On the "Vatican permission" received by that Quebecois priest: The Diocese of Joliette has issued a press release after the mainstream media erroneously reported that the Vatican had given permission for a Catholic priest who supports abortion and homosexual ‘marriage’ to run for public office.  Both a Canadian Press story, published in several papers, and…

A review of a new book: Who doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong? Yet that essential knowledge, generally assumed to come from parental teaching or religious or legal instruction, could turn out to have a quite different origin. Primatologists like Frans de Waal have long argued that the roots of human morality are…

Today, Catholics around the world visit cemeteries to honor and remember their dead, as well as to pray for them. From Poland: Although the tradition of visiting the graves is not confined to Poland, the way it is celebrated here is considered by many people unique. Robert Gamble is an American publisher living and working…

An unofficial translation of the Pope’s homily today at the All Saints’ Mass: Today, the Church celebrates her dignity as "mother of saints, image of the supernal city" (A. Manzoni), and manifests its beauty as the immaculate spouse of Christ, spring and model of every sanctity. Certainly she does not lack for unruly, even outright…

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