Feb 22, 2021 - 07:01 pm .- Amid calls from California activists to drop vandalism charges against five assailants who destroyed a statue of St. Junipero Serra last year, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco warned that doing so would set a dangerous precedent.
Feb 22, 2021 - 06:00 pm .- President Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) received the praise of pro-euthanasia organizations during his time as attorney general of California.
Feb 22, 2021 - 05:19 pm .- A Scottish bishop has encouraged families and individuals to join him in a consecration to Mary by a less conventional means - a children’s book.
Feb 22, 2021 - 04:00 pm .- Virginia is expected to become the first southern state to abolish the death penalty, after its general assembly voted on Monday to end the practice.
Feb 22, 2021 - 03:07 pm .- The Archdiocese of Panama warned the country’s faithful that “Catholics for the Right to Decide” (CDD in Spanish), which is trying to establish a presence in the country, is actually a partner organization of Catholics for Choice, a U.S. organization that promotes abortion.
Feb 22, 2021 - 02:23 pm .- As President Joe Biden re-established a key White House faith-based office last week, former political liaisons to religious groups commended the move—but warned that the office might be misused.
Feb 22, 2021 - 01:00 pm .- One scholar’s critical book on the transgender movement has reportedly been removed from Amazon.com.
Feb 22, 2021 - 12:00 pm .- Catholics are pressing for further changes to Scotland’s controversial hate crime bill amid a last-minute consultation.
Feb 22, 2021 - 10:00 am .- The Supreme Court will consider a case involving federal funding of domestic pro-abortion groups.
Feb 22, 2021 - 09:07 am .- A bishop on Sunday welcomed a step forward in the beatification cause of a convert to Catholicism who worked tirelessly for the conversion of England.
Feb 22, 2021 - 08:00 am .- The Catholic bishops of Burma have called for a “return to dialogue” as two protesters were killed during demonstrations over the weekend.
Feb 22, 2021 - 07:00 am .- For nearly 100 years, popes have set aside time for an annual retreat and meditation on spiritual exercises.
Feb 22, 2021 - 05:30 am .- The penance called for in the Christian life, and accentuated during Lent, can help us make sense of the sacrifices we have been called on to make during the coronavirus pandemic, a Vatican cardinal has said.
Feb 22, 2021 - 04:05 am .- Pope Francis urged Catholics to ask Christ for the “gift of mercy” in a letter marking the 90th anniversary of the first appearance of Jesus to St. Faustina Kowalska on Monday.
