marx tried to resign but, in the end, Pope Francis rejected the move and instructed the 67-year-old German to continue leading the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. What does this mean...

Franciscan spiritual wisdom to navigate the 'digital continent' Franciscan Fr. Daniel P. Horan is the Duns Scotus Chair of Spirituality at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, where he teaches systematic theology and spirituality. Published on National Catholic...

XRay of a Pope The Tablet, 29th May 2021 No pope has spoken with such candour about his health, physical and mental, as Francis. A papal biographer sums up the diagnosis / By AUSTEN IVEREIGH DURING Pope Francis’ March visit to Iraq, when he seemed to be suffering more...

Ideas for the future of Catholic liturgical reform by Thomas Reese by Religion News Service Other than sex, nothing is more heatedly debated by Catholics than the liturgy. Everyone has strong opinions based on years of personal experience. In the 1960s and '70s, Pope...

Vatican throws wet blanket on U.S. bishops who want to deny Biden Communion by Michael Sean Winters , National Catholic Reporter Cardinal Luis Ladaria, the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, wrote a letter to the president of the U.S. bishops'...

Joe Biden's very Catholic Cabinet Jan 19, 2021 by Christopher White. Personnel is policy is an old Washington adage, and if it remains true, then Catholics fretting about how the Biden administration might treat the church may be misguided. More than one-third of Joe...

The recent interview of WAACSA's founder published in the Southern Cross has raised questions among readers about WAACSA's relationship with the International Movement We Are Church. WAACSA was founded in South Africa in November 2010 as an affiliate of the...

History and purpose of WAACSA Towards the end of 2010 my wife and I sent an email to twelve Catholic friends expressing our concern that the Church was going back to a defensive, pre-Vatican 2 stance. We invited them to join us in establishing a South African movement...

Published on National Catholic Reporter (https://www.ncronline.org) Dec 31, 2019 Vulnerability as strength: Keenan's key to dismantling clericalism by Tom Roberts Jesuit Fr. James Keenan really wants to turn the whole deal on its head. The highly regarded theologian,...

Published on National Catholic Reporter (https://www.ncronline.org) Oct 28, 2019 Bishops vote for married priests, call developed world to repent for harming Amazon by Thomas Reese by Religion News Service Vatican City — The synod of bishops meeting in Rome voted on...