It’s been 100 years since the Catholic Church’s first Council in China
The 1842 Treaty of Nanjing was the first of the “unequal treaties” granting the British the status of “most favored nation” as well as extraterritorial economic and diplomatic privileges, setting…
Supreme Court denies pregnancy center appeal to keep donor information private
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 15, 2024 / 15:26 pm The Supreme Court has denied a New Jersey pro-life pregnancy center’s appeal to keep its donor list and…
Vatican halts some parish closures in St. Louis following appeals
After studying the acts of the case for St. Angela Merici Parish in Florissant, Missouri, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy did not find just cause for the parish to…
Catholics in Chicago work to preserve historic century-old parish
On its website, the Our Lady of Lourdes Preservation Society says its goal is to “preserve Our Lady of Lourdes Church as a historical landmark, reopen and revive it as…
Pope Francis at general audience: ‘Love is charity’
“It is a love so ardent that it seems almost impossible,” the pope continued, “and yet it is the only thing that will remain of us. Love is the ‘narrow…
Heavy rains in Brazil leave hundreds dead or injured, half a million homeless, churches flooded
Barasso reported that Immaculate Conception School, run by the Franciscan Sisters of Penance and Christian Charity, which is next to the church, “was also badly damaged.” The nuns had to…
Wyoming sorority sisters sue over admission of biological man
Natalie McLaughlin, the attorney for Kappa Kappa Gamma, meanwhile maintained that the sorority is entitled to interpret its definition of a woman however it pleases. A representative for Kappa Kappa…
UK author of transgender study: U.S. groups are ‘misleading the public’
“What some organizations are doing is doubling down on saying the evidence is good,” Cass said in the interview. “And I think that’s where you’re misleading the public. You need…
Expert on Our Lady of Guadalupe named master theologian on apparitions
The Virgin of Guadalupe appeared to the Aztec Indian St. Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill Dec. 9–12, 1531, expressing her wish that a Catholic church be built on the flat…
Australian archbishop faces criticism over pastoral letter on human dignity
“God created male and female as sexually complementary. This means that, sexually speaking, we have literally been made for the opposite sex. He intended that man and woman would be…
As ocean temps hit record, Vatican hosts discussions on climate change, offers resources
In light of the alarming data about ocean temperatures, “EWTN News Nightly” host Tracy Sabol on May 9 spoke to Dr. Erin Lothes, a Catholic environmental theologian and senior manager…
Justice Alito to Franciscan graduates: ‘Go out boldly and change the world’
Alito stressed the importance of knowing one’s values. “We can make the effort to keep in mind what is fundamental and what is permanent in our lives … that is…