Podcast: How Benedict XVI should respond to the German abuse report
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell discuss Gerry’s interview with Hans Zollner, S.J., a leading abuse prevention expert based at the Vatican.
Yes, the church needs to listen to former Catholics—and not just with an agenda of winning them back.
Is the church really interesting listening and learning from former Catholics? Or is it only “listening” to get them to come back to Catholicism?
The saints inspire us to overcome systemic injustice
Feb. 13 The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus very clearly calls out injustice, and we must do the same.
Canadian Clash
Your browser does not support the video tag. CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Freedom is trucking through the winter winds of Canada, and the liberal establishment is not happy. The Canadian Freedom Convoy, made up of truckers and thousands of other people, is denouncing COVID tyranny. As the protests continue, Church Militant’s Nadia Hazimeh reports on […]
Tennessee Down syndrome abortion ban back in effect while legal challenges continue
A Tennessee law restricting abortions based on sex, race, or prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome is back in effect for now, as legal challenges against the law continue to play out in court. The pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List welcomed the court’s decision. “The devastating toll of abortion on minority communities, people with Down […]
Now or never: People must overcome challenges together, pope says
The time has come to live in a spirit of fraternity and build a culture of peace, sustainable development, tolerance, inclusion, mutual understanding and solidarity, Pope Francis said. “Now is not a time for indifference: either we are brothers and sisters or everything falls apart,” he said in a video message marking the International Day […]
Survey finds path to U.S. citizenship for migrants has majority support
Though immigration remains a polemic topic in political circles, just 44% of Americans recently surveyed by the Public Religion Research Institute said it was a “critical issue” in the U.S. A majority favored a path to citizenship for those who are in the country without legal permission. By and large, Americans had a positive view […]
Pope praises projects to recycle objects, reintegrate people into society
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis and his guests listened as a violinist played a tune from a famous Italian composer on a multicolored violin made by prisoners using the wood of a shipwrecked migrants’ boat. He also accepted several boxes containing hundreds of hosts for use at Mass; prisoners made some of them, as […]
Sudan activists slam UN over transition to democracy
A leading pro-democracy group in Sudan has accused the UN of failing to safeguard the country’s transition to democracy. Read all
Al-Duwaini: Human fraternity values need to be ‘rediscovered’
Muhammad Al-Ḍuwaini, deputy of Gran Imam Ahmad Al-Tayeb of Egypt’s prestigious Al-Azhar Mosque and University, speaks about the International Day of Human Fraternity, saying the values of the 2019 Document need to be implemented across the globe. Read all