This week, Gerry and I examine the theme of martyrdom that has emerged repeatedly in recent weeks and how it relates to Pope Francis’ vision of evangelization.
Evangelization
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: The culture wars won’t stop the rise of the religiously unaffiliated
The Pew Research Center recently declared that so-called nones, or the religiously unaffiliated, make up 26 percent of the U.S. population, up from 17 percent only a decade ago.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
From Guyana to Rome, the Synod has proved to be a rich place of encounter
Ms. Casimero described the synod process as a place where Catholics with differences are “coming together” and “able to listen to one another” while also “trying to see and understand from the other person’s point of view.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Lithuania’s new cardinal spent time in Soviet prison for defending Catholicism
Lithuania’s cardinal-designate Sigitas Tamkevicius, a Jesuit and a veteran of Soviet prisons and labor camps, will receive the red hat from Pope Francis Oct. 5 at the Vatican.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: What motivated Jesuit missionaries in ‘New France’?
For the Jesuit “apostles of empire,” faith and polity were two inseparable aspects of the universal mission of Catholic New France, two wings on which North America might rise to attain the fullness of Christian civilization.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Bishop Barron and Jordan Peterson have something to teach us about evangelization
If we stop criticizing them and listen.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Meet the bishop behind the updated Catholic Catechism
Archbishop Fisichella has served as the first president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization since 2010 and president of the International Council for Catechesis since 2013.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis meets with Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Neofit
The meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Neofit was only the second meeting in more than a thousand years between a pope and a Bulgarian Orthodox patriarch.
Posted inFaith, News
Big changes to the Vatican’s Roman Curia are coming
The proposed apostolic constitution for reforming and governing the Roman Curia is expected to emphasize the church’s missionary mandate with the creation of a “super-dicastery” merging two offices dedicated to evangelization.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: There is more than one way to convert to Catholicism
Many will find Sohrab Ahmari’s account of coming to faith compelling and moving, while others may find his emphasis on an authoritative church confusing or even off-putting.