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June 14, 2021

US bishops to discuss Communion ban for Biden, left-wing politicians with 'antithetical' views

American bishops will discuss whether the Catholic Church should bar pro-abortion and pro-LGBTQ politicians from receiving Holy Communion. 

June 9, 2021

Retired nun to plead guilty to embezzling $835,000 from Los Angeles school for gambling habit

A retired Los Angeles nun will plead guilty to embezzling $835,000 from the elementary school where she worked in order to cover her gambling habits and other personal expenses, officials said this week.

June 7, 2021

Chicago priest cleared of sex abuse allegations holds first Mass since reinstatement

CHICAGO — An activist Roman Catholic priest cleared by an Archdiocese of Chicago investigation into claims that he sexually abused several boys decades ago returned to the pulpit of his longtime church on Sunday for the first time in five months.

June 1, 2021

Vatican law criminalizes sexual abuse of adults by priests, laity

Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority and to say that laypeople who hold church office can be sanctioned for similar sex crimes.

May 28, 2021

Catholic leader tells Tucker Carlson political activism 'important', calls party membership 'dangerous'

Retired Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput joined "Tucker Carlson Today" on Friday to discuss the importance of political activism – including for practicing congregants – but warned that party politics always betrays the membership.

May 25, 2021

Massachusetts defrocked priest Richard Lavigne carried out 1972 murder of Danny Croteau: prosecutors

Massachusetts authorities investigating the 1972 murder of a 13-year-old altar boy have determined that a defrocked Roman Catholic priest who recently died was his killer, bringing an end to a cold case that remained unsolved for nearly half a century.

May 22, 2021

Biden, second Catholic president, to skip Notre Dame commencement after backlash to his abortion policies

The University of Notre Dame's 2021 commencement is set for Sunday, but President Biden will reportedly be absent from the event.

May 20, 2021

New Jersey archbishop accused of sexually abusing 5-year-old girl in $50 million lawsuit: report

A former New Jersey priest stands accused of molesting a 5-year-old girl in 1976, according to a $50 million lawsuit. 

May 17, 2021

Pope taps fellow Jesuit to lead sensitive Hong Kong church

Pope Francis on Monday named a new bishop for Hong Kong, tapping the head of his own Jesuit order in the region, the Rev. P. Stephen Chow Sau-Yan, for the politically sensitive position.

May 13, 2021

Patrick Novecosky: Pope John Paul II assassination attempt – the secrets behind shooting 40 years ago

Forty years ago on Thursday, the world reeled in horror as news broke that a gunman had shot Pope John Paul II at point-blank range in St. Peter’s Square.