Publication: Catholic Culture
Fr. Murray: Selling Radical ‘Synodality’ as ‘Social Prophecy’
A close look at Sister Becquart’s remarks reveals them to be an exercise in sloganeering. The recent annual Assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious received a video message ...
Bishop Lewandowski To Celebrate Masses For ‘LGBTQ+ Individuals, Families, and Friends’
The Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, announced two upcoming parish events for “LGBTQ+ individuals, families, and friends.” Each event includes Mass celebrated by Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, a “dedicated time for ...
Ceuta Exposes the Failure of Liberal Immigration Rhetoric
When immigrants appear at the border, Church leaders urge us to welcome them. Invoking the parable of the Good Samaritan, and reminding us that we are all neighbors, they invite ...
Survey Shows 22% of U.S. Bishops Favor Ordination of Men with Deep-Seated Same-Sex Attraction
Twenty-two percent of bishops in the United States are “comfortable ordaining a man who experiences deep-seated same-sex attraction, provided he is firmly committed to celibacy,” according to survey data that ...
Just One More Scandal Our Bishops Have Failed To Address
Today’s CWN briefs brings the report that the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA) has presented its top annual honor, the John Courtney Murray Award, to Bryan Massingale, who describes ...
USCCB Wants YOU to Lobby Congress Regarding Haitian Immigrates
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) asked the faithful to “call on the US Senate to protect our Haitian neighbors” from deportation. The USCCB’s action alert, issued on ...
BRAVO! FSSP Welcomed to 40th US Diocese
Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, announced that he is welcoming two priests of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) to establish a chaplaincy in his diocese. The Fraternity, ...
Vatican Newspaper Warns Climate Emergencies Threaten Over 1 Billion Children
The Vatican newspaper warned that half of the world’s children face “daily threats from at least three dangers linked to extreme weather events.” In “Emergenze climatiche: Il cielo sopra i ...
Annual Cost of U.S. Abuse Crisis Soars 82% In 2025
The costs of the clerical abuse scandal in the United States soared 82% in the July 2024—June 2025 reporting year, to $483,534,316, according to the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Child ...
USCCB and CRS Beg Congress For More Money
In an April 23 letter to members of Congress, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services called for $26.9 billion in funding for various international humanitarian ...
The Parish That Prefers Death To New Life
Alex Begin is a veteran of the liturgy wars. For the better part of four decades in Michigan and Canada, he has been behind the most successful traditional Catholic movement ...
U.S. Bishops Launch Yet ANOTHER Attack On The Trump Administration
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued an action alert calling on the faithful to oppose the Trump administration’s proposed new regulations for recipients of federal funding. The ...
Cardinal McElroy Fans the Flames
By now all responsible public leaders have recognized the need to dial down the rhetoric and de-escalate the confrontations in Minnesota. Yet Cardinal Robert McElroy has joined with several other ...
Leo Appoints Pro-Contraception Bishop in the Philippines
Pope Leo has appointed Father Cyril Villareal, a priest of the Archdiocese of Capiz in the Philippines, as the bishop of Kalibo. Born in 1974 and ordained to the priesthood ...
Catholic NGOs Oppose Trump’s Decision On Migrant Work Permits
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Charities USA, and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network issued a letter stating that they “strongly oppose” the Trump administration’s decision to end ...
USCCB’s Selective Synodal Listening Session Reveals Young Black Catholic Catholic Concerns
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has published “Advancing the Needs of Black Catholic Young Adults,” a 16-page report that resulted from listening sessions with black Catholic young adults ...
Why the Bishops’ Statement on Immigration is Not Important
Let’s look at the bishops’ statement on US immigration policy from a completely different angle. Forget the arguments for and against unrestricted immigration, for and against the Trump administration’s crackdown ...
USCCB Opposes EPA Deregulation of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting
In a 13-page letter to the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), four attorneys for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops urged the EPA to reconsider its proposed ...
Why Mary? Why Now?
At a time when the civilization once known as Christendom is near collapse, when attacks on human dignity and human life are accelerating, surely there are more urgent problems requiring ...
Phil Lawler Asks Is there a ‘Deep State’ within the Vatican?
With the rise of Donald Trump and his supporters, Americans have become familiar with references to the “Deep State”—that class of political power-brokers who hold themselves responsible for the affairs ...
Pope Leo on the Durbin Award: Wrong and Irrelevant
Pope Leo’s answer to a question about the Chicago archdiocesan award for Senator Durbin was certainly disappointing. It was also largely irrelevant.The key question—the question that American bishops are now ...
