The Catholic Church should feel free to criticize the government when necessary and “shouldn’t be captive to one party or another,” Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, said this week.
The celebration of Christmas is not a cause for division but for unity, Pope Francis told organizers of Italy’s annual “Christmas Contest” for young songwriters.
More than 25 Catholic parishes and ministry centers in and around Denver have been vandalized, looted, targeted by arson or desecrated in the past 21 months, Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila reported Thursday.
The United States Bishops’ Conference has joined with Protestants and Orthodox Christians in launching a prayer crusade against Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue said Thursday that President Joe Biden’s war on religious liberty had “spiked” with recent attacks from his administration.
The United States bishops released a long-awaited document on worthiness to receive Holy Communion Wednesday, in which they insist that politicians have a particular responsibility to uphold the Church’s moral teachings.
The Cuban Conference of the Clergy (CONCUR) condemned on Tuesday the use of a “civilian” communist mob to attempt to trap the superior of the Catholic religious order the Daughters of Charity in Cuba in her home during Monday’s national protests against the regime.
Catholic priests and nuns were among the most visible members of society participating in protests against the communist regime of Cuba on Monday, the largest single day of pro-freedom protests since July.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue has called out attacks on Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez by George Soros-funded organizations run by “left-wing zealots.”
The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano gave frontpage coverage to India’s alleged hypocrisy Monday, underscoring its reticence to commit to CO2 reductions in Glasgow while experiencing dangerous levels of smog in New Delhi and elsewhere.
The UK’s leading Catholic bishop on the environment lamented this weekend that the COP26 Climate Change Conference failed to redirect sufficient funds from wealthy nations to poor ones in reparation for global warming.
Humanity needs a global reset because the unjust, pre-pandemic world is not worth going back to, Pope Francis asserted Monday.
Pope Francis has written a letter to the Catholics of Scotland urging them to pray for the “fruitful outcome” of the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference.
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone warned that President Joe Biden not only dissents from Church teaching but also from “sound science” when it comes to his enthusiastic support for abortion.
Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako has condemned Sunday’s drone attack on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, saying the attempt sought to “destabilize” the country.
The former head of the Vatican’s powerful doctrinal office (CDF), Cardinal Gerhard Müller, said that Catholics have an obligation to resist the ideology of the LGBT lobby as something contrary to the dignity of the human person.
Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez has denounced a deliberate effort “to erase the Christian roots of society and to suppress any remaining Christian influences.”
Loyola Marymount University is hosting an on-campus Planned Parenthood fundraiser Friday, sponsored by LMU Women in Politics, a registered student organization at the university.
Hundreds of bodies have been discovered in mass graves in Tarhuna, Libya, following the liberation of the city from the militias of General Khalifa Haftar, the Vatican’s L’Osservatore Romano newspaper announced Wednesday.
Pope Francis has announced his prayer intention for the month of November, which focuses on those suffering from depression and burnout.
Pope Francis sent a striking message to the U.N. Climate Conference in Glasgow Wednesday, in which he compared the effects of climate change to those of World War II.
Russian Orthodox Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev said this week that Christians must resist the liberal mindset according to which “the life of an unborn baby is worthless.”
Pope Francis visited a French military cemetery in Rome Tuesday, declaring that the tombs of the fallen in battle cry out “Peace!”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Pope Francis to “visit India” during his hour-long meeting with the pontiff in the Vatican this weekend.
President Joe Biden received Holy Communion at St. Patrick’s Church in Rome this weekend, after claiming Pope Francis told him to keep taking part in the sacrament despite his promotion of abortion.
Jesuit Father James Martin told Italian media that the U.S. bishops are obsessed with abortion, which clouds their vision on other equally important issues.
Illinois Democrats voted to repeal the state’s last restriction on abortion, one that required parental notification for minors seeking an abortion.
The South Korean government is encouraging Pyongyang to accept a proposal that Pope Francis visit North Korea, after the pope expressed his readiness to do so.
Pope Francis offered prayers Sunday for the success of the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference beginning in Glasgow, Scotland.
The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has published a message wishing Hindus a happy feast of Deepavali (Diwali), which represents the victory “of light over darkness.”
ROME — The Vatican briefed reporters Friday that Pope Francis and President Joe Biden discussed topics such as climate change and immigration in their morning meeting but made no mention of the abortion issue.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue congratulated the Vatican Thursday for rebuffing attempts by the White House to exploit a Francis-Biden meeting for political purposes.
The great takeaway from the coronavirus pandemic is a rejection of borders and walls, Pope Francis told the BBC Friday morning.
Far-left Pope Francis has joined the chorus of global elites calling for more Big Tech censorship, demanding “in the name of God” that tech companies crack down on “hate speech,” “fake news,” and “conspiracy theories.”
Jesuit Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, President of the European Bishops’ Conferences (COMECE), said Wednesday that keeping to “the 1.5°C threshold for global warming is a profound moral imperative.”
Pope Francis said Wednesday that the life of every “conceived child” is “sacred and inviolable” while calling for the defense of the unborn.
The Vatican has gone full alarmist in the lead-up to the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference, warning Wednesday of an approaching “climate catastrophe.”
The Holy See Press Office announced Wednesday that Pope Francis intends to visit Canada to help in the process of reconciliation between the Catholic Church and indigenous peoples.
Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has sent an impassioned appeal to Pope Francis asking the pontiff to “press” world leaders to redistribute coronavirus vaccines to reach the most needy.
The Vatican announced Wednesday that it has begun administering the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine, keeping the small city state on the cutting edge of response to the pandemic.
