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Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin compared the urgency of fighting the environmental crisis to that of the coronavirus pandemic.

A Catholic high school reoffered a job to a lesbian in a same-sex marriage after a protest by parents, students, and alumni.

Nancy Pelosi defended the pro-abortion Women’s Health Protection Act on Thursday, insisting that “every woman, everywhere has a constitutional right” to abortion.

Pope Francis blamed consumerism and mindless secular groupthink Wednesday for Europe’s loss of the sense of God’s presence.

Pope Francis urged Europe to remember its Christian roots Wednesday, a recommendation inspired by his recent visit to Hungary and Slovakia.

The Vatican City State announced Monday that effective October 1 no one can enter its territory without presenting a Green Pass, by order of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis offered prayers Sunday for those “unjustly detained in foreign countries,” in hope they will soon be allowed to return to their home countries.

ROME — Pope Francis told reporters Wednesday that the Catholic Church is intransigent on the matter of abortion because it is “murder.”

Pope Francis urged young people in Slovakia Tuesday to have the courage to dream of marriage and a family.

Catholic actor and film director Mel Gibson expressed his support for the views of outspoken Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who recently condemned Pope Francis as “the head of the most extremist faction of progressivism.”

Pope Francis called for universal condemnation of anti-Semitism Monday evening in an address to Slovakian Jews gathered in Bratislava’s Rybné námestie Square.

The meeting Sunday between Pope Francis and Hungarian government ministers went far more smoothly than reported, the Sismografo revealed Monday.

Pope Francis extolled the importance of human freedom Monday, insisting it must be “fought for every day.”

Australian Christian leaders in the state of New South Wales (NSW) say they do not attend to turn away unvaccinated churchgoers despite Canberra’s claimed mandate to do so.

Pope Francis ended his visit to Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday by praising Hungarians for their deeply Christian spirit.

The Chinese Communist Party has been naming Catholic bishops in the country without prior consultation with the Vatican, The Pillar reported this week.

Pope Francis warned against “spiritual worldliness” Saturday, insisting that it is the worst thing that can happen to the Church.

The U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) warned Friday of a “huge battle shaping up over taxpayer funding of abortion.”

The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis will meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán next Sunday when visiting Budapest for the closing of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales is urging Catholics to actively resist the Assisted Dying Bill, calling it “an unprecedented attack on the sanctity of life.”

Washington, DC, Cardinal Wilton Gregory told the National Press Club Wednesday that President Biden “is not demonstrating Catholic teaching” by denying that human life begins at conception.

Pope Francis urged Christians Wednesday to celebrate the anniversary of their baptism each year as “the date on which we became children of God.”

Unidentified vandals desecrated a Catholic church in the northern Italian town of Scandiano, smashing the tabernacle and decapitating the statue of the Virgin Mary, Italian media reported Monday.

Pope Francis has joined the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in proclaiming climate change “an immediate and urgent matter of survival” for humanity.

The Texas Catholic Bishops have praised the Supreme Court’s decision not to block the state’s Heartbeat Act, asserting that abortion is “the violent taking of innocent human life.”

The Vatican has announced its intention to play host to Little Amal, an enormous refugee puppet that travels about raising consciousness to the plight of migrants and refugees.

The Vatican has accepted the nomination of Communist Party loyalist Father Joseph Cui Qingqi as the new bishop of Wuhan, who will be ordained on September 8.

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has publicly called out Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and President Joe Biden for supporting abortion while claiming to be devout Catholics. 

The government of Slovakia has revoked its decision to bar unvaccinated people from attending public events during Pope Francis’ upcoming visit.

The Hungarian capital of Budapest is eagerly preparing for next Sunday’s visit of Pope Francis according to the city’s archbishop, Cardinal Péter Erdő.

Pope Francis urged Christians Sunday to let Jesus heal them from interior deafness and so learn to listen to God and to others.

Pope Francis launched an appeal for Afghan refugees Sunday, calling for prayers and generous reception of those seeking asylum.

Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Friday said that “Christian extremists” are “passing forced birth laws” to make it more difficult for a woman to abort her child, days after Texas’s pro-life law went into effect.

Bishop Donald Hying of Madison, Wisconsin, blasted President Joe Biden Friday for reversing his earlier position that human life begins at conception.

Pope Francis warned Saturday of “the worsening of multiple converging political and environmental crises,” singling out “hunger, climate, nuclear weapons.”

Pope Francis has defended the 2018 Vatican deal with China over the naming of bishops but acknowledges that “mistakes” can be made.