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UK author of transgender study: U.S. groups are ‘misleading the public’ 

May 14, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

In a New York Times interview, Dr. Hilary Cass warned there is no comprehensive evidence to support the routine prescription... Read more

Father Eduardo Chávez has been immersed in the study and dissemination of the message of the Virgin of Guadalupe for more than 40 years.

Expert on Our Lady of Guadalupe named master theologian on apparitions

May 14, 2024

By Diego López Colín

Father Eduardo Chávez, postulator of the cause for canonization of St. Juan Diego, has been confirmed as “master Guadalupan theologian.” Read more

Archbishop Julian Porteous.

Australian archbishop faces criticism over pastoral letter on human dignity

May 14, 2024

By AC Wimmer

Archbishop Julian Porteous of Hobart in Australia released the four-page document titled “We are Salt to the Earth” on May... Read more

“EWTN News Nightly” host Tracy Sabol speaks with Dr. Erin Lothes, a Catholic environmental theologian and senior manager of the Laudato Si’ Animators Program with the Laudato Si’ Movement, on on May 9, 2024.

As ocean temps hit record, Vatican hosts discussions on climate change, offers resources

May 14, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The Laudato Si’ Action Platform provides resources for the Church to achieve real and lasting solutions to environmental problems.  Read more

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito speaks to graduates at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, on May 11, 2024.

Justice Alito to Franciscan graduates: ‘Go out boldly and change the world’

May 14, 2024

By Grant Goral

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito challenged graduates at Franciscan University to embrace vital life lessons about courage and personal values. Read more

The Medjugorje Youth Festival, in its 34th edition, held July 26–30, 2023, at the site of alleged Marian apparitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

What has the Vatican already said about discerning Marian apparitions?

May 14, 2024

By Courtney Mares

Officials from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith discussed problems that could come up in examining apparitions in... Read more

Pro-life activist Lauren Handy listens during a news conference on the five fetuses found inside the home where she and other anti-abortion activists were living on Capitol Hill at a news conference at the Hyatt Regency on April 5, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

UPDATE: Washington pro-life activists sentenced to years in prison under FACE Act

May 14, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

Handy and eight other pro-life activists were convicted nine months ago on felony charges of conspiracy against rights and violation... Read more

Pope Francis presides over a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on July 23, 2023, for the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.

Pope Francis: Do not abandon grandparents and elderly; remain close to them

May 14, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The Vatican released the message ahead of the fourth World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, which takes place on... Read more

Yemeni activist Tawakkol Karman, winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2011, attends the Trento Economy Festival 2023 at Palazzo Geremia on May 25, 2023, in Trento, Italy.

Israeli embassy blasts Yemeni laureate for ‘genocide’ comments at Vatican event

May 14, 2024

By Matthew Santucci

“The world is silent in front of the genocide and the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people in Gaza,” Tawakkol... Read more

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

By Matt McDonald

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

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

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

May 14, 2024

By AC Wimmer

The president of the German Bishops’ Conference has called Germany — a nation whose history is entangled with the Catholic... Read more

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

May 14, 2024

By Daniel Payne

A priest in Chicago has apologized for the way in which he blessed a same-sex couple in April, calling it... Read more

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

By Martin Barillas

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

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Why do so many Catholics use contraception? Experts weigh in

May 14, 2024

By Daniel Payne

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

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

By Peter Pinedo

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

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

By Natalia Zimbrão

“What does Mary tell us today? The same thing she says in the Gospel, the same thing — prayer and... Read more

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

By Tyler Arnold

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

Pope Francis opens the Holy Doors at St. Peter's Basilica to begin the Year of Mercy, Dec. 8, 2015.

How to obtain a plenary indulgence during the 2025 Jubilee

May 13, 2024

By Courtney Mares

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

Monument of the Guardian Angel of Portugal apparition to the three little shepherd children of Fatima.

9 things to know and share about Fátima

May 13, 2024

By Jimmy Akin

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

Father Timothy Furlow speaks from the ambo at St. Patrick’s Church in Portland, Oregon.

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

May 13, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Father Timothy Furlow offered prayers for the man who vandalized his church, saying: “What I really want is for him... Read more