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OPINION: Old school, new school " Pope Francis and the Catholic Church
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (375+ words) Published 3: 45 am Friday, April 24, 2026 I hope I don't offend my Catholic friends. We just passed the one-year anniversary of the death of Pope Francis. If he was around during my teen years, I might never have left the Catholic Church....
Shavuot=Yom Kippur? ?
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (35+ words) The Torah portions of Acharei Mot and Kedoshim reveal the deeper role of Yom Kippur as the lasting day of forgiveness and true acceptance of the Torah, offering new insight into its connection with Shavuot....
Trump's Spiritual Adviser Paula White Sparks Backlash After Crawling on Stage While Talking About the Devil
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (479+ words) A video of Paula White, the American televangelist and long-term spiritual adviser to Donald Trump, has resurfaced online, prompting renewed attention to her preaching style. The clip, which appears to originate from an earlier sermon, shows White lowering herself to…...
Charity and limits: a Catholic case for restricting immigration
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (404+ words) It has become almost a reflex in public discourse to claim that the Catholic position on immigration is simple: "welcome the stranger, and do so generously. Pope St John Paul II reaffirmed this understanding of a nation in his encyclical…...
Bishop Ashley Null Worships with Pope Leo in Algeria
34+ min ago (476+ words) The Rt. Rev. Dr. Ashley Null, a leading scholar on the life and teachings of Thomas Cranmer, was an invited guest when Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass in Algeria April 14. Pope Leo celebrated the Mass on his second day in…...
Peoria diocese announces pilgrimage events for Sheen beatification | News Headlines
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (176+ words) The Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, announced a series of pilgrimage events leading up to the beatification of Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979). The events will begin in Peoria, Archbishop Sheen's home diocese, on September 15. The beatification Mass will take place on St....
Study analyzes prevalence of "former Catholics" in 24 countries | News Headlines
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (193+ words) The Pew Research Center published a study analyzing the prevalence of self-described former Catholics in 24 countries. Former Catholics are rare in Poland: 96% of Poles say they were raised Catholic, 92% say they are still Catholic, and 4% describe themselves as former Catholics....
Catholicism losing followers globally as Protestantism gains ground in some regions, study finds
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (225+ words) Catholicism is losing more followers than it gains in much of the world, while Protestantism is seeing growth in several regions, according to a new analysis of global religious trends. A Pew Research Center study examining religious "switching" " when people…...
Programmes published for Pope Leo's visit to Naples and Pompeii
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (604+ words) By Deborah Castellano Lubov The programmes for Pope Leo XIV's pastoral visit to Pompeii and Naples on Friday, May 8, 2026, the first anniversary of his election, have been released. According to the programme for Pompeii, the Holy Father will arrive at…...
Apostolic Journey of the Holy Father to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea: Press Conference during the flight to Rome - Calendar of Activities | Vatican. va
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (48+ words) The Holy See Apostolic Journey of the Holy Father to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea: Press Conference during the flight to Rome...