Martina Moyski reports for ChurchMilitant.com : The Catholic Church is once again bearing an assault on her most revered objects — and with scant media coverage. San Antonio crucifix vandalized Assumption Seminary in San Antonio was attacked last week. A vandal smashed Read more
Jules Gomes reports for ChurchMilitant.com : The Vatican’s second-in-command is defending the Holy See’s deal with China, a day before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to shame Pope Francis for wanting to renew the controversial concordat. Cdl. Zen Read more
Phil Lawler reports for CatholicCulture.org : n At last, decisive action to address financial corruption at the Vatican! At last, a ranking prelate has been held accountable! After years of promising reforms and accountability—while leaving effective power in the hands of those Read more
The Catholic Herald reports : Pope Francis appointed a special prosecutor on Monday. The announcement came in the daily bulletin from the Press Office of the Holy See. The Vatican gave no reason for the appointment, but the figure tapped Read more
BBC News reports : Cardinal George Pell will return to Rome this week for the first time since he was acquitted of child sexual abuse and released from prison in Australia. The ex-Vatican treasurer, 79, was due to fly out Read more
Jules Gomes reports for ChurchMilitant.com : Pope Francis, esteemed for his embrace of “human fraternity,” has reportedly refused to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo or dissident Chinese cardinal Joseph Zen a week before publishing his encyclical Fratelli Tutti (All Read more
Steven Mosher writes for LifeSiteNews : Americans assume that Ruth Bader Ginsberg was a hammer-and-tongs feminist who was a die-hard supporter of Roe v. Wade. The truth is somewhat more … complicated. Roe v. Wade predated Ginsberg’s service on the Read more
Dorothy Cummings McLean reports for LifeSiteNews : A Chinese ethics textbook developed with some oversight from the communist Chinese government depicts Jesus killing the woman caught in adultery. The Union of Catholic Asian News (UCA News) reported last week that Read more