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In a 2002 New York Times interview, Donahue said he still saw himself “as a Catholic." In this photo, he is seen attending an event at Build Studio in New York City on April 24, 2017.

Phil Donahue, talk show pioneer and ‘lapsed Catholic’ who courted controversy, dies at 88

Aug 19, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Phil Donahue, a self-described “lapsed Catholic” who reinvented the daytime television talk-show format, died Sunday at his home in New... Read more

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Does the Navy endorse drag shows? Tik Tok video has lawmakers demanding answers 

May 9, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

The Navy’s decision to enlist a TikTok drag queen influencer as a digital ambassador has some lawmakers and others questioning... Read more

Screenshot of video posted on Twitter by @LandonStarbuck of a drag performance at Tennessee Tech University on Aug. 20, 2022.

On-campus drag show blasted for mocking Catholic faith prompts investigation

Sep 10, 2022

By Shannon Mullen, Joe Bukuras

Tennessee Tech University says it is investigating the circumstances surrounding a recent on-campus show by a drag performer dressed like... Read more

Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles.

LA billboard aims for bold statement on persecuted Christians

Dec 8, 2014

A new billboard campaign in Los Angeles leading up to Christmas is hoping to raise awareness of persecuted Christians both... Read more

Bill Donahue.

Donohue says IRS probe triggered by Catholics United

May 18, 2013

By Kevin J. Jones

Bill Donohue of the Catholic League said he was “stunned” that the IRS investigated his organization in 2008, charging that... Read more

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Pope Francis prays during Mass at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024

Pope Francis prays for victims as death toll in German Christmas market attack reaches 5

Catholic actor David Henrie and his wife, Maria, with children during their mission trip to Guatemala with Cross Catholic Outreach.

Catholic actor David Henrie says mission trip with Cross Catholic Outreach left big impact

Bassem Giacaman in his shop in Bethlehem in December 2024. The artisans in Bethlehem are almost all Christians. They primarily work with olive wood. Most of the businesses in Bethlehem are family businesses.

War, economic struggles threaten Bethlehem’s century-old crafts tradition

Pope Francis addresses cardinals and senior Vatican officials during his annual Christmas speech to the Roman Curia, Dec. 21, 2024.

Pope Francis warns against gossip, celebrates family life in Vatican Christmas messages

Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 other people, including a Catholic priest, were charged by the country's Federal Police on Nov. 21, 2024, on suspicion of the crimes of violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.

Two arms of Brazilian bishops’ conference: Throw the book against alleged coup plotters

Bishop Gerhard Feige of Magdeburg in Germany.

German bishops respond to deadly Magdeburg market attack, call for prayer and peace

The Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica.

A visual tour of the Holy Doors Pope Francis will open for the 2025 Jubilee

Exiled Bishop Rolando Álvarez speaks at a Mass in Seville, Spain, on Dec. 19, 2024.

Bishop Álvarez celebrates public Mass for Nicaragua

Vandalism at a Heartbeat of Miami pregnancy center in Hialeah, Florida, July 3, 2022.

Florida woman convicted in conspiracy targeting pro-life pregnancy resource centers

French artist Claire Tabouret poses following a press conference after winning with The Atelier Simon-Marq, the selection to create new stained-glass windows in six chapels of the south aisle of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris on Dec. 18, 2024.

Stained-glass windows at Notre Dame to be replaced, new modern design revealed

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