Archive for June 25, 2024

View of downtown Trenton, New Jersey.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

Trenton Catholic Charities apologizes for sponsoring ‘beyond the gender binary’ book reading

“It is important to note that this event took place without the knowledge of or approval by [Trenton] Bishop David... Read more

Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks on stage to deliver the keynote address at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton on June 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Trump pledges, if elected, to get jailed pro-life activists ‘back to their families’

Former President Donald Trump expressed his support for the pro-life activists who have been aggressively prosecuted and jailed under the... Read more

South Dakota Sen. John Thune speaks about his faith to “EWTN News Nightly” on June 24, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Top Republican senator says faith is ‘the foundation for pretty much everything I do’

Sen. John Thune told EWTN News that “at an early age, I made a profession of faith in Christ, and... Read more

Bishop-elect Scott Bullock (left) and Bishop-elect Dennis Walsh.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Pope Francis appoints new bishops of Rapid City, Davenport dioceses

The Holy See said Father Dennis Walsh would head the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, while Father Scott Bullock would lead... Read more

Pope Francis blesses the ambulance that he donated in June 2024 to to treat the wounded in Ukraine’s Ternopil region.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis donates ambulance, opens war trauma center in Ukraine

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner and prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, is traveling to Ukraine... Read more

Pope Francis meets with Russia’s new ambassador to the Vatican Ivan Soltanovsky on Sept. 18, 2023, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Pope Francis meets with Russian ambassador to the Vatican

Pope Francis met with Ivan Soltanovsky, Russia’s ambassador to the Holy See, on June 22. Read more

At his Angelus address June 9, 2024, Pope Francis  asked people to pray for the people who are suffering in Myanmar and in Ukraine, giving a special shoutout to some Ukrainians who were in the crowd waving flags.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

EU bishop: Elections show citizens concerned about Ukraine war

The bishop also spoke about the importance of pushing the new EU commission and parliament to reinforce diplomatic action toward... Read more

Students and pro-life advocates gather at the Lincoln Memorial for a rally commemorating the second anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 22, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Gigi Duncan

A father shares the heartache of abortion at rally celebrating overturning of Roe v. Wade

Clementine, who was almost five months along, was “subjected to a second-trimester abortion without proper legal and ethical guidelines being... Read more

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By Walter Sánchez Silva

What are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church?

Just what are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church? Here’s an explanation. Read more

Monsignor Gilles Wach (center), prior general of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, is received in private audience by Pope Francis on June 24, 2024. He is accompanied by Monsignor Rudolf Michael Schmitz, vicar general of the institute, and Canon Louis Valadier, provincial of France.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Pope Francis meets with leaders of Institute of Christ the King, a Latin Mass group

Pope Francis on Monday met with three leaders of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, an institute whose... Read more

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By Jonah McKeown

Oklahoma Supreme Court rules against Catholic charter school proposal

Oklahoma’s two Catholic bishops called the ruling “very disappointing.” Read more

Father David Waller will become the first bishop ordinary of the Walsingham Ordinariate.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Former Anglican priest ordained a Catholic bishop

Bishop David Waller received his episcopal ordination in Westminster Cathedral in London on June 22, the feast of English saints... Read more