https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2018/08/wyd-1993-the-turning-point On this twenty-fifth anniversary of World Youth Day in Denver, I can’t help sharing one of my favorite personal memories of John Paul II.
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/death-penalty-a-genuine-and-important-development-of-catholic-teaching see also http://icolf.org/august-2-2018-new-revision-of-number-2267-of-the-catechism-of-the-catholic-church-on-the-death-penalty-rescriptum-ex-audentia-ss-mi/
https://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=21242 THE RITE OF DEGRADATION If the degradandus be an archbishop, the degrading prelate removes his pallium, saying: We deprive thee of the rights and privileges of the episcopal dignity, symbolized in this pallium, since thou hast abused them. Then, even if the degradandus be a mere bishop, the degrading prelate removes his mitre, saying:…
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/obituaries/jean-louis-tauran-top-vatican-diplomat-is-dead-at-75.html Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, a champion of interfaith dialogue as a top Vatican diplomat and the man who announced Pope Francis’s election to the world, died on July 5 in Hartford. He was 75.
https://www.crisismagazine.com/2018/bishops-kazakhstan-reaffirm-humanae-vitae May the Virgin Mary, who is the Mother of the Church, also be the Mother of “the Church of the home.” Thanks to her motherly aid, may each Christian family really become a “little Church” in which the mystery of the Church of Christ is mirrored and given new life. May she, the Handmaid…
