Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.

Vatican prosecutor Alessandro Diddi has filed charges against an Italian Catholic journalist, accusing him of “defamation” of Pope Francis as well as divulging confidential documents.

Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah told a meeting of Catholic bishops in Cameroon this week that they had offered an inestimable service to Church unity by their “courageous and prophetic” opposition to the blessings for gay couples recently permitted by the Vatican.

Several groups of dissident Catholics have reacted fiercely to the Vatican’s recent confirmation of its unconditional support for human life and male-female complementarity.

The Vatican has issued a stinging condemnation of the “deplorable” practice of human surrogacy, calling for its universal prohibition.

Pope Francis reiterated his appeal for a negotiated solution to the armed conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, urging efforts to decrease tensions.

Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge said Thursday that President Joe Biden showed a lack of integrity by proclaiming on Good Friday that March 31, 2024 — which was Easter Sunday — was Transgender Day of Visibility.

A number of indigenous leaders across the Pacific have signed a treaty granting all whales legal personhood in an effort to protect whale populations from the effects of climate change, NPR reported Wednesday.

Joe Biden is the least religion-friendly president in U.S. history despite his claims of being a “devout Catholic,” writes Bill Donohue

Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, in September, the Vatican has announced.

Washington, D.C., Cardinal Wilton Gregory slammed President Joe Biden on Sunday for being a “cafeteria Catholic,’’ picking and choosing what doctrines he wants to believe in; he cited the president’s support for “abortion rights” and transgender “visibility” as examples.

Hollywood actor Dennis Quaid credits Christ with pulling him through the toughest moments of his life, especially after his “personal relationship with Jesus” started when he “read the Bible again, cover to cover, and was really struck by the words of Jesus.”

Noted Hollywood actress Gina Carano said that Christ’s passion and resurrection struck her “much more intensely” this year than ever before.

Former Olympic medal-winner Caitlyn Jenner has slammed President Joe Biden for his declaration of March 31, 2024, which this year is Easter Sunday, as the “Transgender Day of Visibility.”

Pope Francis stayed home on Good Friday instead of presiding over the Stations of the Cross (Viacrucis) at Rome’s Colosseum as previously announced.

Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 women inmates at a Roman prison Thursday evening, the first time any pope included no men in the Holy Thursday ritual.

The Catholic bishops of Europe along with other Christian leaders have criticized the omission of references to the continent’s Christian roots and core values as EU elections approach.

Fairfax County, Virginia, has named March 31, 2024, as “Transgender Visibility Day.” That also is Easter Sunday and many Christians see it as a hijack of their most sacred holiday.

The once revered Lancet medical journal has launched a warning that skeptics of a looming climate emergency may be getting the upper hand, calling for a renewed effort to provoke climate action.

Danish climate expert Bjorn Lomborg has denounced the “weather porn” peddled by climate alarmists, insisting that the facts tell a different story.

Pope Francis wrote a letter to a group of mostly South American migrants Thursday, calling them “the suffering flesh of Christ.”

The Vatican’s decision to allow priests to bless same-sex couples was seen as the imposition of Western practices on Africa, a form of “cultural colonization,” a leading African Cardinal has stated.

The U.N. weather agency warned Tuesday that the climate crisis is “the defining challenge” of our age, urging immediate action to curb global warming.

A record high number of Americans say that the role of religion in public life is shrinking and most believe this to be bad for the country, the Pew Research Center reports.

U.S. President Joe Biden has made unrestricted abortion his number one issue as the November election approaches, observes William McGurn in the Wall Street Journal Tuesday.

Hollywood film star Ryan Phillippe said this week that playing a Christian missionary in his latest movie Prey reignited his quest for God.

Fewer than one in four Americans think it’s okay to give puberty blockers to children who experience gender dysphoria, a new poll reveals.

The Vatican’s flip-flop on blessings for gay couples has set ecumenical dialogue with Coptic Christians back 20 years, Zenit News Service reported this week.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue has slammed Hollywood director/actor Rob Reiner for his bigoted attack on U.S. Christians.

The Vatican Press Office said Saturday evening that the pope’s call for Ukraine to raise the “white flag” did not refer to surrender but rather the “courage to negotiate.”

The Lancet has denounced “racial inequities” underlying the disproportionate yearly number of murders of black women in the United States.

The United States has experienced a significant rise in attacks on Christian churches over the past five years according to a new report by the Family Research Council (FRC).

China has the highest level of government restrictions on religion, and Nigeria has the highest level of social hostilities toward religion.

The Church of England has called for a billion-pound reparations package to atone for its historic links to slavery, a move that critics are calling “anti-Christian” and a “death wish.”

The French Bishops’ Conference (CEF) called for prayer and fasting Monday in opposition to efforts by the government of President Emmanuel Macron to enshrine abortion rights in the French Constitution.

Pope Francis said Sunday that military disarmament is not optional but constitutes a “moral obligation” for all nations.

Pope Francis warned against the evil of “gender ideology” Friday and its tendency to obliterate the real differences between men and women.