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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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Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.

Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund

“In Jesus there is no contradiction between truth and charity,” notes professor Marta Rodríguez Díaz, who teaches in the philosophy department of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.

Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says

“We think of these stories of saints that have withstood all this persecution as belonging to the Middle Ages,” said Bill McGurn, godfather of Jimmy Lai. “It’s going on right now, and we can see it.”

Jimmy Lai’s godfather assesses trial: ‘He’s a real champion of freedom’

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Wyoming governor pledges to appeal after judge blocks state pro-life laws

Alessandro Allori, “The Presentation of Mary,” 1598.

What do we know about the presentation of Mary?

Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Nairobi Archdiocese in Kenya.

Nairobi archbishop declines Kenyan president’s donations to Catholic parish

Jimmy Lai’s wife, Teresa (left), and retired Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun arrive at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts to attend Hong Kong activist publisher Lai’s national security trial in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

Jimmy Lai takes the stand in yearslong Hong Kong national security trial

Senior fellow at the National Catholic Bioethics Center Joseph Meaney speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.

Vietnam, with one of the highest abortion rates, leads UN initiative on premature births

Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 20, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis reads Ukrainian student’s moving testimony of faith at general audience

Before the wooden coffin is closed, Pope Benedict XVI’s personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli, the Vatican’s lead master of ceremonies for papal liturgies, place a white veil over the late pope’s face. The action on Jan. 4, 2023, is part of the funeral rites for popes.

Vatican simplifies funeral rite for popes

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