Speaking at a pair of events in Washington surrounding the the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump announced that he is forming a task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the “targeting” of Christians.
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The real ‘Conclave’: Pope Francis keeps dean of the College of Cardinals in place
With interest in a papal elections high thanks to the Oscar-nominated film “Conclave, ” Pope Francis decided to extend the term of the 91-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals rather than make way for someone new.
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JD Vance says foreign aid is ‘spreading atheism,’ defends cuts at religious freedom summit
Cuts to foreign assistance directly impacted the work of some of the religious freedom organizations at the summit. USAID’s top NGO recipient for fiscal years 2013-2022 was Catholic Relief Services at $4.6 billion.
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Kansas City bishop eyes ‘three-peat’ for charity in bishops’ Super Bowl LIX wager
Shouldering a tradition known as the “Bishops’ Bet” — a friendly wager between the Catholic spiritual guides of the respective dioceses of the Super Bowl teams — the two leaders promised to send a $500 donation to the charity of the other’s choice.
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Exorcist priest pleads not guilty to battery charge over alleged incident during relics tour
Father Carlos Martins, an exorcist and co-host of “The Exorcist Files” podcast, pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge in an Illinois court Jan. 27.
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Pope Francis to publish a document on children’s rights
Wrapping up a Vatican summit on the rights of children, Pope Francis announced he was going to publish a papal document dedicated to children.
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Emails reveal extent of New Orleans Saints’ damage control for Catholic sex abuse crisis
As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an unlikely ally: the front office of the city’s NFL franchise.
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Pope Francis tells annulment judges: help purify and restore relationships
The pope’s address came on the 10th anniversary of two papal documents that aimed to make the Catholic Church’s marriage annulment process quicker, cheaper and more pastoral.
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Richard Williamson, excommunicated bishop who denied Holocaust, dies
Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his breakaway society, has died.
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Couple fired for violating Vatican bank’s workplace marriage ban invoke pope’s pro-family message
It has come as a surprise to many in the Holy See that the Vatican bank fired a newlywed couple, with three young children between them, after a new internal bank regulation went into effect barring workplace marriages.