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The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a Louisiana ruling that would force a Catholic priest to disclose what he heard in a sacramental confession or face imprisonment. Last May,...
Pope Francis has established a new Eastern Catholic church for Eritrea-- the first Eastern Catholic church formally erected since the early 20th century. According to the Code of Canons of the...
The editors of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo have announced that they do not want the support of the Catholic Church in the wake of a massacre at their offices in Paris. In an...
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has become the first Egyptian president to attend Christmas Mass. As he entered the Coptic Orthodox cathedral in Cairo for his unannounced visit, those in attendance cheered,...
Father Thomas Rosica of the Holy See Press Office has issued a statement clarifying Pope Francis’s remarks on freedom of speech and blasphemy. The Pope compared mockery of religion to insulting...
Recent days have witnessed the destruction of Christian symbols in Europe and the United States and the disruption of a Mass. On Christmas Day, a vandal entered a parish in Douai, France, and...
Mario Cuomo, who served as governor of New York from 1983 to 1994, died at the age of 82 on January 1, as his son Andrew began his second term as the state’s governor. Described by his Associated...
The editor of First Things has distanced himself from the views expressed in a blog post by a contributor to the magazine’s web site. R.R. Reno issued a statement responding to criticism roused...
During the annual papal address to ambassadors to the Holy See, Pope Francis decried the “‘throwaway culture’ which spares nothing and no one: nature, human beings, even God himself.” “From the...
Kelvin Cochran, who served as US Fire Administrator during President Barack Obama’s first term, has been fired as Atlanta’s fire chief after he criticized homosexual acts in a men’s Bible study book...
