ROME — Pope Francis was seen leaving the hospital on Wednesday, 10 days after undergoing planned surgery to remove half his colon. Witnesses said a car carrying Francis, 84, was seen leaving Rome’s Gemelli Polytechnic hospital Wednesday morning. Francis had half of his colon removed for a severe narrowing of […]
Big Tech watch: Don’s Censorship Suit Has Legs Not so fast, counters Vivek Ramaswamy in The Wall Street Journal to the prestige press predictable dismissals of former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Big Tech censors: “There’s a strong case to be made that social-media censorship violates the Constitution.” Yes, the First […]
Pope Francis on Sunday made his first public appearance while recovering from major surgery, thanking supporters while standing at a hospital balcony in Rome and asking for their prayers. “I am happy to be able to keep the Sunday appointment,” the pope, 84, said from the hospital. “I thank everyone. […]
Pope Francis apologized to his faithful flock after his sciatica forced him to remain seated while addressing a Vatican City Catholic Church tribunal. The 84-year-old Argentinian has been forced to cancel a number of recent events due to the nerve pain condition. “I would like to speak to you standing […]
Religion beat: Pray for Our Second Catholic Prez Whatever the political disagreements, Wednesday’s presidential inauguration is a moment for American Catholics to “be in Christian solidarity” with President Joe Biden “through prayer,” urges George Weigel at First Things. “We pray for his health, strength and courage. We pray that he […]
LONDON — The Irish government is poised to make a formal apology for abuses in church-run homes for unmarried women and their babies, where thousands of infants died and were sometimes buried in mass graves. The final report of an inquiry into the mother-and-baby homes is to be published Tuesday. […]
One-time priest and chess grandmaster Father Bill Lombardy — who was portrayed by actor Peter Sarsgaard in a movie about famed chess player Bobby Fischer — has been accused of sexually abusing two altar boys in a new lawsuit. The now-deceased Lombardy — whose training of Fischer was depicted in […]
ALBANY — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday, facing upwards of 100 lawsuits under the Child Victims Act filed over the past year. “Without a reorganization, the Diocese and claimants will face a slow, unpredictable and costly process that would require years of court […]
From the right: The Church of Wokeness Those who “kneel, hands raised in secular prayer, repeating political creeds on the TV news” are participating in the “neo-Marxist appropriation” of Christianity, fumes The Chicago Tribune’s John Kass. In this neo-religion, “whites must atone for the sins of white racism, even if […]
