Like several other new communities, ‘The Family of Mary’ was placed under guardianship by the Vatican in June 2022, for suspicions of psychological and spiritual abuse. A surprisingly discreet approach aimed at a community with “sulphurous” emanations, whose ramifications extend as far as Switzerland and within the Vatican itself. Gebhard Paul Maria Sigl would own … Read more
American writer Hugh Howey told in April 2023 how he inspired ChatGPT to invent a new religion. The online chatbot returned a very complete answer, with the key “ten commandments”. “Harmonism” has at least two followers. The writer Hugh Howey and his wife have recently identified themselves as followers of the new religion. The latter … Read more
Before a new anniversary of the last coup d’état against a democratic government, the priest and leader of the Argentine church José “Pepe” Di Paola called this Thursday to cry out “never again, Lord, never again!“. Where the asphalt of Calle 57 ends, one of the entrances to Villa La Cárcova, in the town of … Read more
Four hundred years after his death, Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622), celebrated on January 24, remains surprisingly topical: Doctor of the Church, founder of the Order of the Visitation, patron saint of journalists, he remains indispensable for an authentic Christian life in a time of upheaval. What are the main features of his spirituality? Response … Read more
A speculative journey within the evangelical message conducted from an atheistic point of view, but which leads the author, a well-known contemporary philosopher who has always been interested in Marxism and materialism, to a reading of the Christian fact as original as it is stimulating. This originality of his is also the result of the … Read more
We will never stop admiring all that this holy bishop brought to the Church, but also to France – although he was a Savoyard and never wanted to change the diocese, to which he considered himself married, and despite the insistence of King Henry IV who called him a “bishops’ phoenix”. Spiritual master, adviser to … Read more
Surveys show it: adhering to any religion does not necessarily mean giving up on one’s spiritual life. But what does this spirituality feed on, and how does it relate to and outside of established religions? The point with different specialists. Anne-Sylvie Sprenger, Protestinfo Less than two centuries after Nietzsche, God is said to be dead … Read more
From today on newsstands the new issue of the monthly «Left» that the “shop” warmly recommends. «The Catholic Assistance Lobby» by Carla Corsetti and Federico Tulli; «We discovered it on Facebook» by Lorenzo Fargnoli; “The hands of the bishops in our pockets” by Roberto Grandene; then three articles by Tulli: «Noi, ex nuns fled from … Read more
As prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), Cardinal Ratzinger has had strained relations with liberation theology. His appreciation of this theology, however, evolved under pressure from Latin American bishops. Jacques Berset, for cath.ch Used for the first time in Latin America in 1968 by Gustavo Gutiérrez, a Peruvian priest who … Read more
We regularly hear about awakening to the faith for toddlers, catechism for 8-11 year olds, in order to prepare for communion, but less about chaplaincy. Certainly, it lives and exists at the urban level. The same was not true in some rural areas. Young people who wanted to continue on this journey of faith after … Read more