Pope John XXIII
The Jews stand accused: From deicide to genocide
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 16, 2024
(RNS) — The accusation is genocide. But its roots are ancient. And ugly.
The ‘fathers of the church’ died around 1,500 years ago, but these ancient leaders still influence Christianity today
By James Kang Hoon Lee — September 23, 2022
(The Conversation) — Catholics, Protestants and Eastern Orthodox Christians recognize the authority of the ‘fathers’ to guide teaching on doctrinal issues.
A look back at the history of US presidential visits to the Vatican
By Claire Giangravé — October 26, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Historically, the relationship between the Vatican and the Oval Office has often been tense — even occasionally hostile.
Five rules for disagreeing with the pope
By Thomas Reese — September 27, 2021
(RNS) — We are all cafeteria Catholics. The real question is how we avoid a food fight in the cafeteria.
Joe Biden may unify the country. Don’t ask him to unify Catholics.
By Kenneth L. Woodward — April 19, 2021
(RNS) — Faggioli's book pits Pope Francis’ 'global left' and Biden’s 'liberal America' against conservative Catholics.
Hans Küng, the theologian who wanted to stand tall
By Tom Heneghan — April 7, 2021
(RNS) — Küng paid dearly for his independence, being stripped of his right to teach Catholic theology by St. John Paul II and repeatedly frustrated in his efforts to reform the tradition-bound Vatican.
Why parts of Good Friday worship have been controversial
By Joanne M. Pierce — March 31, 2021
(The Conversation) — Prayers for Jews and veneration of the cross are often misunderstood as anti-Semitic or racist.
Seeing Pope Francis in the Argentine priest made a cardinal 20 years ago
By Charles C. Camosy — February 26, 2021
(RNS) — The ideas Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio carried with him to Rome have become the pillars of his papacy.
In popes’ traditional summer retreat, locals move on without Francis
By Claire Giangravé — August 14, 2020
(RNS) — In the years since Francis decided he'd stay in Rome, locals have been forced to reenvision Castel Gandolfo without the glamour — and revenue — the papal visits brought them.
Vatican returns to the past with Easter COVID-19 restrictions
By Claire Giangravé — March 18, 2020
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican has a long history of dealing with plagues and other threats.
How a group of California nuns challenged the Catholic Church
By Diane Winston — December 7, 2017
(The Conversation) — California in the 1960s was the epicenter for spiritual experimentation. And among those looking for personal and social transformation, the unlikeliest seekers may have been a small community of Roman Catholic religious: the Immaculate Heart Sisters.
The ‘Splainer: What is ‘Nostra Aetate,’ and what does it have to do with Catholic-Jewish relations?
By Lauren Markoe — December 10, 2015
(RNS) The Vatican's new document on Jewish-Christian relations harks back to one published 50 years ago, which set the stage for increasingly warmer relations between the church and the Jewish people.
50 years of Christian-Jewish revolution: What we can all learn (COMMENTARY)
By David Rosen — February 13, 2015
(RNS) If one religion can go from seeing another as contemptible and condemnable, to one that is respected and beloved, it can surely serve as a model for humanity at large.
Popes John XXIII, John Paul II elevated to sainthood
By Josephine McKenna — April 27, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) “We declare and define Blessed John XXIII and John Paul II be saints, and we enrole them among the saints, decreeing that they are to be venerated as such by the whole church,” Francis declared to the crowd in Latin during the two-hour ceremony.
Report: Pope Paul VI to be beatified after California ‘miracle’
By Josephine McKenna — April 25, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) According to the weekly magazine of the Pauline Fathers, a miracle involving the birth of a baby in California in the 1990s has been attributed to the late Italian pope; the identity of the family and its location has not been revealed.
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