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Will Catholics return to Mass after the pandemic? Many want to go more often

Sep 21, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is affecting the way many Catholics think about their faith, a new study has found, and just... Read more

Judge Barbara Lagoa.

Catholic judge Barbara Lagoa on the shortlist of Supreme Court nominees

Sep 21, 2020

President Donald Trump’s shortlist of potential nominees to the Supreme Court includes Justice Barbara Lagoa, a Catholic who has spoken... Read more

The then Archbishop Luis Ladaria at the Vatican Sept. 8, 2015.

Vatican’s doctrinal office critiques German theologians’ intercommunion call

Sep 21, 2020

The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has criticized an appeal by German theologians for intercommunion between... Read more

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun departs the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014.

Cardinal Zen: Church is losing ‘credibility’ to evangelize China

Sep 21, 2020

By Ed Condon

The former Bishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, has warned that the Church’s efforts to negotiate an extension... Read more

Judge Rosario Livatino. Public domain

Judge killed by mafia 30 years ago is a candidate for sainthood

Sep 21, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Thirty years ago Judge Rosario Livatino was brutally killed by the mafia on his commute to work at a courthouse... Read more

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles venerates an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe while saying Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Dec. 12, 2017.

Proclaim 'universality of salvation', Archbishop Gomez says at immigrant Mass

Sep 21, 2020

The US needs to hear the proclamation of the unity of nations and the universality of salvation, Archbishop José Gomez... Read more

US President Donald Trump.

Trump to announce Supreme Court nominee by Saturday

Sep 21, 2020

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he expects to name his nominee for the Supreme Court by the end... Read more

Pope Francis waves to a child at an audience with representatives of the Ambulatorium Sonnenschein in St. Pölten, Austria.

Everyone is beautiful in God’s eyes, Pope Francis tells children with autism spectrum disorder

Sep 21, 2020

Pope Francis told children with autism spectrum disorder Monday that everyone is beautiful in God’s eyes.   Read more

The flag of Vatican City.

Vatican calls for 'peaceful and just resolution' of Belarus crisis

Sep 21, 2020

By Courtney Mares

After President Alexander Lukashenko announced that he was putting troops on high alert and closing Belarus’ borders, a Vatican diplomat... Read more

Depiction of the Holy Spirit in St. Peter’s Basilica.

Bishop Burbidge: The pandemic is our ‘Pentecost moment’

Sep 20, 2020

In a pastoral letter this past week, Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia said the coronavirus pandemic has prompted advances... Read more

Pope Francis gives the Angelus address Sept. 13, 2020.

Everything is unmerited grace, Pope Francis says

Sep 20, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

God’s grace is not something we deserve, but he gives it to us anyway, Pope Francis said Sunday during his... Read more

Report: Chinese government imprisoning more priests, bishops 

Sep 19, 2020

The Chinese government continues to imprison Catholic clergy - including bishops - who refuse to support the Communist Party, according... Read more

A man raises his hands in prayer.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett's charismatic Catholicism- Who are the People of Praise?

Sep 19, 2020

By Christine Rousselle

Questions have been raised about Judge Amy Coney Barrett's affiliation with a group called the “People of Praise,” a charismatic... Read more

Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

'Dogma lives loudly in you' - Amy Coney Barrett's 2017 confirmation hearing

Sep 19, 2020

By Matt Hadro

During Amy Coney Barrett's 2017 judicial confirmation hearing, the judge faced hostile questions about her Catholic faith, prompting outrage and... Read more

Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

Catholic Amy Coney Barrett front-runner as Trump signals Supreme Court nomination plans

Sep 19, 2020

President Donald Trump on Saturday signalled he would soon nominate a potential replacement to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth... Read more

Cardinal Crecscenzio Sepe views the reliquary with the blood of St. Januarius in 2009.

St. Januarius' blood liquifies in Naples

Sep 19, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

The blood of early Church martyr St. Januarius liquified in Naples Saturday, repeating a miracle dating at least to the... Read more

Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 2, 2015.

Pope Francis makes surprise donation to struggling poultry workers

Sep 19, 2020

Pope Francis has made a surprise donation to struggling poultry workers in Italy.  Read more

Senator Mitch McConnell.

McConnell: Trump Supreme Court nominee ‘will receive a vote’

Sep 18, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday night that after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a... Read more

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Catholics respond after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

Sep 18, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who served on the court for more than 27 years, died of pancreatic cancer... Read more

Mike Pompeo: Holy See's moral witness needed in China

Sep 18, 2020

Reflecting Friday on the state of the 2018 Vatican-China deal, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted that the human... Read more