Archive for July 1, 2020
What the SCOTUS decision on anti-trafficking rules means for pro-life policies
The Supreme Court is deciding major life and religious freedom cases this term, but one less-recognized ruling could impact billions... Read more
Analysis: What’s next for the Supreme Court and abortion?
Monday’s ruling in June Medical Services v. Russo came as a major letdown for the pro-life movement in the U.S.,... Read more
Pope Francis praying for Polish Catholics seeking Vatican intervention on clerical abuse
Pope Francis is praying for a group of lay people who appealed to him to crack down on clerical abuse... Read more
Benedict XVI’s brother Georg Ratzinger has died
Benedict XVI’s older brother Georg Ratzinger died Wednesday, just a little more than one week after the pope emeritus’ visit. Read more
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral reopens to pilgrims
Pilgrims can walk the Camino de Santiago once again as the pilgrimage’s destination, the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, reopened... Read more
Cardinal Dolan: Amid statue toppling, let's avoid a cultural revolution
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York wrote Sunday that the destruction of monuments is detrimental to the knowledge of history,... Read more
Analysis: As Archbishop Viganò denounces Vatican II, the Vatican is not speaking
Neither Pope Francis nor the Vatican have said a word about Viganò or his growing pile of missives. Why? Read more
'Soft despotism' of anti-Catholicism on the rise, USCCB religious liberty chair warns
The new leader of the U.S. Catholic bishops on religious liberty has warned of a “soft despotism” of religious intolerance... Read more
New Florida law requiring parental consent for abortion limits harm, Catholic bishops say
After Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new law requiring parental consent for a minor’s abortion, the Florida Conference of Catholic... Read more
House discusses ‘brutal, sweeping crackdown’ in Hong Kong
The new national security law in Hong Kong is an assault on the rights of the people, Speaker of the... Read more
How Catholics can work to 'expel this demon' of racism
Gloria Purvis, host of EWTN’s radio show “Morning Glory,” who has served on the National Black Catholic Congress, said on... Read more
‘An affront to human dignity’: Ethicists react to death of Michael Hickson
Ethicists and disability rights activists have expressed grave concerns over reports of the recent death of Michael Hickson, a black... Read more
US bishops ask Trump administration to reconsider federal executions
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has asked the Trump administration to halt several scheduled executions after the Supreme... Read more
Founder of Catholic Schoenstatt movement faces allegations of coercion
A German historian says that recently opened Vatican archives include documents that suggest the German founder of the Schoenstatt ecclesial... Read more
