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Leo XIV, a missionary pope for a global church
Cardinal Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old American, was elected pope at 6:08 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2025. A member of the Order of Saint...
May 26


Bridge BuilderHow Robert Prevost became Leo XIV
Austen Ivereigh After burying Pope Francis, the cardinals chose another pope from the Americas to follow in his path, proving both that...
May 23


Supreme Court blocks Catholic public charter school
by Brian Fraga by Brian Fraga The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked an effort by two Catholic dioceses in Oklahoma to establish what...
May 22


Pope Leo’s Classmates Drew Ire of Church With Protest for Women
By Ruth Graham and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs As the 17 young men preparing to be ordained as Catholic priests entered the sanctuary at...
May 19


POPE FRANCIS DIES AT 88 DEATH OF TRAILBLAZING POPE LEAVES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AT A CROSSROADS
by Christopher White Rome — April 21, 2025 Pope Francis, history's first pontiff from the Global South, has died at age 88 following a...
Apr 21


Pope Francis dies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G2_EsnKv5Q
Apr 21


The Church’s Dysfunctional Culture of “Respect and Obedience”
Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky ubservience is ever ancient, ever new. In that respect, the hierarchy of the Church is not much different than the...
Feb 17


Why so many Catholic churches file for bankruptcy
Joshua Bowling Across the U.S., 40 dioceses and religious orders have declared bankruptcy. The first was the Archdiocese of Portland,...
Feb 14


BIDEN IMMIGRATION CRISIS WAS A BOON FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES, WHICH RAKED IN BILLIONS IN GRANT MONEY
President Joe Biden’s border policies were a boon for private religious charities associated with the Catholic Church, which collectively...
Feb 13


When a Politician’s Party Trumps Their Church
Let Your ‘No’ Be ‘No’ During the House hearing in which Gov. Reynolds appeared, an aide for Rep. Krishnamoorthi held up a poster with...
Feb 13


Pope decries 'major crisis' of Trump's mass deportation plans, rejects Vance's theology
Christopher White "The act of deporting people who in many cases have left their own land for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity,...
Feb 13


Under Pope Francis, it's management, not ministry, for Catholic women
Phyllis Zagano January 31, 2025 Noting that women are better managers than men, Pope Francis announced he is adding another woman to his...
Feb 5


Canon, civil law collide on seal of confession in Washington state, says expert
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Proposed legislation looking to repeal clergy-penitent protections in at least two states is in a head-on collision...
Feb 5


John Danforth, Former GOP Senator & Episcopal Priest, Calls Bishop Budde ‘Prophetic’
So with an Episcopal sermon at the cathedral sparking headlines and political moves on Capitol Hill, I wondered what Danforth thought. I...
Feb 4


Clerical attitudes toward the ordination of married men and women in 1995
To provide some context, the following document was signed by more than 60 priests. In 1995 that would have epresented about 50% of the...
Dec 19, 2024


Church clings to past with troubled future
Thomas Kirkpatrick Sr. A message from Bishop Fisher appears on the diocesan website in which he states that “The Diocese of Buffalo, like...
Dec 19, 2024


Leave the Synod, Take the Cannoli
Randall Smith I suppose I would have been comforted by Pope Francis’s comment that “the Church is not a democracy” and that the Synod is...
Dec 19, 2024


Ordination of women an 'open' question, says the Catholic Church
The Brussels Times with Belga The Catholic Church announced on Saturday that the issue of ordaining women as deacons remains "open"...
Dec 19, 2024


Synod is lesson in moving at 'pace of the Holy Spirit,' archbishop says-HE Argues for Status Quo claiming mandate from the Holy Spirit
Vatican City — October 24, 2024 Change in the Catholic Church, including a commitment to recognizing women's leadership gifts and being...
Dec 19, 2024


On women deacons, the Catholic Church has to remember its own history
Phyllis Zagano Winston Churchill famously said, "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." If the Catholic Church forgets...
Dec 4, 2024
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