Oklahoma Supreme Court rules against Catholic charter school proposal
St. Isidore, which aims to serve 1,500 students online within Oklahoma by its fifth year of operation, has the backing of Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt as well as former state…
What are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church?
Canon 751 of the Code of Canon Law states that schism is “the refusal of submission to the supreme pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject…
Pope Francis meets with leaders of Institute of Christ the King, a Latin Mass group
“This audience was an occasion to thank the Holy Father for his inspiring apostolic letter Totum Amoris Est, dedicated to St. Francis de Sales, our patron saint,” read an ICKSP…
EU bishop: Elections show citizens concerned about Ukraine war
Crociata, who was elected president of COMECE for a five-year term in 2023, lamented the fact that only 51% of the 370 million people eligible to vote for the EU…
Groups ramp up election spending on anniversary of overturning of Roe v. Wade
In the statement, Planned Parenthood Votes executive director Jenny Lawson said that “for politicians like Donald Trump who oppose abortion … the end goal has always been full control of…
Pope Francis meets with Opus Dei prelate Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz
ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 24, 2024 / 17:30 pm The press office of the Holy See reported that Pope Francis received on Monday the “moderator general” of Opus Dei, Monsignor…
Catholic authorities in Spain excommunicate, expel renegade nuns
Briefly, excommunication can be defined as the most serious penalty a baptized person can incur, which consists of being placed outside the communion of the faithful of the Catholic Church…
Texas investigates Children’s Hospital over alleged secret sex changes on minors
In addition to Haim, Texas Children’s nurse Vanessa Sivadge shared with City Journal information indicating that the hospital was “stealing” from the government by billing sex-change procedures on minors to…
Irish bishops decry assisted suicide proposal as ‘a failure of hope’
Noting that patient “autonomy” is often cited as a reason to pass assisted suicide legislation, the Irish bishops said taking a patient’s life also takes away their autonomy and “cuts…
U.S. bishops applaud Supreme Court ruling on domestic violence gun law
“Violence in any form is sinful, and the bishops have stated as clearly and strongly as we can that violence against women, inside or outside the home, is never justified,”…
‘Summer Christmas’: Why does the Church celebrate the birthday of St. John the Baptist?
“His birth brought great rejoicing; even in the womb he leapt for joy at the coming of human salvation. He alone of all the prophets pointed out the Lamb of…
Pope Francis: Jesus in the Eucharist strengthens us in times of trial
Pope Francis urged people to remember that Jesus is always with us to come to our aid, particularly in the Eucharist. “In the Eucharist, he gathers us around him, he…