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1. Former CT Editor, Trump Critic Mark Galli Embraces Catholicism ...

... l become a Roman Catholic. Galli's journey to Catholicism is notable, in part because of the nation's political climate. A former Presbyterian pastor, Galli spent seven years as editor-in-chief of Christia ...

Created on 11 September 2020

2. Vatican Foreign Minister: Christians 'Too Complacent' About Religious Persecution

... on, that this report was "very timely" and "a bit of a wake-up call," Catholicherald.co.uk reported. "Speaking to some extent on behalf of the Catholic Church and the Holy See, I think in some ways per ...

Created on 27 July 2020

3. Catholic Confession at Home: Quarantine Exception or Biblical Norm? ...

Like many churches and denominations, Roman Catholics have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic by offering virtual alternatives to normal religious rituals. And the Vatican recently released a statement from ...

Created on 20 May 2020

4. How Kobe Bryant's Encounter With a Catholic Priest Changed His Life ...

... of sexual violence toward another woman. However, what few know is that His faith in God, and one divinely inspired conversation with a Catholic priest, were the anchors that got him through it. During ...

Created on 30 January 2020

5. Francis MacNutt, Leader in Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Dies at 94 ...

The Reverend Dr. Francis Scott MacNutt, a beloved leader in the worldwide Catholic Charismatic Renewal and an ecumenical leader in healing prayer ministry, died Jan. 12, 2020, after a short illness. Francis ...

Created on 29 January 2020

6. NFL's Saints Fight to Shield Emails in Catholic Abuse Crisis ...

The New Orleans Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area's Roman Catholic archdioces ...

Created on 24 January 2020

7. Trump Signs New Law Cutting Taxes for Churches

...  the "parking lot tax," which required churches and charitable nonprofits to pay a 21% tax on parking spaces and transit subsidies, according to CatholicPhilly.com. The new bill was sponsored by Rep. Bi ...

Created on 24 December 2019

8. Surge of New Sexual Abuse Claims Threatens Church Like Never Before

At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, lawyer Adam Slater gazes out the window of his high-rise Manhattan office at one of the ...

Created on 03 December 2019

9. First Priest to Adopt a Child, Rev. George Clements, Dies at 87

The Rev. George Clements, a civil rights activist whose life was turned into a made-for-TV movie after he became the first Catholic priest to adopt a child, died Monday (Nov. 25) at age 87. Clements reportedly ...

Created on 26 November 2019

10. Did the Vatican Just Rebuke Trump Administration's New West Bank Settlement Policy?

... rts the right of the State of Israel to live in peace and security within the borders recognized by the international community," reads the statement, first reported by National Catholic Reporter. It is ...

Created on 21 November 2019

11. Church Holds Night of Prayer After Student Kills 2 Classmates in School Shooting

... f kindness. Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez in a statement called on local Catholics to pray for the victims, families and first responders. Real Life Church in Valencia on Saturday invited studen ...

Created on 20 November 2019

12. Was a Catholic Priest Right to Refuse Joe Biden Communion? ...

I am not Roman Catholic, but from my perspective as a Protestant believer, Father Robert E. Morey of Florence, South Carolina, was absolutely right in refusing to allow former Vice President Joe Biden ...

Created on 31 October 2019

13. Report: Catholic Priests Sexually Abuse 97 Children After Being Known Predators ...

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has unveiled a new independent report detailing allegations of sex abuse against at least 166 children by 43 Roman Catholic priests over the course of 70 years. Weiser ...

Created on 24 October 2019

14. Is the Catholic Church About to Allow Married Priests? ...

...  who are in the Amazon region, I guess two-thirds are in favor of the viri probati," said Emeritus Bishop Erwin Kräutler of Xingu, Brazil, using the Catholic Church's official term for tested married men ...

Created on 09 October 2019

15. Catholic Church Asks for Prayer as Scores Sue for Sexual Abuse in New York ...

Scores of people in New York state who were sexually abused as children sued institutions, including the Roman Catholic Church, on Wednesday, the first day a new law temporarily enabled them to file lawsuits ...

Created on 15 August 2019

16. 70 People, Including Nuns, Arrested While Protesting Treatment of Immigrant Children at Border

Police arrested dozens of protesters, including many Roman Catholic nuns, at a rally Thursday (July 18) opposing the Trump administration's treatment of immigrant children along the Southern border, treatmen ...

Created on 18 July 2019

17. Chile Reworks Laws on Child Sex Abuse Amid Church Scandals

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera signed into law on Thursday a bill to remove the statute of limitations on sex crimes involving children amid a sex abuse crisis that has rocked the country's Catholi ...

Created on 11 July 2019

18. Donning Hard Hats, Worshippers Attend Notre Dame's First Mass Since Fire

A small congregation in white hard hats attended mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday, the first service since fire devastated the Gothic landmark two months ago. Church leaders are keen to ...

Created on 17 June 2019

19. Vatican Condemns Gender Theory as 'Confused Concept of Freedom'

... he document, the Vatican's first on gender theory, was written by the Congregation for Catholic Education as an "instruction" to Catholic educators on how to address the topic of gender theory in line ...

Created on 14 June 2019

20. Did Pope Francis Just Call for a One-World Government?

Pope Francis is pushing for steps toward global authority that supersedes the rights of individual countries, all with the goal of pursuing "the common good" on issues like climate change and immigration. ...

Created on 07 May 2019