A Polish court on Tuesday acquitted three activists who had been accused of desecration and offending religious feelings for producing and distributing images of a revered Roman Catholic icon altered to include the LGBT rainbow.
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Benedict XVI defends his decision to resign to ‘fanatic’ fans who doubt legitimacy of Pope Francis
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI marked the eighth anniversary of his resignation by insisting he stepped down knowingly and that “there is only one pope”—Francis.
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‘Not a good idea:’ Infectious disease experts are worried about Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq
Infectious disease experts are expressing concern about Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Iraq, given a sharp rise in coronavirus infections there, a fragile health care system and the unavoidable likelihood that Iraqis will crowd to see him.
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Texas church helps mosque damaged after winter storm
A suburban Texas church is helping a nearby mosque recover from the devastating snowstorms that hit last week.
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U.S. Bishops: If the Equality Act is passed it will ‘discriminate against people of faith’
H.R. 5 would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, public education, federal funding, the credit system and jury duty.
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Catholic activist injured by police officers during racial justice protest sues the city of Buffalo
A Catholic social justice activist who was knocked to the ground by police during a protest over racism last year has sued the city of Buffalo, its mayor, the police commissioner and several police officers.
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Cardinal Gregory prays on CNN for 500,000 Americans killed by Covid-19
The cardinal called it “a great honor and privilege” to offer the prayer at the invitation of Jake Tapper, CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent, on the program “We Remember 500,000: A National Memorial Service for Covid-19.”
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Explainer: A brief history of the Christian sites Pope Francis will visit in Iraq
Pope Francis hopes to embark on the first-ever papal visit to the biblical land of Iraq in early March in a spiritual pilgrimage.
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Pope Francis pays surprise visit to the home of poet and Holocaust survivor Edith Bruck
”Enlightening a single conscience is worth the effort and pain of keeping alive the memory of what has been.”
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Vatican expects multi-million dollar budget deficit for 2021
In the wake of the economic fallout due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy said it expects a multimillion-dollar deficit.