Pro-abortion activists disrupt Joel Osteen’s Pentecost Sunday service

Joel Osteen preaches at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, during the 8:30 a.m. Sunday service on June 5, 2022. Pro-abortion activists disrupted the 11 a.m. service later the same day. / Screenshot from Lakewood Church YouTube video Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 5, 2022 / 16:41 pm (CNA). Pro-abortion activists disrupted Joel Osteen’s sermon at the […]

Blinken calls respect for religious freedom ‘vital foreign policy priority’

For U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, respect for religious freedom is “a vital foreign policy priority” in addition to being “one of the deepest held values and a fundamental right.” “We know that when the fundamental right of each person to practice their faith or to choose not to observe a faith is respected, […]

At least 50 feared dead in attack on Catholic church in Nigeria

At least 50 people were killed and others injured Sunday when gunmen attacked worshippers at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria, according to media reports. A doctor at a hospital in Owo, a town in the Nigerian state of Ondo, told Reuters that no fewer than 50 bodies had been moved to the Federal Medical Center in […]

Catholic leaders urge stronger gun control measures on state, federal level

In the wake of recent mass shootings that have devastated  local communities and the nation at large, several U.S. bishops, women’s religious orders and Catholic organizations have called for stricter federal gun control measures, while state Catholic conferences have rallied behind local measures attempting to curb the spate of gun violence. The day after a […]

On Pentecost, Pope Francis explained how to recognize the Holy Spirit’s voice

On the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Francis offered advice on how to distinguish the voice of the Holy Spirit from “the voice of the spirit of evil.” Speaking from a wheelchair in front of the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, the pope provided several examples of how to recognize the inspiration of the Holy […]

Pope prays for victims, country after church attack in Nigeria

ROME – Pope Francis expressed his concern Sunday for a deadly shooting at a Catholic church in Nigeria on the feast of Pentecost that left somewhere between 25 and 50 people dead; the attackers kidnapped a priest and several others, as well. The pope said he was praying for “the victims and the country.” “While […]

Dozens Feared Dead in Attack on Catholic Church in Nigeria

The governor of Ondo state, Arakunrin Akeredolu, arrives at St. Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo, Nigeria, that was attacked on Pentecost. The governor of Ondo state, Arakunrin Akeredolu, said the attack took place at St. Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo during a Pentecost Sunday Mass.