The Vatican’s office for interreligious dialogue called for greater collaboration between Christians and Buddhists this week, urging a “universal solidarity” among followers of different religions.
The U.S. Catholic bishops have made an appeal for further gun control in the wake of fatal shootings Wednesday in San Jose, California.
CARACAS — The socialist regime of Venezuela has been at odds with the national Catholic Church since its inception over 20 years ago, a fact it has tried to obscure from the nation’s devout by constantly usurping religious authority and “redefining” Christianity to fit its authoritarian goals.
ROME — When we pray, we do not give God orders for Him to serve our projects, Pope Francis told pilgrims to the Vatican on Wednesday.
Officials of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have arrested the bishop of Xinxiang along with 10 priests, in an apparent attempt to apply further pressure to the illegal underground Catholic Church, Asianews reported Monday.
ROME — Pope Francis underscored the low circulation of L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s semi-official newspaper Monday, insisting the numbers do not do justice to the work involved.
Pope Francis issued a dire report on the state of the planet Tuesday, insisting that the earth is suffering the worst environmental crisis of its history.
The U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) has echoed a summons calling for a special week of prayer for the people of China, in particular for Christians living there.
Pope Francis has insisted on the rights to peaceful protest, as thousands of Colombians continue marching against government mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic and proposals of tax hikes.
The Catholic Church celebrates Monday the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, that China “may become a force for good and a protector of the rights of the most vulnerable.”
Catholic President Joe Biden will skip Notre Dame’s commencement ceremony after 4,300 “members of the Notre Dame community” signed a petition opposing an invitation due to Biden’s radical abortion policies.
“Embittered” employees of the Vatican City State have written an open letter to Pope Francis protesting recent across-the-board cuts in salary.
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, who identifies as Catholic, weighed in this week on Holy Communion for pro-abortion politicians, asserting that requiring Catholic legislators to oppose abortion is like imposing sharia law on the nation.
Henrik Fisker met with Pope Francis in the Vatican this week and laid out his plans for an all-electric papal transport that can beat out most gasoline-fueled vehicles.
Pope Francis has urged the nations of the world to work to find common solutions to the most urgent problems facing humanity–notably, migration and climate change.
Pope Francis on Friday decried the injustices people living on islands face, underscoring at a conference their disproportionate exposure to the effects of climate change.
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said this week that the Holy See is deeply concerned about the volatile situation in Israel, while calling for an end to the violence.
The “scientific consensus” on climate change “calls for a radical change in the way our economic and political systems operate,” said the coordinator of the Vatican’s Ecology and Creation office Tuesday.
Pope Francis has appointed Jesuit Father Stephen Chow Sau-yan to be the new Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong as the latest elevation of members of his order to positions of influence.
Pope Francis denounced escalating violence in Israel Sunday, especially the “unacceptable” killing of children.
The Bishop of Essen, Franz-Josef Overbeck, has denounced last week’s anti-Jewish protests near the Gelsenkirchen synagogue while expressing his solidarity with the Jewish community.
Pope Francis urged Myanmar Catholics Sunday to be steadfast in faith in the midst of “violence, conflict, and repression.”
Pope Francis called the sexual exploitation of children a kind of “psychological murder” and a “cancellation of childhood” in an address to an Italian anti-pedophilia group Saturday.
Nancy Pelosi said during her press briefing Thursday she is able to use her “own judgment” regarding the decision to receive Holy Communion.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue warned Thursday that left-wing politicians are trying to falsely tar the United States as a deeply racist nation while themselves promoting racist programs.
Bishop Donald Hying of Madison, Wisconsin, has decried the evil of abortion while asserting the need to challenge Catholic politicians like President Joe Biden who are pro-abortion.
The U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) has launched a campaign to put an end to taxpayer-funded abortions, urging citizens to petition Congress to defend the Hyde Amendment.
Praying is hard work and not a “walk in the park,” Pope Francis told pilgrims gathered in the Vatican for his general audience Wednesday.
Nigeria’s Catholic Bishops have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stand up and take the reins of the country, which suffers an ongoing economic and security crisis, Vatican News reported Monday.
Myanmar Cardinal Charles Bo has urged Christians around the world to unite in praying for the Chinese people during the week of May 23-30.
The prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office (CDF) has urged U.S. bishops to insist on Catholic politicians’ “grave and clear obligation to oppose any law that attacks human life.”
A showdown is brewing among the U.S. bishops over the question of whether to deny Holy Communion to public figures such as Joe Biden who profess to be Catholics while actively working to expand abortion rights, which the Church considers to be gravely evil.
Progressive Catholics in Germany have announced their intent to offer blessings to same-sex couples at dozens of churches around the country this week in defiance of a recent Vatican ban on the practice.
Pope Francis denounced Saturday’s terrorist bombing of a girls’ school in Kabul, Afghanistan, which claimed the lives of at least 50 people, most of them schoolgirls.
Pope Francis urged for common solutions to recent turmoil in Jerusalem Sunday, as the city prepares for Monday’s annual Jerusalem Day parade.
Pope Francis called Saturday for universal access to coronavirus vaccines and “the temporary suspension of intellectual property rights.”
The progressive bishop of San Diego, Robert W. McElroy, argued this week that President Joe Biden should be permitted to continue receiving Holy Communion despite his overt support for abortion rights.
The transgressive eroticism of “Basic Instinct” and “Showgirls” director Paul Verhoeven is back. In place of Vegas dancers and ice-pick-wielding bisexual killers, his latest movie features lesbian nuns engaging in clandestine sex acts in 17th century Italy.
Pope Francis said Thursday that the Church of today is called to “widen her tent to embrace everyone,” especially migrants and foreigners.
ROME — Pope Francis sent prayers and condolences to the people of India on Thursday when so many “are suffering as a result of the present health emergency,” in reference to the large number of coronavirus infections.