May 24, 2022 New Italian church head faces demands for abuse inquiry Pope Francis' newly appointed bishop is coming under increasing pressure as advocacy groups push for a response to the Church's history of clerical sexual abuse.
May 24, 2022 Nancy Pelosi defends abortion stance on MSNBC, hits back at archbishop by referencing the Bible House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized the San Francisco archbishop on LGBTQ issues and knocked the Catholic Church for its position on the death penalty.
May 24, 2022 Cardinal Zen appears in Hong Kong court after arrest by Chinese Communist Party Cardinal Joseph Zen, former archbishop of Hong Kong, appeared in court Tuesday after his unceremonious arrest by Chinese Communist Party officials.
May 24, 2022 DC archdiocese silent on Pelosi Communion ban, email says media requests 'will be ignored' The Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., said that media requests on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Communion ban "will be ignored," after Pelosi reportedly took Communion in D.C. Sunday.
May 23, 2022 'The View' hosts rail against Catholics who support death penalty: 'Hypocrisy is in the church too' "The View" hosts criticized "hypocrisy" within the Catholic church and pro-life Catholics such as Greg Abbott on Monday who support capital punishment or the death penalty.
May 23, 2022 Pelosi Communion ban timing has 'nothing to do' with leaked Supreme Court draft, archbishop says San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said he barred House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from receiving Holy Communion due to her abortion stance, and insisted that the timing has "nothing to do" with the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.
May 23, 2022 Durbin's Catholic faith is a 'conflict of interest' for holding Supreme Court accountable: pro-choice group Ruth Sent Us, a pro-choice group that organizes protests at the homes of Supreme Court justices, has condemned Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, saying his Roman Catholic faith represents a "conflict of interest" with his role on the Senate Judiciary Committee holding SCOTUS justices accountable.
May 22, 2022 SF Examiner editorial board demands Pope remove archbishop who barred Pelosi from communion over abortion San Francisco Examiner called on Pope Francis to punish the city's archbishop for barring Nancy Pelosi from Communion due to her abortion support in an editorial.
May 20, 2022 San Francisco archbishop bars Pelosi from receiving Holy Communion due to abortion support San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is barred from receiving Holy Communion due to her pro-abortion stance -- marking an escalation in a decades-long tension between the Roman Catholic Church and liberal Democratic politicians on abortion.
May 17, 2022 Chicago Archdiocese settles with sex abuse victim for $1.2M The Archdiocese of Chicago will settle with a victim of sex abuse out of court.