Publication: Crux
For Him or Against Him, Vance Brings National Attention to Catholic Social Teaching
Say what you will about the first two weeks of US president Donald Trump’s second term in office, it has certainly put the focus on Catholic Social Teaching. That’s largely ...
With Their Publically-Funded Network of Organizations Under Threat, U.S. Bishops Call For Advocacy Against Trump’s Funding Freezes
While the U.S. bishops have yet to comment on the Trump administration’s freeze on federal grant, loan, and other financial assistance programs, they have asked Catholics to contact their members ...
Wisconsin Catholic Charities Tax-Exempt Goes Before Supreme Court
In a dispute over whether or not a religious exemption is warranted, a Wisconsin Catholic Charities Branch has argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that the case is “simple” given ...
USCCB’s ‘Open Borders’ Czar Claims Trump Deportations ‘Strikes Fear’ In Border Communities
President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants in the United States has raised “urgent moral and human concerns,” according to Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso. The Department of ...
World About To Get Sequel To ‘Francis vs. Trump’ Blockbuster
The gloves are off for Donald Trump in this round. What is the best movie sequel of all time? In the world of science fiction, there are three contenders for ...
Bishop DiMarzio Calls Deportation Plans a ‘Vigilante’ Approach
When the federal government increased its deportation efforts in the mid-1970s, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, then a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark, recalls the harm it caused by forcing many ...
Pope Francis Calls Deportation Plan a “Disgrace” on the Eve of Trump’s Inauguration
Quite ironic coming from the man who just cracked-down on illegal entry at the Vatican. Pope Francis on Sunday said it would be a “disgrace” for incoming US president Donald ...
Vatican Reverses Course? Now Says LGBTQ+ Pilgrimage Will Return to Jubilee 2025 Calendar
After posting, then removing the LGBTQ+ event from its 2025 Jubilee calendar (claiming it never appeared on the calendar), the Vatican now says it will return. According to Vatican organizers ...
California Bishops Promise Migrant Advocacy After Banking Millions in Trafficking Illegal Aliens
In a message to the faithful for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 12 California Catholic bishops assured their closeness to the migrants in their communities, and called for ...
Francis Cancels Two Italian Priests Who Claim He Is ‘Anti-Pope’
Two clerics in Italy, one formerly a diocesan priest and the other a member of a religious order, have been sanctioned recently for the crime of schism, as both have ...
The Man Who Helped Bankrupt Los Angeles Wants Bishops to Denounce ‘Chilling’ Trump Deportation Plan
The Archdiocese of Los Angles has received millions in Federal grants by assisting illegal aliens. Facing what he calls the “chilling and frightening reality” of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan for ...
Survivors Blast Francis Meeting With Duo Linked To Scandal-Plagued Peru Group
After first threatening to excommunicate two Peruvian laypeople for filing criminal charges against a papal investigator, Pope Francis apparently met with the pair over the weekend and annulled their excommunication ...
TERRIBLE IDEA: Synod Participants Debate Bishop Conferences ‘Doctrinal Competence’
As the pope’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality breaches the halfway point, participants are now debating the “doctrinal competency” of national bishops’ conferences, loosely meaning their ability to adapt matters ...
Pope Meets Ousted Peruvian Archbishop, Member of Scandal-Plagued Group
Pope Francis on Friday met with an archbishop who belongs to a scandal-plagued lay group in Peru and who was recently removed from leadership of the Piura archdiocese as an ...
Sexual Abuse Crisis Shows No Signs Of Abating
Clerical abuse has been in the news again lately. For more than two decades, horrific stories of abuse and coverup have been a mainstay of the news in the English-speaking ...
Brazilian Priest Abused Young Girls, Forced One To Have Abortion
A priest was arrested on Aug. 18 in the city of Coari, in Brazil’s Amazonas state, after a police inquiry concluded that he abused at least four teenagers. One of ...
Too Little, Too Late: Vatican FINALLY Responds to Mockery of Christ
Belatedly joining a global chorus of outrage and condemnation, the Vatican on Saturday reacted to an apparent parody of the Last Supper during the July 26 opening ceremony of the ...
Comrade Seitz Claims U.S. Catholics Need To Be ‘Reeducated’ On Illegal Immigration
A recent survey that reveals a mixed-bag of Catholic perceptions on immigration, including responses that don’t align with Church teaching, brings Bishop Mark Seitz back to the question that Church ...
Colombian Bishop Resigns Early Amid Abuse Coverup Allegations
Last month it was announced that a Colombian bishop, whose term as the temporary leader of a scandal-plagued Peruvian lay group has come under scrutiny, had resigned several months prior ...
Francis Reportedly AGAIN Refers To “Faggotry” When Discussing Homosexuals
Pope Francis has reportedly once again used the Italian word for “faggotry” when addressing a private meeting, a move likely to cause headaches for the Vatican press office and a ...
“Open Borders” USCCB Migration Chair Blasts Biden’s Executive Order
Even though Biden's order will do little to stem the tide of illegal immigration, Bishop Mark Seitz never misses an opportunity to advocate for open borders Bishop Mark Seitz of ...
