Catholic News

Trump pushes back on reported cancellation of Navy contracts with Catholic priests

09/10/2020 at 10:49 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Jusine Coleman, The Hill, September 9, 2020 President Trump on Wednesday pushed back on the reported cancellation of Navy contracts with Catholic priests who serve as chaplains at military bases. Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar The president announced on Twitter that the Navy would not follow... read more

Disney’s Mulan and the Backdrop of Genocide

09/09/2020 at 3:21 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Why I Won’t be Watching the Latest Live-Action Remake By John Stonestreet & David Carlson, 09/9/20 Disney’s newest live-action movie, “Mulan,” was released Friday. So far, reviews have ranged from mostly positive to absolutely glowing: “an exciting, well-crafted action... read more

As Vatican Ponders China Deal, Expert Says It’s Brought ‘Little Fruit’

09/09/2020 at 12:31 PM By Kevin Edward White
September 8, 2020 By Elise Anne Allen, The Tablet, September 8, 2020 ROME (Crux) – As the Vatican sits poised to renew its historic agreement with China on the appointment of bishops later this month, one of the Catholic Church’s leading experts on Chinese affairs has argued that while... read more
Queensland Parliament

Queensland passes law to jail priests for not reporting confessions of child sexual abuse

09/09/2020 at 11:10 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Allyson Horn, ac.net.au ews, September , 2020A photo is taken from the back of a church showing the backs of the crowd of people who attended the service.Queensland priests are being compelled to break the seal of the confessional to protect children.(ABC News: Matthew Eaton)Share Priests in... read more

Pope Francis says Amazon synod was for discernment, not fighting on married priests

09/08/2020 at 1:50 PM By Kevin Edward White
Catholic News Agency, September 3, 2020 Pope Francis did not approve a proposal to ordain married men in the Amazon region because the idea was discussed, and even argued about, but not prayerfully discerned at a 2019 synod of bishops, according to notes from the Pope included in an article... read more

Women take to pulpits in German diocese: “It is not enough to give testimony only in the family or at work”

09/08/2020 at 11:56 AM By Kevin Edward White
By: Mada Jurado , Novena News, September 3, 2020 Women are to take to pulpits in a German diocese, saying “it is not enough to give testimony only in the family or at work.” Sermons are usually given by priests, but that’s about to change in the Diocese of Osnabrück, where for a... read more

German Catholics debate sexuality and the place of women

09/07/2020 at 2:11 PM By Kevin Edward White
Participants of the synodal path initiated met in five cities of the country. In Berlin, where "La Croix" went, the discussions were sometimes heated By Delphine Nerbollier, LaCroix, September 7, 2020 German Catholics who are delegates for the Synodal Path have held their latest plenary... read more
Sister Deidre Byrne addresses the 2020 Republican National Convention on Aug. 26.

Full Text: Sister Dede Byrne’s Speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention

09/07/2020 at 11:10 AM By Kevin Edward White
Sister Deirdre Byrne spoke passionately about the sanctity of life at the RNC saying, "While we tend to think of the marginalized as living beyond our borders, the truth is the largest marginalized group in the world can be found here in the United States. They are the unborn." Catholic News... read more
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Wisconsin bishops to announce this month the end of dispensation from Sunday Mass

09/07/2020 at 12:32 AM By Kevin Edward White
By the Wisconsin Catholic Conference, September 3, 2020 In March, as communities responded to the growing coronavirus outbreak, the bishops of Wisconsin's five Roman Catholic dioceses each granted a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass. As the outbreak grew into a pandemic,... read more
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg

Cardinal: Pandemic may have accelerated secularization of Europe by 10 years

09/06/2020 at 10:33 PM By Kevin Edward White
Catholic News Agency Staff, September 4, 2020 A cardinal has suggested that the coronavirus pandemic may have accelerated the secularization of Europe by 10 years. In an interview with L’Osservatore Romano Sept. 2, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich said he believed that the number of Catholics... read more

The Lockdown Has Gone From a Mistake to a Crime

09/05/2020 at 4:58 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Dennis Prager Four months ago, I wrote a column titled "The Worldwide Lockdown May Be the Greatest Mistake in History." I explained that "'mistake' and 'evil' are not synonyms. The lockdown is a mistake; the Holocaust, slavery, communism, fascism, etc., were evils. Massive mistakes are made... read more

Judging by the Record

09/05/2020 at 4:49 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Court halts Education Department’s rule for pandemic relief money to private schools

09/04/2020 at 11:21 PM By Kevin Edward White

University of Notre Dame President Slams Lou Holtz for Saying Joe Biden is “Catholic in Name Only”

08/30/2020 at 8:27 PM By Kevin Edward White

Cardinal Sean O’Malley Rebukes Priest for Endorsing Pro-Abortion Joe Biden: He’s Violating Church Teaching

08/28/2020 at 8:03 PM By Kevin Edward White

Toronto priest plagiarized when ghostwriting for Canada’s most senior Vatican figure: new book

08/27/2020 at 10:43 PM By Kevin Edward White

Cardinal Dolan of New York gives opening prayer at GOP’s national convention

08/25/2020 at 6:49 PM By Kevin Edward White

White Supremacist Who Organized Charlottesville Race Riots Endorses Joe Biden

08/25/2020 at 5:20 PM By Kevin Edward White

Planned Parenthood Leaders Admit Under Oath to Killing Babies in Illegal Partial-Birth Abortions

08/24/2020 at 10:01 AM By Kevin Edward White
Bishop Marc Aillet

Bishop Aillet: ‘The Church Must Proclaim the Truth’ on French Abortion Lw

08/23/2020 at 9:18 PM By Kevin Edward White