Catholic Church

By Catholic News Agency - The group said that the Copts have been nominated “for their refusal to retaliate against deadly and ongoing persecution from governments and terrorist groups in Egypt and elsewhere.”.. This year, 216 individuals and 115 organizations have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The award’s recipient will be announced Oct. 5... Copts make up an estimated 10 percent of Egypt’s population, and they face a constant threat of violence....

By Fr. Dwight Longenecker, The Imaginative Conservative - It could be that this earth is the staging ground for all that matters in the cosmos. It may well be that this planet is the battleground where the cosmic battle between good and evil reaches it’s climax. Crucial battles must take place somewhere. What if the war in heaven is completed here on this field of war? And what if you and I are soldiers in that cosmic and eternally important battle?

By Dan Hitchens, Catholic Herald - US lay people are launching a new initiative to assess cardinals’ records on combatting abuse and corruption… Better Church Governance has signed up former FBI agents as investigators, led by Phil Scala, a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent… Academics, lawyers and editors will help to draw up a dossier, “The Red Hat Report”, which will cover all cardinals able to vote in the next papal conclave – that is, those under the age of 80... The report “will not endorse or attack any cardinal,” BCG say. Rather, they say they intend to help the hierarchy in the work of reforming the Church.

By Emily Ward, CNSNews - In his new letter, Viganó repeated his allegation against Pope Francis and condemned the Pope’s failure to offer any substantial confirmation or denial of the allegation…. “Neither the pope, nor any of the cardinals in Rome have denied the facts I asserted in my testimony,” Viganó stated. “‘Qui tacet consentit’ surely applies here, for if they deny my testimony, they have only to say so, and provide documentation to support that denial. How can one avoid concluding that the reason they do not provide the documentation is that they know it confirms my testimony?”