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June 2018

June 26, 2018

To life: SCOTUS sides with pro-life pregnancy centers

Big news, from CNA: The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a California law requiring pro-life...

June 26, 2018

Churches may begin to feel pinch from new tax law

Here's something many people may not know about, via Politico: Republicans have quietly imposed a...

June 21, 2018

Study: more governments around the world restricting religion

From Pew: Restrictions on religion around the world continued to climb in 2016, according to...

June 16, 2018

New Mexico bishops: ‘We are greatly appalled’ by border policies

A statement released Friday from the bishops of New Mexico: As bishops of a border...

June 09, 2018

Shock: government officials destroy Way of the Cross in China

From Catholic News Agency: The sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in China’s Henan...

June 03, 2018

50 years later: the 17-year-old busboy who gave Robert F. Kennedy his last rosary

There will be a lot of remembrances and commemorations in the days ahead marking the...

June 01, 2018

Action alert: scam from ‘priests’ targeting Catholics

Beware. It's happening in Florida, but could be cropping up elsewhere. UPDATE: Since posting this,...

June 01, 2018

Horror: Lower-caste Catholic man killed for marrying wealthy Christian woman in Indian ‘honor killing’

From CNS: The murder of a socially poor Dalit Catholic man who had married a...

May 2018

May 24, 2018

Heroes: firemen save tabernacle in New Jersey church fire

Check out this news from Mary Help of Christians Academy in the Diocese of Paterson,...

May 17, 2018

Demographic winter: U.S. fertility rate falls to record low for second year

From The New York Times: The fertility rate in the United States fell to a...

April 2018

April 09, 2018

Gallup: Catholic church attendance slides; only 4 in 10 go to Mass in any given week

From Gallup's website: Weekly church attendance has declined among U.S. Catholics in the past decade,...

April 05, 2018

El Paso diocese labels move to send troops to border ‘morally irresponsible’

A diocesan migration commission called President Donald Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops to...

April 04, 2018

Prayer request: Seminarian who carried cross at pope’s Easter Mass dies suddenly

From CNS: Friends and fans called him a "gentle giant," a faithful "prayer warrior" and...

March 2018

March 28, 2018

Must-read: ‘I tried to befriend Nicholas Cruz. He still killed my friends.’

From Isabelle Robinson in The New York Times: As a former peer counselor and current...

March 26, 2018

All are welcome, all are screened: New York City churches install metal detectors

Details: The two stone churches near the foot of Broadway, in the shadow of the...

March 25, 2018

No greater love: the police officer who died after taking the place of a hostage

From The Catholic Herald, a story of heroism and abiding love: The police officer who...

March 24, 2018

‘It brought tears to my eyes’: the heartfelt message of a priest from Buffalo

A pastor was stunned to learn that his mentor, a man he loved and admired,...

March 23, 2018

There goes Europe: survey shows most young people in a dozen countries have no religion

From The Guardian: Europe’s march towards a post-Christian society has been starkly illustrated by research...

March 22, 2018

Fake news: No, ‘Muslim migrants’ did not ‘storm a church in France’

A video has been making the rounds—you can see it here—that describes an "invasion" of the...

March 19, 2018

Founder of religious order removed from Chicago parish over allegations of ‘improper conduct with adult men’

From The Chicago Tribune: The Rev. C. Frank Phillips, founder of a religious order of...

March 19, 2018

Can Mepkin Abbey survive in a changing world?

The New York Times' Stephen Hiltner paid a visit to the venerable Trappist monastery in...

March 17, 2018

How Guinness went from an anti-Catholic company to a St. Patrick’s Day icon

A fascinating read for this day—with this intriguing bit of history: A slightly ironic twist...

March 16, 2018

One reason Toys R Us failed is more serious than you may think

An analysis from The Washington Post: There are endless reasons a big-box toy store would...

March 16, 2018

‘Hispanics are changing and, some say, saving Roman Catholicism…’

From The Columbus Dispatch: In Columbus and across the Midwest, Hispanics are changing and, some...

March 13, 2018

Mike Pompeo: ‘Jesus Christ our savior is truly the only solution for our world’

So, who is Mike Pompeo? It turns out, the man tapped to replace Secretary of...

March 10, 2018

Shock: nun in legal battle with Katy Perry dies while in court

The sad details: An ugly legal battle between one of world's most popular artists and...

March 05, 2018

A national holiday to honor Billy Graham?

An online petition is calling for that—and it's reportedly garnered thousands of signatures: Thousands...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

Archdiocese releases statement on “live” exorcism scheduled to be on TV tonight

From St. Louis: The cable network “Destination America” reportedly plans to air a purported exorcism...

October 30, 2015

Archdiocese releases statement on “live” exorcism scheduled to be on TV tonight

From St. Louis: The cable network “Destination America” reportedly plans to air a purported exorcism...

October 29, 2015

NYC board reportedly to vote on removing “St. Patrick” from annual parade

View image | gettyimages.com The late Cardinal John O'Connor must be turning over in...