Catholic Church

By Solène Tadié, National Catholic Register - The July 8 appointment marks the first time that women have become full members of this congregation, which has until now consisted of cardinals, bishops and superiors of religious orders for men. Headed by Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, the congregation is composed of five offices that promote and govern norms for consecrated and monastic life within the Catholic Church.

By Msgr. Charles Pope - This Sunday’s Gospel is not merely a warning against greed; it is a teaching on income and wealth given by Jesus to help us root out greed… The Problem that is Portrayed – The text begins, Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.”

By Maike Hickson, LifeSiteNews - In a recent July 26 statement, Cardinal Gerhard Müller pointed out the close link between the upcoming Amazon Synod and the German “synodal path” as it is being currently organized in Germany… He stated that “the synodal process in the realm of the German Bishops' Conference is now being linked with the Synod for the Amazon, and this is done for ecclesial-political reasons and as a leverage for the restructuring of the Universal Church….

By Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine - We are an extraordinarily intolerant people. We take pride in our intolerance, though we don’t call it by that name… The tolerant person sees something bad and, for reasons of prudence or clemency, he bears with it. He sees his cousin drinking too much at a party; he ascertains that the cousin will not be driving home, and then he says no more. He sees somebody wearing shorts to Mass on a hot summer day; he says, “It’s very hot, and maybe he’s going somewhere right after Mass.”…