Oh-so familiar Top 10 religion stories list (with a few exceptions)… Near the end of every year, the Religion News Association (the flock previously known as the Religion Newswriters Association) posts its list of the year’s Praise the Lord
“Brothers and Sisters, Christendom no longer exists” — At curial Christmas address, the Pope’s “hermeneutic of change” … Over the last two pontificates, what’s formally known as the Pope’s Christmas “greeting” to his Curial chiefs has gone well beyond glad tidings – if Praise the Lord
The Pope’s latest speech to the cardinals has a backstory — one that was supposed to stay secret….. This time as well, in the speech he gives every year to the Vatican curia before Christmas, Pope Francis has come out swinging at his Praise the Lord
Crisis at Christmas — A homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent… Today’s Gospel gives us some background for the Christmas feast that we need to take to heart. It speaks to us of a crisis at Praise the Lord
Is a Catholic “victims’ rights” movement the next frontier in abuse reform? For most of human history, when someone was accused of a crime, whatever passed for a trial to assess guilt was a simple affair: Victim Praise the Lord