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Washington Post Attacks Nobel Laureate

TRANSCRIPT   When it comes to the climate, it’s proven to be a very useful tool for the promotion of the communist agenda, perhaps even more so than the illegal immigration issue has been. The reason why is that immigration is essentially a U.S.-only issue, while climate alarmism has been ginned up to be a worldwide […]

‘Anti-Pope’ elected president in Francis’s native Argentina

SÃO PAULO – With 56 percent of the vote, ultra-libertarian economist Javier Milei was elected Argentina’s next president on Sunday, in a result that in some ways amounts to a referendum on the social and political agenda of Pope Francis in his home country. Milei’s radical economic plans –for inbstance, adopting the U.S. dollar as […]

New leader of Pakistan bishops vows to challenge blasphemy laws

MUMBAI – Vowing to pursue a program of “justice and peace,” the newly elected president of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference says that agenda will include speaking out against the country’s controversial blasphemy laws. Critics allege that those laws, which criminalize blasphemy against state-recognized religions, are often abused to oppress religious minorities in the overwhelmingly […]

Beijing bishop stresses ‘Sinicization’ of faith in visit to Hong Kong

DENVER – During a recent visit to Hong Kong, Beijing Archbishop Li Shan stressed the need to more closely combine the Catholic faith and Chinese culture, saying the Church ought to pursue evangelization efforts in the spirit of “Sinicization.” In opening remarks for a theological conference in Hong Kong titled, “The Synodal Church and the […]

UK court orders Vatican to turn over messages between Parolin, Peña Parra

ROME – According to a report by the Telegraph, a UK court has ordered the Vatican to turn over confidential texts and emails between Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Venezuelan Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, the top two officials in the Secretariat of State, despite claims from a Vatican official that doing so would constitute a […]

As Home-Schooling Soars in U.S., Catholic Schools Struggle to Recover From Pandemic

Fabio Principe Amid the protracted chaos of closures and reopenings due to the pandemic, many families opted for home-schooling. The COVID-19 crisis disrupted nearly the entirety of the U.S. education system, with most schools throughout the country shutting down in the early spring of 2020 and reopening on virtual or hybrid platforms.

Pope Francis: ‘Trust frees, fear paralyzes’

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023 / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Nov 19, 2023 / 07:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis during his weekly Angelus on Sunday spoke to the faithful gathered, reflecting on the parable of the tale… […]