Holy See

Former slave Fr Augustus Tolton moves one step closer to sainthood

fr augustus tolton has been named “venerable” after pope francis recognized his “heroic virtues,” moving him one step closer to sainthood. t...
Aaron Benavides

Tell Vatican to release McCarrick files, lay advisers urge US bishops

advisory bodies to the u.s. conference of catholic bishops called tuesday for the bishops to urge the holy see to make public all documentat...
Matt Hadro/CNA

US and English bishops welcome Vatican document on gender ideology

catholic bishops in the us, england and wales welcomed the vatican's statement that gender ideology is opposed to faith and reason, and that...
Elizabeth Bachmann

Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/06/19

the first mass since fire broke out in april will be celebrated at notre-dame on june 15 . indian police have exhumed the body of a bishop w...
Luke Coppen

More than a century later, Sagrada Familia gets building permit

after 137 years of ongoing construction, barcelona's sagrada familia received a building permit on friday. construction on the basilica is e...
Catholic News Agency

Bishops to return 'gifts' from disgraced Bishop Bransfield

several cardinals, bishops, and priests, have said they will return money given to them by bishop michael j. bransfield, the former head of ...
Aaron Benavides

Vatican document condemns gender theory as 'cultural and ideological revolution'

a vatican department has issued a sweeping denunciation of so-called gender theory, and affirmed the principles of human dignity, difference...
Catholic News Agency

Pope says he wants to visit Iraq in 2020

announcing his desire to visit iraq in 2020, pope francis called for a peaceful resolution to crises in the middle east. he also warned that...
Carol Glatz

Zanchetta formally charged with abusing seminarians

a bishop close to pope francis has been formally charged with sexually assaulting two seminarians. bishop gustavo zanchetta has been barred ...
Staff Reporter

John Wilson appointed Archbishop of Southwark

pope francis has appointed bishop john wilson as the new archbishop of southwark. bishop wilson is currently an auxiliary bishop of the neig...
Staff Reporter