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OPINION: Armageddon Wars and Oval Office Prayers: A Catholic Response
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (487+ words) By Father Enzo Del Brocco, CP Images of Christian leaders praying over the president in the Oval Office recently circulated widely online. For many believers, they raised an old question: What is the proper relationship between Christian faith and political…...
UPDATED: El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz Decries Mass Deportation, Mass Detention Campaign: A "Grave Moral Evil," Which "Must Be Opposed"
5+ hour, 54+ min ago (998+ words) El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz on Sunday denounced the Trump administration's campaign of mass detention and mass deportation of immigrants as "a grave moral evil, one which must be opposed, with prayer, peaceful action and acts of solidarity with those…...
UPDATED: El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz Calls Mass Deportation, Mass Detention of Immigrants a "Grave Moral Evil," Which "Must Be Opposed"
10+ hour, 13+ min ago (1005+ words) El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz on Sunday denounced the Trump administration's campaign of mass detention and mass deportation of immigrants as "a grave moral evil, one which must be opposed, with prayer, peaceful action and acts of solidarity with those…...
The Full Text of El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz's March 15 Pastoral Letter On Mass Deportation and Mass Detention of Immigrants
21+ hour, 32+ min ago (262+ words) By Bishop Mark J. Seitz Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth. (Ephesians 5, 8-9) In this holy season of Lent, God invites us to journey with the suffering Jesus to the Cross and…...
Peter Thiel Brings His Antichrist Lectures to the Vatican’s Doorstep, and Catholic Institutions Back Away
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (375+ words) The invitation-only conference in Rome, from Sunday to Wednesday, has proven so controversial that the Catholic universities initially associated with it have all denied official involvement. Thiel is a co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, the data-mining company that has been…...
Pope Leo: "Do those Christians who bear serious responsibility in armed conflicts have the humility and courage ... to go to confession?"
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (344+ words) As war continues to rage across the Mideast, Pope Leo XIV spoke today of the power of Confession to foster peace and unity " and posed a pointed question: "One might ask: Do those Christians who bear serious responsibility in armed…...
Pope Leo Praises Father Pierre al-Rahi, a Maronite Catholic priest who died of injuries caused by Israeli tank fire, as “a true shepherd"
5+ day, 32+ min ago (214+ words) As thousands of mourners attended today's funeral for Father Pierre al-Rahim, a Maronite Catholic priest who died of injuries caused by Israeli fire in the southern Lebanon village of Qlayaa, Pope Leo XIV praised him as "a true shepherd who…...
Judge Orders ICE to Let Catholic Clergy, Sisters Minister to Detained Immigrants On Ash Wednesday
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (719+ words) A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to let Catholic clergy and sisters serve Holy Communion and distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday to detainees at a Chicago-area Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. The order marks a major victory for…...
U.S. Bishops Demand Notre Dame Rescind Appointment of Vocal Pro-Abortion Advocate
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (966+ words) A growing number of U.S. bishops have demanded that the University of Notre Dame reverse its decision to appoint a vocal abortion rights advocate as head of one of the Catholic university's academic departments. The university's appointment of Professor Susan L. Ostermann…...
Archbishop Fulton Sheen Back On the Path to Sainthood
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1085+ words) Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, whose popular broadcast ministries made him one of the 20th century's most influential Catholic voices, will be beatified after his path to sainthood had been derailed for years " first by legal battles over his remains, then by concerns…...