Three members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard have hung up their halberds rather than be vaccinated against COVID-19, and three others were temporarily suspended in early October as they were completing the vaccination cycle, the spokesman for the guards told a Swiss newspaper.
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Pope Francis calls for clemency for death row inmate Ernest Johnson
Pope Francis has joined the chorus of people calling on Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to grant clemency to a death row inmate who is set to be executed for killing three people during a 1994 convenience store robbery.
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3,000 child abusers have worked in the French Catholic Church, independent commission finds
An independent commission examining sex abuse within the Roman Catholic Church in France believes 3,000 child abusers—two-thirds of them priests—have worked in the church over the past 70 years.
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Church Militant sues Baltimore for canceling protest of bishops featuring Steve Bannon and Milo Yiannopoulos
Michigan-based St. Michael’s Media, also known as Church Militant, has challenged the city’s ruling in federal court, saying its First Amendment rights are being denied.
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San Francisco archbishop asks Catholics to fast and pray for Nancy Pelosi over her abortion stance
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco is asking “all Catholics and others of goodwill” to join a prayer and fasting campaign for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic Democrat who supports legal abortion.
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Pope Francis praises young climate activists (like Greta Thunberg) for ‘challenging the adult world’
But the pope also encouraged activists to help rebuild society’s “fabric of relationships” by working towards unity rather than division.
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Church Militant protest of U.S. bishops’ meeting canceled by city of Baltimore, citing fear of inciting violence
A media outlet seeking to stage a rally during a U.S. bishops’ meeting had their event canceled by city officials claiming the fringe group cheered on rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January.
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Some Catholics are still skeptical of the Covid-19 vaccine. And James Carville is losing his patience with them.
This week, on America Media’s “Behind the Story” video series, Matt Malone, S.J., the president and editor in chief of America, spoke with James Carville, a long-time political consultant, author and the co-host of the “Politics War Room” podcast, about the moral obligation Catholics have to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Will Pope Francis get a booster Covid shot? Vatican says it’s up to him to decide.
Experts at the Vatican on Tuesday considered the ethics of “booster shot” distribution in wealthy countries when many in other parts of the world have yet to receive the first dose.
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Five rules for disagreeing with the pope — and still being a good Catholic
Let’s be honest: We are all cafeteria Catholics. The real question is how we avoid a food fight in the cafeteria.