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Unidentified gunmen opened fire and wounded a priest and a seminarian driving to Mass on Sunday in the village of Akum in the Northwest region of Cameroon.

The French Bishops’ Conference (CEF) published a statement this week acknowledging new, more reasonable government limitations on public worship in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

The president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference has denounced a recent European Parliament resolution attacking Poland over a Court ruling banning eugenic abortions.

The Swiss Catholic bishops issued a statement Wednesday lamenting reports of record-breaking emigration out of the Catholic Church in the country.

A Catholic lay organization is denouncing a recent congratulatory message the United States Bishops’ Conference sent to former Vice President Joe Biden, warning any attempts to compromise with Biden’s agenda will place the integrity of the church at great risk.

ROME — Pope Francis denounced the massive slaughter of rice farmers by Islamist terrorists that occurred this past weekend in northeastern Nigeria.

Pope Francis called for a “new social justice” Sunday in which all well-intentioned people will challenge the reigning utopia.

Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory said this week he will not deny Holy Communion to Joe Biden, upholding the practice established by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of offering Communion to pro-abortion politicians.

At a time when social media platforms boast of taking bold measures to suppress “hate speech” and “disinformation,” Catholic news website Crux reported on Monday that Twitter allowed thousands of tweets to be posted in Spain under the hashtag #FuegoAlClero, which means “Set Fire to the Clergy.”

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has struck back at Pope Francis for his comments on the persecution of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.

Pope Francis says in a new book that anyone who truly cares about the environment will necessarily be opposed to abortion.

Pope Francis met with a delegation of NBA players in the Vatican Monday to discuss economic equality and other “social justice issues.”

An Episcopal priest has written a scathing op-ed in the Los Angeles Times Monday, chiding the U.S. Catholic bishops for exposing Joe Biden’s schizophrenic relationship with the Church.

The bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, has urged Catholic to pray for Joe Biden’s soul, begging God that he may undergo a “conversion of heart.”

Pope Francis reached out to victims of coronavirus lockdowns who have lost work and are struggling to make ends meet, calling on Christians Sunday to find ways to assist them.

Pope Francis has urged seminarians in Rome to offer the world a solution to the “great evil” that afflicts it, an evil laid bare by the coronavirus.

The number of former Boy Scouts who accuse leaders of sexual assault rose to at least 90,000 as of Monday, the deadline for filing claims.

The Vatican’s ongoing financial scandals show no sign of letting up as police have uncovered hundreds of thousands of euros in cash along with precious gold coins and medallions hidden in two homes of a suspended Vatican official.

Pope Francis reflected Wednesday on the importance of the intercession of the Virgin Mary, proposing that without her intervention at the wedding feast at Cana the guests would have drunk milk rather than wine.

The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference (USCCB) warned Tuesday that a Biden presidency would present “unique challenges” for the Church in the United States due to Biden’s pro-abortion position.

Vatican News praised the decision of 47 faith-based institutions to divest from fossil fuels, saying the move followed “the Vatican’s guidelines on ethical investments.”

Mainstream media are bending over backwards to portray Joe Biden as a faithful Catholic in good standing in the hope that his flouting of basic Church teaching won’t spoil his relationship with Catholic leadership.

Pope Francis underscored Christianity’s entrepreneurial character Sunday, insisting that good Christians are those who generously take risks and put their talents to work.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue has slammed efforts by dissident Catholics to deflect blame from serial homosexual predator Theodore McCarrick to Saint John Paul II.

The Biden-Harris Transition team announced Thursday that Mr. Biden had spoken by telephone with Pope Francis, who offered him “blessings and congratulations.”

The bishop of Tyler, Texas, accused his brother bishops this week of speaking “in unison” with Planned Parenthood in support of a pro-abortion Biden-Harris administration.

The bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, has called for “prudence and patience” until the results of the presidential election can be sorted out and verified.

ROME — Veteran Vatican journalist Robert Moynihan blasted the Vatican’s long-awaited “McCarrick Report,” writing Tuesday that the text brings injury and obfuscation rather than healing and clarity.

The Vatican has released its 460-page report on former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was found guilty of serial homosexual abuse in 2018 and subsequently stripped of the title of cardinal and reduced to the lay state.

Pope Francis has urged Christians to pray for the victims of hurricane Eta, which has claimed scores of lives since striking Nicaragua last Tuesday.

The president of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference recognized the election victory of Joe Biden on Saturday in a distinctly unenthusiastic statement, calling for national unity and commitment to the common good.

Security officials of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) forcibly carried off three underground Catholic priests and more than a dozen nuns and seminarians last Monday in Baoding, according to local sources.

Gunmen belonging to a separatist militia kidnapped Cardinal Christian Tumi Thursday evening in Cameroon’s Northwest Region only to free him again hours later, local media report.

Businessman Declan Ganley is challenging the ban on attending religious services under anti-COVID restrictions, insisting that the right to practice one’s faith is guaranteed by the Irish constitution.

The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has published a message wishing Hindus a happy feast of Deepavali (Diwali), in the spirit of “interreligious appreciation and cooperation.”

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has forced 8 Catholic nuns out of their convent in the northern province of Shanxi for their refusal to join the state-run Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.