Publication: Catholic Vote

Wisconsin Judge, Former Catholic Charities Director, Found Found Guilty of Obstructing ICE
A federal jury convicted Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on Dec. 18 of felony obstruction for helping an illegal immigrant temporarily evade arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...

Diocese of Green Bay to Consolidate Several Parishes
The Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has announced it will be consolidating several parishes on July 1, 2026. “These changes are part of our diocesan effort to ensure sustainable, vibrant ...

Archdiocese of Dubuque to Dramatically Reduce Number of Sunday Masses
The Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa, is working toward a major restructuring in 2027, which would include the consolidation of 161 parishes into about 28 ‘pastorates’’ — ending weekend Masses at ...

Leo Implies Trump Treats Migrants ‘Like Garbage’
Speaking to participants in the Fifth World Meeting of Popular Movements Oct. 23, Pope Leo decried policies that treat migrants “like garbage” and lamented the deadly trafficking of fentanyl, particularly ...

Chicago Clerics Pull Political Stunt Exploiting The Eucharist
After receiving billions in federal grants under the Biden administration assisting aliens to illegally enter the United States, Catholic special interests are now opposing Trump's deportation efforts. A Chicago priest ...

Durbin Says He Was Moved by ‘Support’ from Pope Leo
NBC News reported Oct. 2 that Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin was “overwhelmed” by Pope Leo’s comments about the Archdiocese of Chicago’s plans to award the pro-abortion politician with a lifetime ...

What Might St. Augustine Say About Cardinal Cupich?
George Weigel, a papal biographer, has slammed choices two cardinals recently made, quoting St. Augustine’s condemnation of negligent shepherds. He was responding to Cardinal Blaise Cupich’s nomination of a radically ...

Cordileone and Paprocki Urge Cupich To Drop Award for Pro-Abortion Senator Durbin
UPDATE: Cupich Tells Critics To Go Pound Sand Two prominent U.S. bishops are publicly urging Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago to rescind plans to honor Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., with ...

Charlie Kirk to Bishop Brennan: ‘I’m This Close’ to Becoming Catholic
Just days before his tragic death, Charlie Kirk revealed to a California bishop that he was seriously contemplating entering the Catholic Church, according to a Sept. 18 article by Robert ...

Major Justification for Restricting the Traditional Latin Mass was Apparently a Lie
Senior American journalist and Vatican correspondent Diane Montagna reported July 1 that she has obtained the Vatican’s overall assessment of bishops’ responses to a 2020 questionnaire, the results of which ...

USCCB and Catholic Charities Under Federal Investigation Regarding Immigration Assistance
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Charities USA are among the more than 200 non-governmental organizations that congressmen are investigating in a probe of organizations that served “inadmissible ...

IT’S WORKING: Nashville Catholic Charities Announces Layoffs Due To Federal Funding Cuts
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, announced May 21 that it has been forced to lay off 51 staff members in the wake of the Trump administration’s federal ...

Google Searches On How To Become Catholic Spike 373% After Death Of Pope Francis
Zenit reported May 13 that Magdalena Petrusic, a senior travel analyst at Vatican Tickets & Tours, the company that tracked the data, said the surge was unlike anything she had ...

China Appoints New Bishops During ‘Sede Vacante,’ in Violation of Vatican Agreement
ven as the universal Church grieves the death of Pope Francis and prepares for the conclave to elect his successor, Chinese authorities are moving forward with episcopal appointments, signaling their ...

Renowned Italian Cardinal: Church Needs to Return to Solid Doctrine, Unity
In a short written reflection, renowned Italian Cardinal Camillo Ruini presented “four wishes for the near future of the Church,” highlighting the need to return to doctrinal certainty and unity ...

Cardinal Fernández Now Claims Gender Mutilation Okay In ‘Severe Dysphoria’ Cases
In a striking departure from established Church teaching, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández has signaled that sex “change” surgeries may be morally acceptable under certain conditions. Cardinal Fernández, the prefect of ...

Francis Accepts Resignation Of Bishop Who Helped Sack Strickland
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Dennis Sullivan of the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The USCCB reports ...

Notorious Pro-LGBT Kentucky Parish Abruptly Cancels Conversation with ‘Transgender’ Hermit
Following opposition from a number of Catholics, a church in the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, canceled an event that would have limelighted a woman hermit whom the diocese has referred ...

Disgraced Fr. Marko Rupnik Now Allowed To Occupy Convent Near Rome
Former Jesuit priest Father Marko Rupnik, credibly accused of sexually abusing numerous women and nuns, has reportedly moved into a convent outside Rome, forcing the resident Benedictine Sisters of Priscilla ...

Brazilian Archbishop Allows Anglican Woman ‘Priest’ to Concelebrate Mass
The Archdiocese of Chapeco, Brazil, allowed a female Anglican ‘priest’ to concelebrate the Eucharist at Archbishop Odelir José Magri’s installation Mass Feb. 9. Anglican reports that the Archbishop Magri acknowledged ...

Let The Great Purge Begin: Catholic Charities of Houston Lays-Off 120 Employees
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston in Texas recently laid off nearly one-quarter of its employees following President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) ...