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January 22, 2021

SF Archbishop scolds Pelosi for attack on anti-abortion voters: She 'does not speak for the Catholic Church'

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco issued a scathing statement Thursday in which he accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of impugning the motives of anti-abortion voters -- and described her remarks on abortion as "in direct contradiction" of Church teaching.

January 21, 2021

White House says Biden is a 'devout Catholic' when asked about abortion policies

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki described President Biden as a "devout Catholic" after being asked about his stances on taxpayer funding for abortion.

January 20, 2021

Head of US bishops' conference warns Biden would 'advance moral evils and threaten human life'

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a stark condemnation of President Biden's abortion agenda on the day of his inauguration, arguing that he would advance "moral evil" on the "preeminent priority" for the faithful.

January 11, 2021

Pope Francis changes church law, grants women more access to altar

Pope Francis changed church law Monday to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, granting them access to the most sacred place on the altar, while continuing to affirm that they cannot be priests.

January 5, 2021

Activist Chicago priest asked to step aside amid child sex abuse allegation

The Archdiocese of Chicago has asked a well-known activist priest to step aside after receiving an allegation that he sexually abused a minor more than 40 years ago.

January 5, 2021

California woman pleads guilty to bomb threats against Catholic high school over same-sex marriage views

A California woman pleaded guilty to making bomb threats against a historic Catholic high school in Washington D.C. two years ago after school officials announced same-sex marriage announcements would be included in its alumni letter, the Justice Department said Monday.

December 25, 2020

Christmas Eve concert held in Paris' fire-wrecked Notre Dame

Wearing hard hats and protective suits, members of the choir of Notre Dame Cathedral sang inside the medieval Paris landmark for the first time since last year’s devastating fire for a special Christmas Eve concert.

December 24, 2020

Pope Francis celebrates low-key Christmas Eve Mass amid coronavirus restrictions

Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve Mass on Thursday night amid coronavirus restrictions that reduced a normal crowd of as many as 10,000 congregants to a group of fewer than 100 people, according to reports.

December 24, 2020

Pope Francis’ Instagram account appears to ‘like’ another racy pic

He’s scrolling in mysterious ways.

December 21, 2020

Vatican says it's 'morally acceptable' to get coronavirus vaccines using abortion cell lines

The vaccines, which scientists have tirelessly worked on over the past year to try and eradicate the harrowing pandemic, used cell lines "drawn from tissue obtained from two abortions that occurred in the last century," the Vatican said.