The Vatican has announced the official feast day for Pope St. Paul VI which will be celebrated annually on May 29 as an optional memorial.
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Vatican to Rule on McCarrick Case This Month
It is expected that the case involving disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick who is accused of various incidents of sexual abuse over the past 50 years, will be decided by the Vatican before the February 21-24 bishops summit on clerical abuse.
From Civil to Sacramental Marriage: An Encouraging New Initiative
There may be a decrease in marriage rates and the number of couples who feel that they need to be married in the Church – but experts in Catholic marriage preparation say they are seeing an uptick in the number of couples who are civilly married who now want to enter into sacramental marriage.
Pray to End Human Trafficking!
Today is the annual day of prayer and awareness against human trafficking, a scourge that impacts an estimated 40.3 million victims a year – mostly women and children.
Bishop Daly: No Communion for Pro-Abortion Politicians
Bishop Thomas Daly of the Diocese of Spokane has issued a letter to his flock in which he calls politicians who support abortion “scandalous” and advises them not to receive Communion in his diocese.
Governor Cuomo Lashes Out at Church
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
With calls for his excommunication ringing in his ears, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo remains unapologetic about championing the nation’s most barbaric abortion policy into law.
No Excommunication for Gov. Cuomo
Neither New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan nor Albany’s bishop Edward Scharfenberger are in support of excommunicating New York’s “Catholic” Governor Andrew Cuomo after he championed one of the most radical pro-abortion laws in the nation. However a respected Canon lawyer believes the governor’s personal choice not to receive communion should now be made mandatory.
Enough is Enough: Catholics Want Governor Cuomo Punished
In a hard-hitting op-ed, Monsignor Charles Pope says the bishops need to do more than issue statements expressing sadness and ringing a church bell in mourning after the state’s Governor championed the most radical abortion bill in the country into law. Enough is enough. The time has come for real penalties.
U.S. Mourns 60 Million Dead, 1 Billion Worldwide
On this 46th anniversary of the legalization of abortion in America, citizens across the country are remembering the more than 60 million innocent Americans – and one billion souls worldwide – who have lost their lives in this tragic holocaust.
Bishop Takes on Gov. Cuomo: “Do Not Build This Death Star!”
In a hard-hitting open letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Albany Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger minces no words in condemning the controversial Reproductive Health Act (RHA) which amounts to one of the most extreme pro-abortion laws in the nation.
