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Brief Book Review: The Ten Green Commandments of Laudato Si

Mary Frances Fleischaker, OP, reviews Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam’s The Ten Green Commandments of Laudato Si.

Pope Francis on Creativity and Confession

April 8, 2020 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue c_news Penance-Reconciliation Pope Francis Sacramental Theology Uncategorized

Today’s London’s Tablet carried an interview with Pope Francis by the famous papal-biographer Austen Ivereigh. Given the social-distancing reality Ivereigh agreed to submit half a

Querida Amazonia: still far to go

February 13, 2020 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Inculturation Pope Francis

Most commentators were anxious to see Pope Francis’ answer to the request to ordain viri probati or to institute some form of female deaconate in

More Important Than It Looks

January 29, 2020 Rita Ferrone Pope Francis Scripture Vatican II

What was your experience the Sunday of the Word of God like? Does it make you confident that this observance will take hold? What are your hopes for next year’s celebration?

“Almost obligatory” Irish contribution to the Sunday of the Word of God

January 22, 2020 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue CDW / Holy See Lectionary / Liturgy of Word Pope Francis Popular Piety Saints / Mary Scripture

This coming Sunday marks the first time we will observe the Sunday of the Word of God. PrayTell already covered this new observance. Regular readers may also have

The Feast of the Dedication Lateran Basilica

December 14, 2019 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Art and Architecture Liturgical year Pope Francis

On November 9 last, Pope Francis celebrated the Eucharist in the Lateran Basilica for the Feast of the Dedication Lateran Basilica. This ancient church serves as Cathedral of the

Pope Francis Responds to the Proposed Amazonian Rite

October 30, 2019 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Inculturation Pope Francis Uncategorized

As PrayTell already reported the recently concluded Amazonian Synod called for the establishment of an “Amazonian Rite” in its final document. However Pope Francis in his off the