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Beijing bans online evangelization amid religious crackdown

Sep 12, 2018

The Chinese government has increased measures to suppress religious belief and practice. New regulations, published on the government’s legal information... Read more

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.

Annual Mass honors 'rich cultural diversity' of Los Angeles archdiocese

Sep 12, 2018

With nearly five million Catholics, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is not only the largest diocese in the United States,... Read more

Cathedral Church of St. Peter, Cologne, Germany.

Leaked German study documents thousands of sexual abuse cases

Sep 12, 2018

A study commissioned by the German bishops’ conference reports the sexual abuse of thousands of children in that country over... Read more

Pope Francis on May 22, 2018.

Pope convokes world-wide meeting of bishops on abuse crisis

Sep 12, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis has called for all the presidents of the Catholic bishops’ conferences of the world to meet at the... Read more

Pope Francis walks in St. Peter's Square Sept. 12, 2018.

Pope Francis: God's mercy frees us from slavery to sin

Sep 12, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Attachment to sin and vice is a form of interior slavery which inhibit the ability to love, but true freedom... Read more

Don’t use taxpayer money to buy aborted baby parts, pro-life investigators say

Sep 11, 2018

Federal research agencies’ purchase of fetal tissue and body parts from a company under investigation for illegally selling them has... Read more

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Rod Dreher discusses ‘Benedict Option’ and Benedict XVI with Italian panel

Sep 11, 2018

By Andrea Gagliarducci

At a panel discussion in Italy for the presentation of the Italian translation of his book “The Benedict Option,” author... Read more

Cardinal Donald Wuerl. Courtesy photo

Wuerl to meet with Pope Francis to discuss resignation

Sep 11, 2018

By JD Flynn

The Archbishop of Washington told priests Tuesday that he intends to meet with Pope Francis soon to discuss his resignation... Read more

Pope Francis says Mass at the chapel of Santa Marta in the Vatican, Sept. 11, 2018.

For Pope Francis, the Great Accuser tries to uncover bishops' sin to cause scandal

Sep 11, 2018

Satan is working to uncover the sins of bishops so that they will be visible and a cause of scandal,... Read more

Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston says a Mass of Ordination in St. Peter's Basilica, Sept. 29, 2016.

Boston archdiocese says O’Malley will ‘personally review’ all abuse letters

Sep 11, 2018

The Archdiocese of Boston has announced changes to the way it will process and respond to letters addressed to Cardinal... Read more

Archbishop Georg Gänswein.

Gänswein: Sex abuse crisis is Church’s '9/11,' but seeking God is the only way forward

Sep 11, 2018

While the current sex abuse crisis is tantamount to the Church’s own ‘9/11,’ Catholics can maintain hope if they remain... Read more

Eucharistic Adoration.

Eucharistic procession in Liverpool draws 10,000

Sep 11, 2018

An estimated 10,000 Catholics processed through the streets of Liverpool in a Eucharistic Procession on Sunday, in a spirit of... Read more

The March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017.

Missouri to enforce abortion regulations in wake of appeals court ruling

Sep 11, 2018

Missouri's health department announced Monday that it will immediately being enforcing state laws regulating abortion clinics and doctors, after a... Read more

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo. CNA file photo.

Cardinal DiNardo and USCCB officials to meet with Pope Francis

Sep 11, 2018

The director of the Vatican’s press office has confirmed that Pope Francis will meet with the president of the U.S.... Read more

Pope Francis at a General Audience in Rome, June 2018.

What Pope Francis can clarify about the Vigano testimony- and what he can't

Sep 11, 2018

By Ed Condon

It has been more than two weeks since Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò released his 11-page testimony about the McCarrick scandal.... Read more

Pope's cardinal advisors say Vatican will soon respond to Viganò allegations

Sep 11, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis’ group of cardinal advisors have issued a statement saying the Holy See is preparing an answer to current... Read more

Ground zero cross.

The brutal, powerful 9/11 stories of Catholic priests

Sep 11, 2018

By Adelaide Mena

On the clear, sunny morning of Sept. 11, 2011, Fr. Kevin Madigan heard an explosion overhead.  Read more

Chilean civil court could get access to Vatican documents on Karadima case

Sep 10, 2018

The Archdiocese of Santiago in Chile has requested that the country’s Court of Appeals send an “exhorto” or judicial request,... Read more

People protesting the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at a rally in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan.

Kavanaugh's birth control comments spur controversy- What did he say?

Sep 10, 2018

Opponents of Judge Brett Kavanaugh have suggested that a reference to birth control pills as “abortion-inducing drugs” during Senate confirmation... Read more

Demonstration in defense of life in the Dominican Republic. 

Dominican Republic pro-life march: 'Let’s save both lives!'

Sep 10, 2018

A pro-life demonstration in the Dominican Republic on Sunday voiced opposition to a bill to reform the Criminal Code that... Read more