Meet the ‘Lone Survivor’ priest and ‘Grunt Padre’ author who’s now the head chaplain of the Coast Guard
In June 2005, Mode was serving as a Navy chaplain, moving from one Forward Operating Base (FOB) to another every few days. One day Mode received word that SEAL Team…
Pope Francis at ecumenical prayer service in Sudan: Those who choose Christ choose peace
The pontiff said that South Sudanese Christians have been deeply committed to promoting reconciliation during these conflicts and thanked them for “this radiant testimony of faith.” Despite divisions, “there remains…
Pope Francis meets 2,500 refugees in South Sudan
Pope Francis met 2,500 internally displaced persons during his visit to Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 4, 2023. Elias Turk/CNA “You, from all your different ethnic groups, you who have…
Investigation into FBI, fed agencies’ targeting of Christians and pro-lifers to begin next week
In 2022 the Biden Justice Department prosecuted a record 26 pro-life advocates under the FACE Act. Meanwhile, last year saw nearly 100 attacks against pregnancy resource centers and churches that…
Priest, 5 students arrested for chants against president after Pope Francis event in DRC
When Pope Francis spoke against corruption during the Feb. 2 event, part of the crowd broke into a chant in the Lingala language directed at the country’s president and saying…
‘There is power in suffering’: Meet the bishop who ordained the real-life Father Stu
Through much prayer and discernment, Thomas ultimately decided that he would ordain Long a priest. He remembers that at the ordination, Long was too weak to lie prostrate on the…
Pope Francis holds moment of silence for slain priests and religious in South Sudan
He quoted from a 1991 speech by Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini to explain that interceding “does not mean simply ‘praying for someone,’ as we so often think. Etymologically it means…
Leader of Houston pro-life pregnancy center says pro-abortion vandalism was ‘racist’
“You don’t go to the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas — and you are white — at three o’clock in the morning and write ‘Abortion for everyone’ unless you are…
Cardinal Zen and Jimmy Lai among Hong Kongers nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Hong Kongers have historically enjoyed greater freedom of religion than on the Chinese mainland, where religious believers of all stripes are routinely surveilled and restricted by the communist government. But…
Senate bill would expand restrictions on foreign aid for abortions
“Unfortunately, pro-abortion groups tirelessly work to exploit loopholes and overturn long-standing pro-life provisions of law,” Risch continued. “I’m proud to reintroduce the American Values Act to prevent Idahoans’ dollars from…
Pope Francis lands in South Sudan, fulfilling yearslong dream of visit to war-torn country
After landing in South Sudan in the afternoon of Feb. 3, Pope Francis was joined by Archbishop Welby and Right Rev. Greenshields. The three met Mayardit at the president’s residence…
Pope Francis: Congolese Catholics are ‘a lung’ for the universal Church
“Yours is a Church present in the lived history of this people, deeply rooted in its daily life, and in the forefront of charity,” he told the bishops. “It is…