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French investigator: As many as 10 thousand victims of clerical sexual abuse

the man leading a commission established by france’s catholic bishops to investigate clerical sexual abuse and hierarchical coverup has said...

Straw poll of conservative activists reveals pro-life policies to be least important issue

washington d.c., mar 2, 2021 / 04:00 pm mt ( cna ) .- pro-life leaders responded to a recent straw poll of conservative activists where pro-...

Kate Scanlon CNA

Bridge over troubled waters: Joe Biden and Catholicism in the US

joe biden and catholicism in the united states massimo faggioli, £18.99, 176 pages, bayard ________ on paper, it looks like a takeover: not ...

Healing the American divide

it has been a long time since american catholics could expect to see the country’s president attending weekly mass, but it’s happening now. ...

The Catholic Herald

Beauty and the Damned

on 23 february 1821, john keats died of tuberculosis in a house beside the spanish steps in rome, aged just 25. as a lover of the romantic p...

"You keep using that word..." - the dangers of sloganeering

it is interesting for historians to note that the fraternity called for by pope francis in fratelli tutti was an idea abhorred by his predec...

Piers Paul Read

Archbishop Cordileone commends prosecution of Serra statue vandals for working justice

denver newsroom, feb 22, 2021 / 07:01 pm mt ( cna ) .- amid calls from california activists to drop vandalism charges against five assailant...

Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis to LA Religious Ed Congress: "Be the poets of a new human beauty."

pope francis sent a video message to the los angeles religious education congress late thursday, saying the suffering caused by the coronavi...

Ash Wednesday: ...et in pulverem reverteris.

this is the day the church puts on ashes to make the beginning of our great season of penitence. traditionally, this sign of penitence is he...

Trump Impeachment Trial: Defense Rests

image: bruce castor, lawyer for former president donald trump, departs on the fourth day of the senate impeachment trials for former preside...