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On transgenderism: Common ground, and real differences, between Catholics and radical feminists

Feb 13, 2020

By Mary Farrow

In their efforts to teach the truth in the face of the transgender ideology, Catholics are finding an unlikely ally:... Read more

Lay seminary prof in Buffalo charged with cyberstalking investigative reporter

Feb 13, 2020

The FBI in Buffalo has arrested a lay, adjunct seminary professor who is accused of making a death threat against a... Read more

Bishop Thomas J. Tobin.

After priest says pedophilia 'doesn't kill anyone,' Bishop Tobin responds

Feb 13, 2020

Rhode Island’s Catholic bishop has responded to controversy over a series of remarks from a priest in his diocese, which... Read more

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, 2014.

Senate to vote on 2 pro-life laws

Feb 13, 2020

By Matt Hadro

The Senate will soon vote on two key pieces of pro-life legislation to protect infants surviving abortions and unborn children... Read more

Teen girl on track.

Connecticut students sue over trans-athlete school policy

Feb 13, 2020

Three female high school athletes have sued over a Connecticut policy allowing males identifying as females to compete in girls’... Read more

Coats of arms on display in the Cathedral of St. Matthew, Washington, after the removal of the arms of Theodore McCarrick.

Gregory orders McCarrick's coat of arms removed from Washington cathedral

Feb 13, 2020

By Christine Rousselle

A display in the cathedral has now been altered so that there is no gap between the arms of current... Read more

Prof. Teresa Stanton Collett. Courtesy photo.

Catholic lawyer grilled on contraception during House hearing

Feb 13, 2020

A Democratic congressman grilled a Catholic female law professor on her beliefs about contraception during a congressional hearing for a... Read more

St. John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica, March 25, 1983.

Pope Francis on St. John Paul II: 'I learned from him'

Feb 13, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

In a newly published book, Pope Francis answers questions about himself and St. John Paul II, saying he learned the... Read more

Spain moves forward on euthanasia bill

Feb 12, 2020

After Spain’s socialist party tried and failed twice last year to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, the lower house of... Read more

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Sedition charges dropped against 4 bishops in Philippines

Feb 12, 2020

The Philipine government has dropped charges against four bishops and two priests who were accused of attempting to overthrow President Rodrigo... Read more

Via Amazonian Crucis in the Vatican. Photo: Anthony Johnson/CNA

5 things to know about 'Querida Amazonia'

Feb 12, 2020

Here are five things to know about Querida Amazonia.  Read more

Pope Francis delivers his General Audience address at the Vatican's Paul VI Hall, Feb. 12, 2020.

Pope Francis: The gift of tears is precious

Feb 12, 2020

During his General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis discussed the second beatitude, Blessed are those who mourn for they shall... Read more

Abraham Lincoln. Public domain.

Why Abraham Lincoln held a White House fundraiser for this black Catholic parish

Feb 12, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

When black Catholics in DC wanted a church, Abraham Lincoln helped raise the money. Read more

Cardinal Reinhard Marx and Cardinal Gerhard Müller.

‘A lack of courage’: Germans divided over Pope Francis’ Amazonian exhortation

Feb 12, 2020

German Church leaders have offered markedly distinct responses to Querida Amazonia, the apostolic exhortation on the Amazon region released by... Read more

How church-goers voted in the New Hampshire primary

Feb 12, 2020

By Matt Hadro

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) narrowly won Tuesday night’s New Hampshire primary, with third-place Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) getting the support... Read more

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Sept. 16, 2019.

Archbishop Gomez welcomes 'Querida Amazonia'

Feb 12, 2020

Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles commented Wednesday on Querida Amazonia, Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation following the Amazon synod, emphasizing... Read more

Vatican officials at a Feb. 12 press conference.

Vatican officials: 'Querida Amazonia' is magisterium, Amazon synod's final doc is not

Feb 12, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis' post-synodal exhortation on the Amazon is part of ordinary magisterium -- that is official Church teaching -- while... Read more

Pope Francis leads the opening procession for the Amazon synod in St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 7, 2019.

Inculturation is a 'necessary process' in the Amazon, Pope Francis says

Feb 12, 2020

Pope Francis has highlighted the need for spiritual inculturation in the Amazon region, and praised indigenous expressions of religiosity, while... Read more

Pope Francis greets a woman Oct. 1, 2014.

In Querida Amazonia, pope calls for women in Church leadership, but not diaconate

Feb 12, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Amazon calls for women in the South American region to be included in new... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates Mass for World Missionary Day Oct. 20, 2019.

Querida Amazonia: What Pope Francis said, and didn't, on priesthood and marriage

Feb 12, 2020

While Pope Francis was expected to focus in the apostolic exhortation published today on a proposal to ordain married priests... Read more