Stella Maris journalist Christine Niles has posted an update on the case of Fr. Carlos Martins, CC, who was charged with battery last week following an incident that took place at a parish in Joliet, Illinois on November 21 of...
It’s pretty clear that the claim that Joe Biden has joined the Freemasons is fake news. This is a non-story that has thrown a lot of fuel on the preconceptions of Catholics, conspiracy theorists, and (most especially) Catholic conspiracy theorists....
Updated 24 Jan 2024 3:04pm EST According to an article published on January 23 by Felix Sarver for the Shaw Local News Network, a warrant for the arrest of the Rev. Carlos Martins, CC, on a misdemeanor charge of battery...
Sometimes the simplest ideas can have the biggest impact. That’s what Contemplatives For Life is all about — connecting contemplative prayer with real support for expectant mothers. It’s a way to let women facing tough decisions know they’re not alone...
When I checked the news headlines on X Tuesday morning, I noticed several posts referring to Hope: The Autobiography, the book by Pope Francis that was announced to the world back in October — hyped up as an autobiography that...
Pope Francis’s appointment of Sister Simona Brambilla as the first woman to lead a major Vatican office marks a historic milestone in the Catholic Church’s governance. As the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies...
I’m a little bit late weighing in on Pope Francis’s appointment of Cardinal Robert McElroy as Archbishop of Washington. This news is personal to me, as I have spent most of my life in this archdiocese. Speaking personally, I am...
Last month I traveled to Baltimore to cover the USCCB’s Fall Plenary Assembly. There were some worthwhile speeches and discussions at the meeting, as well as some interesting results in a couple of elections for new committee chairmen. For an...
In my last article, I described how the Church’s opposition to the death penalty, formalized in Pope Francis’s 2018 revision of the Catechism, reflects more than just a momentary shift; it is the culmination of a long, deliberate development in...
On August 3, 2018, Pope Francis made a decisive change to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, declaring that the death penalty is “inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.” For many Catholics,...
[Updated with a response from the Church of Scientology at the end. — ML] A couple of days ago, the Hollywood actress and former King of Queens star Leah Remini posted an image to her Instagram account. View this post...
Editor’s Note Recently, we published several critiques on this website responding to the heterodox and superstitious views of the celebrity exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger. We also ran an essay by theologian Fr. Peter Joseph on several popular but theologically problematic...
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