The Canadian Senate has just voted in favor of broadening the conditions for access to euthanasia by allowing people suffering from a mental pathology, whose fatal outcome is however not predictable, to write advance directives. The government now has until February 26, 2021 to pass the bill, or seek the opinion of the Supreme Court. In maple tree country, euthanasia ... Lire la suite »

For the first time in Delaware, a woman elected to the House of Representatives, following the election of Democrat Joe Biden as president, is sworn in, veiled, on the Koran. The scene has a surreal side. We are at the State House in Dover, Delaware, at the end of the morning of February 4, 2021: the head covered with a loose ... Lire la suite »

One of the largest altarpieces in Christendom is in Krakow, Poland, and dates from the late Middle Ages. Witness to the eventful existence of the city founded on the banks of the Vistula, it has just been restored and shines again with its thousand lights. In the heart of the Polish capital, on the city’s main square – the Rynek ... Lire la suite »

The Russian Orthodox Church has started a widespread debate among the clergy and the faithful in order to come up with an update of its position on in vitro fertilization. A draft document entitled Ethical Problems Associated With In-Vitro Fertilization was posted on February 5, 2021 on the official website of the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate. It is set up to ... Lire la suite »

The Franciscan Custody of Jerusalem commemorates the six-hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the Commissaries of the Holy Land by Pope Martin V. Once created to support Christians whose existence was threatened by Islam, the commissaries now play an important role in the organization of pilgrimages and the many charities over which they preside. They are not yet the age ... Lire la suite »

A recent publication of the Oxford University Press has found deep deficiencies in the enforcement of the euthanasia law in Belgium, leading to a growing number of “assisted suicides.” A study that highlights the eugenic drift that is being observed in Belgium, as elsewhere. “We argue that in Belgium a widening of the use of euthanasia is occurring and that ... Lire la suite »

Reading the recent note that the Conference of Bishops of France wrote for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, one wonders if the Tridentine Mass is contagious. The following is a reflection by Fr. Alain Lorans. The note states that one must “be careful not to spread it” in parishes, as if its propagation endangered the faith of ... Lire la suite »

Jesus solemnly exercised the power to forgive sins for the first time on the paralytic of Capharnaum (Mt 9, 1 – 8). To testify to His divine power (for only God can forgive sins), Jesus performed the great miracle of healing this man who had been sick. Since He thus revealed his divinity here, it seems that it was more ... Lire la suite »

We are happy to publish the following comments, with the author’s permission. They judiciously highlight the fact that Pope Francis, in spite of the flood of activities in which he is engaged, renounces – in practice – his office of “Vicar of Christ” and “Universal Pastor”. It is for the accuracy of this simple observation, and in no way with ... Lire la suite »

As a reminder, four forums had been formed in the preparatory phase, to prepare working documents that would serve as a basis for synod forums – or synod commissions. Thus, during the first meeting of the Synodal Path in December 2019, and especially during the second, in January 2020, the assembly elected the members of the forums – or synodal ... Lire la suite »