Catholic Church

September 20, 2017

Pope Francis Sets Up New John Paul II Institute on Marriage and Family

By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register - The new entity, issued by papal decree, replaces the previous institute founded by John Paul II in 1981. Its aim is to carry forward the teaching of Amoris Laetitia and make it irreversible.

September 20, 2017

LifeSiteNews: Pope Replaces John Paul II Institute With New School Focused on Amoris Laetitia

By Diane Montagna, LifeSiteNews - Pope Francis is replacing the renowned John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family with an institute focused on implementing Amoris Laetitia, the Vatican announced on Tuesday... “The anthropological-cultural change, which today influences all aspects of life and requires an analytic and diversified approach, does not allow us to limit ourselves to pastoral and missionary practices which reflect forms and models of the past,” Francis writes.

September 20, 2017

Hurricanes, Climate Change, Pope Francis, and the Poor

There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate.

September 19, 2017

Msgr. Charles Pope: Catholics Beware: The Attack on Free Speech is Growing Stronger

By Msgr. Charles Pope, National Catholic Register - Hate is a strong word. It means “to regard with extreme ill-will, have a passionate aversion to, treat as an enemy”. True hatred is ugly. One should exercise care in attributing hatred to others because it identifies a dangerous level of passion in them and can poison reputations