New study shows changes in the U.S. Catholic Church over past 50 years
In the last 50 years, the Catholic Church in the United States has seen a lot of changes. Parish schools have grown smaller, fewer men are becoming priests, and church attendance has dropped. A new study has looked at these changes, and how they have affected Catholics in the country. FutureChurch (FC) commissioned the Center […]
Pope: Christians must tend to Christ’s wounds in humanity
Pope Francis recalls the 800th anniversary of the stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi, and encourages Friars Minor to offer God’s forgiveness and mercy to all who suffer in body and spirit. Read all
Ecuadorian farmers receive church support in struggle against mining
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Attempts at implementing a mining project in the province of Cotopaxi, Ecuador, have been met with protests staged by the residents of the two small rural towns that would be affected. The local church, as well as the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM) are supporting the demonstrators and condemning violation of their […]
Vatican employee busted for selling stolen goods online
ROME – According to Italian media reports, a middle-aged Italian Vatican employee was caught trying to sell stolen goods online, after one of the items was identified by the original owner. The man in question was a 54-year-old Italian who was caught selling a stolen Hamilton watch, a brand that can cost anywhere from 500-1000 […]
Bishop calls Easter observance of Transgender Day ‘offensive and unnecessary’
NEW YORK – Commenting on the Biden Administration and local officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, promoting March 31, which this year was Easter Sunday, as Transgender Day of Visibility, Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington called it “offensive to many people and unnecessary.” “I was so extremely, extremely disappointed that our local officials and our president […]
Your letters: Excommunication, immigration, and primacy of conscience
Letters to the editor: readers reply to articles on Scott Peyton’s excommunication, the Church’s stance on immigration, and the relevance of conscience to abortion debates.
Streaming the Eucharist should be banned
Streaming the Eucharist online for the world to watch or broadcasting it on television is an abomination, writes Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese. It is akin to showing video of people eating a meal to people who are starving.
Hope for an AI doomer: ‘Laudato Si’ ‘ responds to today’s technology with promise
Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ offers a prophetic perspective on the “technocratic paradigm” and timely prescriptions on how to move forward, both for tech titans and ordinary tech users — and AI doomers like me.
The strange world of Catholic ‘integralism’ — and Christian nationalism
“There’s the sense that the liberal order is so corrupt that elite Catholics have to find positions of influence and use them in a kind of noble and appropriate way,” says scholar Kevin Vallier.
Why is reporting on religion and politics so lousy?
Mainstream reporters who want to write about religion need to do better than traffic in ill-informed caricatures, says NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.