Pro-LGBT elites lie about Matthew Shepard’s murder to smear those who oppose their agenda
There is convincing evidence that Matthew Shepard’s murder was the result of a drug deal gone bad. But the politically potent narrative that it was ‘because he was gay’ continues to be used to attack anyone who dissents from the left’s sexual dogmas.
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem mourns 18 dead in Gaza Christian Church bombing
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, on Oct. 20, 2023. / Credit: Gianfranco Pinto Ostuni Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 23, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem, last week lamented the deaths of 18 Palestinians in a missile strike on the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius […]
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Mourns 18 Dead in Gaza Orthodox Church Bombing
Gianfranco Pinto Ostuni Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, on Oct. 20 Among the victims killed were 17 Orthodox and one Muslim, according to the Order of St. George.
Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus: ‘We must not be slaves to any earthly power’
Pope Francis delivers his Sunday Angelus message to about 20,000 faithful in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 22, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 22, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA). During Sunday’s Angelus address, Pope Francis spoke to the faithful on the importance of the correct relationship between the Church […]
UPDATE: Pope Francis and U.S. President Biden speak by phone, discuss Israel and Gaza
Pope Francis meets President Joe Biden on Oct. 29, 2021. / Vatican Media/CNA CNA Staff, Oct 22, 2023 / 13:20 pm (CNA). Pope Francis and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone on Sunday afternoon to discuss “the latest developments in Israel an… […]
Synod on Synodality’s ‘most fertile time’ will be between the assemblies, Radcliffe says
Father Timothy Radcliffe told the Synod on Synodality delegates on Oct. 23, 2023, that the time before the 2024 assembly “will be probably the most fertile time of the whole synod, the time of germination.” / Credit: Vatican Media Vat… […]
Pope Francis criticizes West for trying to export ‘its own type of democracy’
A priest surveys the damage caused by ISIS at a Catholic Church in Karamles, Iraq. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Stephen Rasche CNA Staff, Oct 23, 2023 / 08:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis cited the examples of Western intervention in Libya and Iraq in… […]
How we write our history shapes how we think about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Some humility about how much we really know can help prevent toxic rhetoric when we talk about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with family, friends and colleagues of different faiths.
As Africans become disillusioned with democracy, they’re turning to military coups for answers
Gabon military leaders claimed that electoral malpractice was one of the reasons for the coup, but another surely must be the growing frustration of the general public with a ruling elite who live in luxury while life for average Gabonese, despite its oil riches, remains a struggle.
Remembering the Hungarian Revolutionaries of 1956
BUDAPEST, Hungary (ChurchMilitant.com) – Hungarians all over the world are remembering the brave men and women who, in 1956, gave their lives and livelihoods to fight for freedom. Thousands of people marched in Budapest today, Oct. 23, in a torchlight procession commemorating the country’s revolution and war of independence. They marched from the University of Technology to Bem Square, […]