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Billboard for AI priest Father Justin on social media.

Catholic Answers pulls plug on AI priest ‘Father Justin’

Apr 29, 2024

By Matt McDonald

Just days after debuting an AI priest character to overwhelmingly negative reviews, Catholic Answers gave “Father Justin” the virtual heave-ho. Read more

Symbols of several of the world's leading religions.

Are all religions equal? A Catholic priest responds

Feb 19, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Father Eduardo Hayen Cuarón, director of the newspaper Presencia in Mexico, responded to the question of whether all religions are... Read more

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address on June 18, 2023/Portrait of Blaise Pascal.

Pope Francis publishes apostolic letter on Blaise Pascal

Jun 19, 2023

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis published an apostolic letter on Monday praising the 17th-century mathematician Blaise Pascal as “a tireless seeker of truth.” Read more

Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer speaks at a press conference on June 22, 2020.

German bishop: Evangelizing secular society requires sharing ‘the reasonableness of faith’

Sep 5, 2022

By AC Wimmer

The director of Benedict XVI Institute says a “healthy defense of the faith” is necessary if Catholics are to credibly... Read more

Photo by Karl Fredrickson via Unsplash.

Bishop Barron: How to evangelize the 'nones'

Jul 4, 2017

By Mary Farrow

The way we evangelize should grab the world by the shoulders and shake it out of its apathy, Bishop Robert... Read more

Austen Ivereigh, Founder of Catholic Voices, with Alejandro Bermudez, Exec. Dir. of Catholic News Agency, talk to WYD pilgrims July 24, 2013.

WYD pilgrims learn techniques to defend, explain faith

Jul 27, 2013

By Michelle La Rosa

Participants at a World Youth Day training session received a crash course in defending the Catholic faith, both in the... Read more

Dangers to the Faith, Recognizing Catholicism's 21st-Century Opponents by Al Kresta. Courtesy of Our Sunday Visitor.

Book aims to help Catholics transform culture for Christ

Jul 18, 2013

By Kevin J. Jones

Radio host Al Kresta’s new book is meant to help Catholics respond to the arguments of their opponents, stressing the... Read more

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The pillars of the South Portico of the White House are decorated in rainbow colors as guests attend a White House Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2024.

Trump could end Defense Department’s promotion of gender ideology, abortion

Kash Patel speaks at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix.

Trump taps Kash Patel to shake up the FBI

The rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral is seen a few weeks before its reopening to the public scheduled for Dec. 7, 2024, on Oct. 25, 2024, in Paris.

U.S. President-elect Trump to attend Notre Dame Cathedral reopening in Paris

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador.

Catholic Church in El Salvador calls on president to maintain ban on gold mining

Close to the Pantheon in the heart of Rome, one of the city’s oldest and most popular ecclesiastical tailor shops — Ditta Annibale Gammarelli — is ready for the Dec. 7, 2024, consistory for the creation of new cardinals.

Rome’s famous tailor prepares for the Catholic Church’s new cardinals

A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier from the Kobe City Museum collection.

Remembering St. Francis Xavier’s missionary zeal

Missouri’s bishops said citizens can reach out to the governor’s office to express opposition to the pending execution of Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, torture and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, 2024.

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Missouri convicted murderer’s death row case

According to Venerable English College, during the Catholic persecution in England, students would gather around the “Martyrs’ Picture” in the chapel to sing the Te Deum — a Latin hymn of thanksgiving — whenever news reached Rome of the martyrdom of a former student. This custom continues today on Martyrs’ Day, Dec. 1, when the relics of the martyrs, preserved beneath the altar, are venerated by the students.

English seminary in Rome commemorates Martyrs’ Day on St. Ralph Sherwin’s feast

Smoke of war rises over a residential area in Aleppo. On Dec. 1, 2024, the Franciscan complex of the Terra Santa College in Aleppo was hit by a strike. No casualties were reported.

As Aleppo’s Christians face new ordeal, Church leaders call for courage and faith

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.

Vatican suppresses Carmelite monastery following long-running controversy

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