Author: Christopher Hale

Breaking News: Francis requests parish-level participation in upcoming synod

It’s official: change has come to the Catholic Church. Pope Francis has stunned the world again. This time he is asking for parish-level feedback on some of the most divisive of Church teachings, including same-sex marriages, contraceptives and divorce. Let me repeat that: the Pope and the Vatican want to hear from lay faithful across… Read More Breaking News: Francis requests parish-level participation in upcoming synod

Christopher Hale

Pope of the Poor Suspends Bling Bishop

Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, the ‘Bling Bishop’ of Limburg, has been suspended from his duties, after allegedly spending millions to renovate his official residence, in addition to his general tendency to stay flossed out. Earlier this week, Pope Francis strongly denounced greed, perhaps in a harbinger of things to come for the bishop. This message… Read More Pope of the Poor Suspends Bling Bishop

Christopher Hale

Breaking News: Fr. Paolo Dall’Oglio Reported to Be Alive in Syria

Vatican Insider is reporting: “Fr. Paolo Dall’Oglio is alive and is being treated well by his kidnappers, who are members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) extremist group,” anti-regime activist Khalaf Ali Khalaf was informed by Al-Qaeda-affiliated sources close to the extremist group. Sources saw the Italian Jesuit last Saturday in an area… Read More Breaking News: Fr. Paolo Dall’Oglio Reported to Be Alive in Syria

Christopher Hale

Breaking News: Human Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng Will Join CUA’s Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies

In a big move for the Catholic University of America and the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies (IPR), famed human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, whose dramatic escape from house arrest and persecution by Chinese authorities became a national story last year, will be joining IPR as a distinguished visiting fellow. Millennial editor Robert… Read More Breaking News: Human Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng Will Join CUA’s Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies

Christopher Hale

Catholic universities pushing hard for immigration reform

Immigration reform is heating up at Catholic colleges across the United States this fall. This comes after a summer where 100 Catholic university presidents sent a letter to Catholic Speaker of the House John Boehner urging him to pass immigration reform and where it was announced that Notre Dame and other American Catholic universities would begin… Read More Catholic universities pushing hard for immigration reform

Christopher Hale