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The head of the Vatican’s office for promoting Christian unity has accused Russian Patriarch Kirill of “heresy” for his defense of his nation’s war on Ukraine.

The Catholic League slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Wednesday for politicizing the Eucharist by receiving Communion at the Vatican.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi attended Mass in the Vatican presided over by Pope Francis Wednesday, and received Holy Communion not from the pope himself but from another priest assisting at the Mass.

Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said Monday that Russia seeks Ukraine’s complete annihilation in its “full-scale military invasion.”

The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis’ trip to two African nations, previously postponed due to health issues, has been definitively canceled and the Vatican Secretary of State will go in his place.

Celebrated evangelical leader Franklin Graham has publicly thanked Donald Trump and Mike Pence for “all they did to make the Supreme Court decision ending Roe v. Wade possible.” In a Facebook post this weekend, Rev. Graham said that the Trump

Left-wing media in the United States have denounced the Supreme Court ruling of abortion neutrality in the Dobbs case, insisting that now “the Vatican is writing American Law.”

The Catholic Bishops of New York issued a statement Friday on the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, declaring that the historic ruling “will save countless innocent children simply waiting to be born.”

Catholic League president Bill Donohue praised the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade as a victory for democracy and a victory for life.

The United States Catholic bishops have registered their “joy” over the Supreme Court’s overturning of the ignominious 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that imposed legal abortion on 50 states.

Vatican Cardinal Kevin Farrell has dismissed speculation on Pope Francis’ possible resignation from the papacy as “wishful thinking” on the part of the pope’s enemies.

The UK-based Online Betting Guide (OLBG) has begun issuing odds on the next papal conclave, favoring Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle to succeed Pope Francis when the moment comes.

Pope Francis on Thursday once again condemned the war in Ukraine, denouncing the aggression as “Luciferian” and “diabolical.”

Pope Francis declared Tuesday that a world without nuclear weapons is “both necessary and possible” whereas such weapons are only “a costly and dangerous liability.”

Armed terrorists raided two Christian churches during worship services in northern Nigeria Sunday, killing three and kidnapping several dozen.

A Catholic church outside Bologna bestowed a public blessing on a gay couple last week with the permission of Bologna’s Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, a leading candidate for the next papal election.

Pope Francis has condemned Russian aggression against Ukraine as a “violation of the principle of the self-determination of peoples.”

Catholic League president Bill Donohue said Wednesday that President Joe Biden’s new policy for transgender youth exposes them to serious health risks and constitutes “child abuse.”

ROME — Jesuit Father James Martin declared this week that Gay Pride celebrations show us “whom Jesus calls us to love” and therefore are “deeply complementary” with devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said Wednesday that the causes of Ukraine’s war “lie within Russia itself,” rejecting the thesis advanced by Pope Francis this week that external factors “provoked” Russia to act.

Pope Francis warned Wednesday that today’s throwaway culture cancels the elderly, keeping them out of sight to avoid having to deal with them.

The war between Russia and Ukraine is not black and white and Russia was perhaps “provoked” into invading Ukraine, Pope Francis said in an interview published Wednesday.

Australian media have censured Hobart (Tasmania) Archbishop Julian Porteous for allowing a known skeptic of the climate crisis to speak at a local Catholic thinktank.

Nigerian Bishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade has issued a scathing response to Irish president Michael D. Higgins for attributing a recent massacre of Nigerian Christians to “climate change,” accusing him of “opportunism.”

Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk marked 109 days of Russian aggression Sunday, declaring that the “beast is breaking its teeth” on Ukrainian courage.

The Vatican has suspended the annual papal celebration of a Corpus Christi Mass and procession, citing Pope Francis’ ongoing knee problems and the exertion demanded by the liturgy.

The Lancet medical journal took a pause from its progressive pandering this week to criticize China’s harsh Coronavirus lockdowns, insisting that the measures have intensified China’s already serious mental health problems.

Pope Francis said Sunday that his deep concern over the suffering of the people of Ukraine remains very much alive and urged his hearers to continue working for peace.

Pope Francis once again affirmed the centrality of traditional man-woman marriage for society on Friday, calling it “the primary cell of our communities.”

The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Francis has cancelled his July trip to Africa, fueling rumors of more serious health problems and even a possible papal retirement.

News has emerged of a second massacre of Christians in Nigeria on Pentecost Sunday, this time carried out by Muslim Fulani raiders armed with AK-47 rifles.

The U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) is calling for prayer and action on religious freedom issues ranging from the Church in China to the defeat of taxpayer funding for abortion.

Lutheran Bishop Megan Rohrer of the Sierra Pacific Synod (ELCA), the first openly transgender bishop in a major Christian denomination, has resigned over racism allegations after firing the Puerto Rican pastor of a church in Stockton, California.

The United States Catholic bishops have reached out in “solidarity” to the church in Nigeria, condemning recent lethal attacks on Christians.

The president of human rights watchdog group Open Doors has joined voices urging President Biden to redesignate Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” following the massacre of more than 50 Christians this weekend.

Pope Francis warned Wednesday of a worrisome tendency to glorify youth and to despise old age, which reminds us of our mortality.