by Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Aug 10, 2022 / 09:47 am A controversy over a book and statements made on Twitter has recently drawn increased attention to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life. In late June, the academy’s official Twitter account began promoting a Vatican-published book synthesizing a 2021 seminar on ethics, …

by Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Aug 8, 2022 / 17:30 pm A gunman shot at a Denver-area Catholic church in separate early morning incidents Saturday and Monday. No one was hurt, but one estimate suggests the gunshots caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage. Parish staff stressed the …

by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 9, 2022 / 15:10 pm A lightning strike caused a roof fire Monday that severely damaged a historic Catholic church in Rockford, Illinois, and left three firefighters injured, authorities said. The Rockford Fire Department determined that lightning set the roof on fire, Mike …

by Joe Bukuras Nashville, Tenn., Aug 7, 2022 / 04:00 am Seated in a small black wagon pulled by his father, 7-year-old Michael McGivney Schachle happily rolled along the hallways of the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville last week, innocently unaware that people were staring at him …

by Shannon Mullen Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 7, 2022 / 06:40 am Archie Battersbee, the 12-year-old British boy whose family waged an unsuccessful legal fight to stop his doctors from disconnecting him from a ventilator, died Saturday. “Can I just say I’m the proudest mum in the world — such …

by Carl Bunderson Denver Newsroom, Aug 5, 2022 / 11:42 am Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, the U.S. bishops’pro-life chair, on Friday called on President Joe Biden to increase support and care for mothers and children. The Aug. 5 message was in response to an executive order from the president …

by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Aug 5, 2022 / 12:47 pm On the day of a controversial visit to Taiwan by U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, the Chinese Embassy in France tweeted a political cartoon that is drawing criticism for its apparent anti-Catholic message. The image, created …

by Charlotte Evans Canterbury, England, Aug 5, 2022 / 09:26 am In ecumenical discussions at the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, England, Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury, has said that most Anglicans recognize the pope as “the father of the Church in the West.” Welby said that he is “not proud” of the …

by Solène Tadié Budapest, Hungary, Aug 5, 2022 / 01:04 am The European Commission’s 2022 Rule of Law report has once again singled out Poland and Hungary, accusing both countries of not addressing “serious concerns,” including breaches in their judiciary and media systems. The report identified stark differences between the EU and the two countries. But …

by Jonah McKeown Denver, Colo., Aug 5, 2022 / 17:00 pm After years of service to the elderly in the Archdiocese of Denver, the Little Sisters of the Poor announced this week their intention to withdraw from a nursing home they have operated for more than a century, citing the …