Canadian bishop: Plans for healing, reconciliation campaign finalized soon
TORONTO — A national framework for a five-year, $30 million (US$23.5 million) fundraising campaign to help with healing and reconciliation of residential school survivors and their communities is coming in the new year, Bishop William McGrattan, vice president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, told The Catholic Register weekly. Church officials hoped that plans […]
Six-time NFL Pro Bowler Matt Birk has long embraced pro-life cause
BALTIMORE — A lifelong Catholic who attended parochial schools in St. Paul, Minnesota, former professional football player Matt Birk had always considered himself pro-life, especially after cradling his first newborn baby. That’s when the former center with the Minnesota Vikings and Baltimore Ravens instinctively knew life is a gift from God. The six-time National Football […]
India restores foreign fund permit for Mother Teresa charity
NEW DELHI — India’s government has allowed Mother Teresa’s charity to receive foreign funds, weeks after blocking it saying the Catholic organization did not meet conditions under local laws, a lawmaker said Saturday. Derek O’Brien, a lawmaker from the opposition Trinamool Congress party, tweeted that Missionaries of Charity was back on the list of approved […]
Mom Says Son’s Impromptu Encounter With Pope Francis Led to ‘Miracle’
National Catholic Register Pope Francis waves to Paolo Bonavita and Elsa Morra at his general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Oct. 20, 2021. Mother says she felt enormous relief when her child experienced good test results post-papal meeting.
Pope Francis: Let’s ‘Begin Again With More Humanity’ Amid Pandemic
National Catholic Register Pope Francis meets members of the Sts. Peter and Paul Association at the Vatican on Jan. 8. Pope Francis encouraged members of the Sts. Peter and Paul Association as they marked the group’s 50th anniversary.
Tennessee Catholics threaten to defund their diocese over COVID shot mandate
Jenny Hay is urging Catholics to defund the Diocese of Knoxville until it reverses its intention to ‘discipline’ and terminate employees who will not get jabbed or tested weekly.Read More
In reversal, Missionaries of Charity in India again permitted to receive foreign donations
Missionaries of Charity house, Kolkata India. / Zvonimir Atletic via www.shutterstock.com. Denver Newsroom, Jan 8, 2022 / 08:35 am (CNA). The Missionaries of Charity have been cleared to receive and use foreign funding in India, after the religious order founded by Mother Teresa was unexpectedly ruled ineligible to receive donations from abroad late last year. […]
Maltese Archbishop Defends Murderer?
Your browser does not support the video tag. CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT The archbishop of a Mediterranean island country is denouncing a priest for using “offensive” words against a murderer who’s possibly homosexual. Those words have triggered many woke cries for the priest’s removal and even calls for criminal charges against him. Church Militant’s William […]
Macron Slammed for Targeting the Unvaxxed
PARIS (ChurchMilitant.com) – French president Emmanuel Macron has come under fire after he used vulgar and divisive language when explaining his plan to make life extremely difficult for the unvaccinated. French president Emmanuel Macron Macron’s remarks came in the midst of a parliamentary debate over the implementation of COVID passes. In an interview with Le Parisien newspaper, […]
Hyping Jan. 6
Your browser does not support the video tag. CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Church Militant (a 501(c)4 corporation) is responsible for the content of this commentary. Yesterday’s Jan. 6 anniversary was marked with a solemn, day-long string of remembrance ceremonies worthy of a statesman’s funeral. Church Militant’s Nadia Hazimeh has more on the political hype from the day’s events. Politicians on […]