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Pope Francis told an environmental group this week that he has banned plastic in the Vatican and the small city-state is now “93 percent plastic-free.”

Jesuit Father James Martin said this weekend that celebrating Gay Pride is compatible with devotion to the Sacred Heart because both teach us about the love of Jesus.

The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See has tweeted out its support for Pride Month while flying a large rainbow flag in front of the Embassy building, an innovation of the Joe Biden administration.

Newark Cardinal Joseph Tobin has launched an appeal to Catholics to voluntarily forgo their Second Amendment rights by refusing to bear arms.

An op-ed in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal (WSJ) asserts that anti-Catholic bigotry is “entrenched among the left-wing elites who control the Democratic Party.”

Thousands of pilgrims have traveled to a monastery in Gower, Missouri, to view a nun’s body which appears to show no signs of corruption four years after her death.

Pope Francis has condemned “the senseless war against creation” while calling for an end to fracking and fossil fuel use.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have reversed course and decided to invite the anti-Catholic drag queen group “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.”

A major Catholic news outlet has lamented the disturbingly shallow pool of serious papal contenders to replace Pope Francis when the moment for a conclave arises.

A man stormed the border of the Vatican City State in his car Thursday evening, sailing through two security check points before eventually being apprehended.

An ongoing exodus from the Catholic Church in Germany has produced a financial and membership crisis, a new report asserts.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue denounced the L.A. Dodgers’ decision to give the Community Hero Award to “an obscene anti-Catholic group, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.”

The head of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Immigration said that the United States has an obligation to welcome migrants at the border as “long-lost” brothers and sisters showing up at our door.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with Pope Francis at the Vatican, saying it was a great honour to meet with the pontiff,

Pope Francis has placed “atmospheric phenomena” among the most evident causes of forced international migration.

St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Manhattan has launched an exhibit titled “God is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey” to the consternation of many of the faithful.

The chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Migration has sent a letter urging members of Congress to oppose the Secure the Border Act of 2023 as an unjustifiable piece of legislation.

The New York State Catholic Conference has slammed Governor Kathy Hochul as “terribly misguided” for signing legislation to hand out abortion pills on public college campuses.

Catholic leaders have applauded a new Oklahoma law protecting gender-confused children from dangerous hormone treatments and gender reassignment surgery.

Pope Francis issued a dire warning Wednesday, insisting that Europe is in a serious crisis due to its demographic winter and the loss of its Christian roots.

Jesus Christ does not want his disciples to be lazy “couch potatoes” but vigorous agents of change, Pope Francis told young people in Hungary Saturday.

Pope Francis said Friday that a so-called right to abortion is “senseless” and puts “reductive concepts of freedom before the reality of life.”

The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life has walked back statements in support of legalized assisted suicide, accusing journalists of having misinterpreted his thought.

The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life said he is personally opposed to assisted suicide but would not exclude it for others who wish to avail themselves of it.

Rep. Jim Jordan subpoenaed FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday for documents about a connection the bureau made in January between certain “traditionalist” Catholics and domestic violent extremism.

Local and international journalist groups demanded the release of Nicaraguan reporter Victor Ticay this weekend after communist authorities arrested him on Thursday for covering a traditional Catholic Holy Week procession.

Pope Francis has decided not to participate in the traditional Good Friday Stations of the Cross at Rome’s Colosseum, the Vatican has announced, citing the “intense cold.”

The city of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines, held its first unrestricted Good Friday crucifixion ceremony since the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic began in 2020 this week, nailing eight people to crosses as a form of penance for sin.

Pope Francis has teamed up with the scandal-ridden Walt Disney Company to produce a docu-drama in which he says using dating apps like Tinder is “normal” while insisting “the true Church is on the peripheries.”

The Vatican has asserted that it gave no approval for the installation of the new bishop of Shanghai, China, and only learned of the incident “from the media.”

The Chinese Communist Party has once again violated its 2018 agreement with the Vatican, unilaterally naming a new bishop of Shanghai without the Vatican’s approval.

EXEMPLUM director Paul Roland recently discussed the struggles of making a feature film on a meager budget of just $9,500. 

Pope Francis returned to the Vatican from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital Saturday, once again confounding the prophets of his demise.

Pope Francis was discharged on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping “I’m still alive.”

Rwandan male gets four years for causing $40 million damage to Nantes Cathedral, will face trial over the murder of a Catholic priest next.

Argentinian Cardinal Leonardo Sandri will substitute Pope Francis in the celebration of Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter’s Square due to the pontiff’s ill health, the Vatican has announced.