Archive for June 29, 2023

The altar of Sant’Agata in the Milan Cathedral.?w=200&h=150

By Rachel Thomas

Why June 29 is a good day to consider the legend of St. Peter and St. Agatha

A painting in the Milan cathedral depicts a Christian legend that is not particularly well known. Read more

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By Tyler Arnold

UPDATE: Portland Archdiocese says schools department closure not due to gender ideology feud

The archdiocese says it is reevaluating how to evangelize and “integrate schools more fully into our mission” given a changing... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates Mass on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, June 29, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Newest American archbishop receives pallium in special Mass at Vatican

Archbishop George Leo Thomas of the newly created Archdiocese of Las Vegas formally received the pallium from Pope Francis on... Read more

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address June 29, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

Pope Francis reflects on St. Peter as ‘rock,’ ‘stone,’ and ‘pebble’ on June 29 solemnity

In his Angelus address on the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, the Holy Father reflected on the different meanings... Read more

U.S. Capitol viewed through the columns of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Decision expected Friday in Christian wedding website designer case

303 Creative LLC v. Elenis is one of four cases the Supreme Court has yet to decide before its term... Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling June 29, 2023, in favor of Gerald Groff, a Christian postal worker who says he was targeted and disciplined by his employer for refusing to work on Sundays because of his religious beliefs.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

UPDATED: Supreme Court rules in favor of Christian postal worker in unanimous religious freedom decision

Employers must show that the burden of granting an accommodation would result in substantial increased costs, the court said. Read more

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the newly elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, meets with reporters in Baltimore on Nov. 15, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

U.S. bishops rebuke group of Catholic Democrats vowing to support abortion

The USCCB has issued a response to a group of lawmakers who signed a letter citing Catholic teaching as a... Read more

Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick arrives at Massachusetts' Dedham District Courthouse for his arraignment, Sept. 3, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

State health examiner agrees that McCarrick is unfit to stand trial

The update in the case could lead to the dismissal of the only criminal charges that McCarrick, 92, has ever... Read more

Father Fidelis Moscinski (lower left, standing behind the cross), a well-known pro-life activist and priest of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFR) is seen during a tense standoff between pro-life and pro-abortion demonstrators in Lower Manhattan on July 2, 2022. The pro-life marchers were trying to reach a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic where they planned to hold a prayer vigil, and the pro-abortion demonstrators were trying to block their path.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Franciscan friar gets 6 months in jail for blocking New York abortion clinic entrance

Father Fidelis Moscinski, CFR, was given the maximum penalty for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Read more