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February 8, 2022

Retired Pope Benedict XVI asks for forgiveness over handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denies wrongdoing

Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness Tuesday for any “grievous faults" in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denied any personal or specific wrongdoing after an independent report criticized his actions in four cases while he was archbishop of Munich, Germany.

February 7, 2022

Catholic group condemns DOJ priorities amid uptick in vandalism against churches

A Roman Catholic organization is condemning the Department of Justice (DOJ) for seemingly refusing to investigate an ongoing trend of violence against Catholic symbols after a church in Fairfax County, Virginia, reported that its grotto had been vandalized with several statues destroyed Tuesday night.

January 29, 2022

Sisters of Life go sledding in Central Park as winter storm Kenan blankets NYC

A group of nuns from the Sisters of Life retreated to the park Saturday morning for a brief sledding break.

January 24, 2022

Pope Emeritus Benedict attended meeting where pedophile priest's transfer was discussed

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has acknowledged that he did attend a 1980 meeting at which the transfer of a pedophile priest to his then-diocese was discussed, saying an editorial error was responsible for his previous assertion that he wasn't there.

January 24, 2022

Christian forum asks bishops in India to take stand against rising anti-Christian violence

The Forum of Religious for Justice and Peace, a group of Catholic clergy and laity in India, wrote a letter to Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai urging him to attend to the increasing attacks on Christians on the subcontinent, according to Crux Now.

January 21, 2022

DC Archbishop compares 'Catholics for Choice' to Judas: 'They really are external to the Church'

Cardinal Gregory stated that "Catholics for Choice" and its members had excommunicated themselves by their advocacy for abortion, comparing them to Judas Iscariot, the apostle who according to the Bible betrayed Jesus and sold him to the authorities

January 21, 2022

Pope Francis pledges justice for victims of abuse after predecessor faulted

Pope Francis pledged Friday to provide justice to victims of clergy sexual abuse, a day after an independent audit faulted his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, for having botched four cases of abusive clergy when he was archbishop of Munich, Germany.

January 10, 2022

Pope Francis speaks out against 'cancel culture,' condemns 'baseless information' about vaccines

Pope Francis took aim at cancel culture during his annual address Monday, warning that it is a kind of 'one-track thinking' that risk silencing important voices

January 10, 2022

NYC's Bronx fire tragedy: Archbishop visits scene of horror, officials share ways public can help victims

The Archbishop of New York visited the site of Sunday’s devastating fire in the Bronx, where 17 people – including eight children – died and dozens more were injured, as officials offer ways for the public to help impacted families. 

January 6, 2022

Pope Francis encourages a 'courageous and prophetic faith,' decries consumerism

Pope Francis marked Epiphany on Thursday by encouraging people to shake off consumeristic “tyranny" and crises of faith in lives and societies and instead find the courage to work for justice and brotherhood in societies dominated by what he called the “sinister logic of power."