Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson Pérez has called on the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Catholic Church’s constitutional right to run foster care services in accord with its teaching on marriage.
A 76-year-old nun was assaulted on a bus in the multicultural city of Graz, Austria, according to reports. An Afghan migrant has been arrested.
Pope Francis insisted Wednesday on the centrality of prayer in a Christian’s life, declaring that prayer has a way of turning all things to good.
England’s faith leaders have united in calling on the UK government to permit public worship during the forthcoming lockdown in England, insisting that such worship is “essential.”
Catholic and pro-life leaders have challenged Joe Biden’s claims of being “guided” by his Catholic faith in his political positions, insisting that he flouts rather than follows Church teaching.
Pope Francis said Sunday that those who protest coronavirus lockdowns and loss of personal freedoms are thinking only of themselves.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is a member of “a cult within a cult,” and that her beliefs will impact how she makes decisions on the court.
The bishop of Porto in Portugal, Manuel Linda, said Friday that Thursday’s lethal Islamist terror attack in Nice, France, was not due to Islamic animosity toward Christians but to a European prejudice.
Vatican Cardinal Robert Sarah denounced Islamism Thursday following a lethal terror attack in a French church, calling it a “monstrous fanaticism.”
Pope Francis has denounced Thursday’s “savage” knife attack in a church in Nice, France, which claimed the lives of three people, one of whom was beheaded.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue said Wednesday that Joe Biden continues moving further away from the beliefs of the Catholic Church, putting himself on a collision course with the U.S. bishops.
Pope Francis condemned last weekend’s shooting in Kumba, Cameroon, that claimed the lives of 7 young schoolchildren and left over a dozen others wounded.
The Vatican has announced Pope Francis will livestream his Christmas liturgies this year without public participation due to concerns over the coronavirus.
Pope Francis has written a letter to Europe, laying out his “dream” for the continent’s future that includes the elimination of legalized abortion.
Demonstrators interrupted Masses around Poland Sunday in protest of a High Court ruling last week outlawing eugenic abortions of unborn babies with disabilities.
Pope Francis set forth measures to combat the “environmental crisis” Friday, urging Christians to adopt a sober, humble lifestyle.
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone released a statement Wednesday arguing for ‘inclusive’ civil unions that disregard people’s sexual proclivities to embrace non-sexual living arrangements.
ROME — The former bishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen, has labeled the Vatican’s extended deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) a “complete defeat” for faithful Catholics.
Pope Francis has given his tentative support for civil union laws for same-sex couples in a documentary that premiered Wednesday in Rome.
The archbishop of Mosul, Iraq, said Wednesday that he fears more for Europe than for his native Iraq because Europe is naïve about the dangers of radical Islam.
Pope Francis urged Christians on Tuesday to learn from the example of Jesus Christ dying so that others may live.
This year’s presidential election offers a choice between “two completely different views of America,” contends the National Catholic Register in a recent essay.
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone performed the rite of exorcism this weekend outside St. Raphael Catholic Church where protesters had toppled a statue of Saint Junipero Serra.
U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) sent a letter to Pope Francis Monday asking the pontiff to use his moral authority to pressure Beijing to halt abuses of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang province.
Pope Francis said Sunday that Christians must fulfill their obligations to the state but owe an even higher allegiance to God.
San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy said this week that for many Catholic voters the issue of climate change is more important than opposition to abortion.
Public support for abortion does not make a politician a bad Catholic, argued San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy in an online address this week.
Every time Kamala Harris has a little bit of power, she seems to abuse it. But the media seem uninterested in asking her about her record.
The Catholic Coalition Against Religious Tests for Office launched a video ad campaign Wednesday pleading with four Democrat senators to stand against religious persecution by their party.
Pope Francis suspended his usual meet-and-greet with pilgrims Wednesday, following criticism of mixed messages coming out of the Vatican regarding how to deal with ongoing coronavirus restrictions.
Pope Francis met with the parents of Father Roberto Malgesini, an Italian priest who was stabbed to death last month by a Tunisian immigrant to whom he had given assistance.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Monday declared that she is “sick and tired of Republicans” co-opting faith to “advance bigotry and barbarism” and surmised that many lawmakers would likely eject Jesus from the chamber over his “radical” views.
ROME — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has written to Pope Francis asking him to offer an apology to the Mexican people for the atrocities committed during the Spanish Conquest in 1521.
ROME — Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with the victims of West Coast fires on Sunday, while praising firefighters and volunteers working to minimize the damage.
The Vatican’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations reminded the U.N. General Assembly this week that all human beings enjoy the inalienable right to life, including the unborn.
The bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, said Friday that Joe Biden supports the “ultimate abuse” of human dignity–abortion–comparing the practice to slavery.
In a Friday interview on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sounded off on the arrest of Hong Kong dissident and devout Roman Catholic Jimmy Lai. Host Hugh Hewitt asked Pompeo if the United States will speak up for Lai, who he noted is “being oppressed by the Chinese Communist Party,” and others like him.
Pope Francis has continued to keep his face uncovered and shake hands in his meetings with the faithful, despite the Vatican’s imposition this week of an outdoor mask mandate in the small city-state.
Kamala Harris was the only district attorney of America’s 50 largest cities who did not prosecute a case of Catholic priest sexual abuse.
A Catholic priest has filed a lawsuit against California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) claiming the governor’s “State of Emergency,” seven-month-long pandemic shutdown violates his constitutional rights.
