Catholic News Service (CNS), the official news service of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) just posted the following Tweet: This is #LaudatoSi Week. May 24 is the fifth anniversary of Laudato Si, #PopeFrancis encyclical on “our common home.” Here’s a special prayer for the anniversary. pic.twitter.com/hZ81DuonTX — Catholic News Service (@CatholicNewsSvc) May … Read more
In the latest edition of La Repubblica, Pope Francis’ longtime atheist friend and interviewer, Eugenio Scalfari, claims that the Pope told him that once Jesus Christ became incarnate, he was a man, a “man of exceptional virtues” but “not at all a God.” The teaching of the Catholic Church and most Christian churches is that Jesus … Read more
With 17,651 parishes in the United States, the cost of abuse now amounts to $56,655 per parish – imagine what your parish could do with this extra money? The Catholic Church in the United States has spent a staggering sum of close to $4 billion in the past 20 years to compensate victims and to … Read more
The Catholic Church in the United States has spent a staggering amount of money — close to $4 billion in the past 20 years — to investigate, adjudicate and prevent clergy sex abuse, and to compensate victims for the harm they’ve suffered. And as those expenses have prompted dioceses to lay off staff, sell property … Read more
The Green New Deal seeks virtually totalitarian transformation of U.S. Here’s Nancy Pelosi citing her ‘Catholic’ faith campaigning for the legislation: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) said at her press briefing on Thursday that she wants to “salute” the Green New Deal and went on to explain that “as a Catholic” she believes—“as do many … Read more
A top official from the Vatican Secretariat of State acknowledged allegations made by a New York priest in 2000 concerning Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, according to a letter obtained by Catholic News Service. Father Boniface Ramsey, pastor of St. Joseph’s Church Yorkville in New York City, told CNS Sept. 7 that he received the letter … Read more
Some victims of clergy sex abuse and their supporters are calling on federal and state entities to investigate sex abuse within the Catholic Church and root out abusers and anyone who has protected them. Members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, and Voice of the Faithful, a Catholic group … Read more