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Kansas City Chiefs’ placekicker Harrison Butker speaks to college graduates in his commencement address at Benedictine College on Saturday, May 11, 2024.

Chiefs’ Harrison Butker chides Catholic leaders in Benedictine College commencement address 

May 14, 2024

Catholic bishops should be more like St. Damien of Molokai and less concerned about what civil and cultural leaders think about them, Butker said. 

Bishop Georg Bätzing addresses journalists on Sept. 28, 2023.

Germany now a ‘mission country,’ Bishop Bätzing says amid declining Catholic numbers

May 14, 2024

The president of the German Bishops’ Conference has called Germany — a nation whose history is entangled with the Catholic Church — a “mission country.”

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Chicago priest apologizes for same-sex blessing, saying it violated Church norms

May 14, 2024

A priest in Chicago has apologized for the way in which he blessed a same-sex couple in April, calling it a “very poor decision” that violated Catholic Church’s new guidelines.

Bishop Robert Pipta of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma, Ohio, celebrates a Divine Liturgy on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the Byzantine chapel at Wyoming Catholic College, on the occasion of the installation and blessing of the new shrine.

Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians gains a shrine in Wyoming

May 14, 2024

Bishop Robert Pipta of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma, Ohio, dedicated a shrine and an icon at Wyoming Catholic College. 

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Why do so many Catholics use contraception? Experts weigh in

May 14, 2024

Large majorities of Catholics use birth control, which experts say is “a crisis of catechesis within the Church.”

Pope Francis meets with members of the Syro-Malabar Church on May 13, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis: The devil is threatening the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church with division

May 13, 2024

Pope Francis urged the faithful present at the Vatican’s Consistory Hall on Monday to “press forward” in obedience to the Church.

Candlelight procession at Fátima, Portugal on May 12, 2024.

Virgin Mary today asks same she asked of little shepherds 107 years ago, cardinal says

May 13, 2024

“What does Mary tell us today? The same thing she says in the Gospel, the same thing — prayer and sacrifice,” Cardinal Juan José Omella said.

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits “Fox & Friends” at Fox News Channel Studios on April 2, 2024, in New York City.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. retracts ‘full-term abortion’ support, backs viability limit

May 13, 2024

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has walked back his recent statement of support for “full-term abortion” on demand.

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How to obtain a plenary indulgence during the 2025 Jubilee

May 13, 2024

The decree provides Catholics with the opportunity to gain indulgences by making pilgrimages, prayerfully visiting churches, or practicing works of mercy.

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May 13, 2024

May 13 is the optional memorial of Our Lady of Fátima, arguably the most prominent approved apparition of the 20th century.

Pastor urges faithful to pray for vandal who defaced church: ‘That’s being a Christian’

May 13, 2024

Father Timothy Furlow offered prayers for the man who vandalized his church, saying: “What I really want is for him to be an usher.”

Biden administration tightening asylum system to stop national security threats 

May 13, 2024

The Biden administration said a proposed rule will “enhance operational flexibility” and help the Department of Homeland Security.