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Should Catholics attend 'pride' events?
On June 1, Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence tweeted that Catholics should not attend Pride events during the month of June, which is commemorated as “Pride Month” throughout the United States.
“A reminder that Catholics should not support or...
The world watched as the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burned earlier this week. The world watched, and the world sometimes has a big mouth. Most reactions to the Notre Dame fire, from...
I’ve been working on a little idea lately. Something that’s been percolating for a few years now, in the back of my mind where it mostly remained filed under “I wish this existed” but sometimes,...
Speaking to French Minister Pierre Laval May 13, 1935, Josip Stalin provocatively asked: "The Pope? How many divisions has he got?" The French Foreign Minister had noted with Stalin that the Pope...
Vatican’s doctrinal office expected to release document on gender theory
The Vatican’s doctrinal office is preparing a document which will address Church teaching and the anthropology of the human person in the context of so-called gender theory, according to a Vatican official.
According to a source, speaking to...
Trial date set for Argentine priests accused of abusing deaf children
Two priests accused of sexually abusing minors at a school for deaf children in Argentina will stand trial Aug. 5.
The priests and a former employee at the Antonio Provolo institute will face charges of the abuse of more than 20 children, the...
Prosecution falters during Cardinal Pell appeal hearing
The lead prosecutor arguing to sustain the conviction of Cardinal George Pell struggled Thursday in presenting the Crown’s case. Christopher Boyce struggled to answer questions from the three-judge appeal court, accidentally naming the alleged...
St Louis University: employee who signed abortion rights letter apologized, retracted support
A group of 180 business leaders this week signed an open letter, published June 10 as a full-page advertisement in the New York Times and online, in support of abortion rights and declaring abortion restrictions “bad for...
Lead by example, not documents, Vatican abuse expert tells Polish bishops
As the Catholic Church in Poland continues to respond to sex abuse by clergy, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, a leading Vatican expert on prosecuting sex crimes under church law, attended the bishops’ plenary assembly to discuss child and youth...
Kenyan court rules that rape victims have right to abortion
Kenya's High Court ruled Wednesday that rape victims whose pregnancy threatens their life or health have a right to procure abortion.
The June 12 ruling regarded a case brought on b ehalf of a young woman who died in June 2018 from...
