Below are some images from Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rallies taking place across the country today. If you’d like a picture of your event included, email it to me at catherine.harmon@catholicworldreport.com!
In the aftermath of the closing of 48 schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, and in light of the dramatic decline in Catholic school enrollment in the United States over the past half century, in […]
I’m starting to think that the only different between a Maureen Dowd screed and a New York Times‘ news piece is that the former is likely more objective, balanced, and charitable than the latter. Here […]
Dissent from the Church’s teaching can never offer an authentic path to Church renewal, the Vatican’s apostolic visitation to Ireland has warned. In a summary report issued March 20, the Holy See also praises the […]
“The Bishops speak for the Catholic and apostolic faith, and those who hold that faith gather around them. Others disperse.” — Francis Cardinal George (Feb. 14, 2012) It is no surprise that dissenting, protesting Catholics—those […]
“The beliefs of Catholics should have no impact on government policy,” yelled a voice from my kitchen radio, a talk-radio caller, a medical doctor. “We have separation of church and state in this country!” The […]
From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 20 March 2012 (VIS) – Given below is a note released this morning by the Holy See Press Office concerning the summary of the findings of the Apostolic Visitation […]
This morning the Vatican announced four episcopal appointments, all of which involve North American dioceses. As Rocco Palmo reported yesterday, Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport will become the next archbishop of Baltimore, succeeding Cardinal Edwin […]
The topic of capital punishment has become, in recent decades, a contentious and increasingly confusing one among Catholics. Some Catholics insist the Church has finally—and authoritatively—renounced the death penalty. Some argue further that the death […]
An Italian Catholic journalist and author “reported” last week in La Stampa that the Pope will “almost certain”-ly appoint, as the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Bishop Gerhard Ludwig […]
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