Bishop Robert Barron on July 4 urged a federal court to strike down a Washington state law that would force priests to violate the seal of confession, telling the court that the law is “manifestly” disrespectful of the ancient and vital Church practice.
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- After Ratzinger was elected pope, progressive journalists in Italy exerted themselves in depicting Pope Benedict as vastly unpopular, fully expecting him to be rejected by the masses that had flocked to see Saint John Paul II. They were wrong.
- Ignatius Press: Claim that Benedict XVI did not co-author book on celibacy is false.
- Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and American songwriter Pharrell Williams will direct a concert featuring musicians John Legend, Teddy Swims, Jelly Roll, Karol G, BamBam, and Angélique Kidjo in St. Peter’s Square next month.
- As of July 1, in South Dakota it is no longer legal to abort a child due to a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, and it will no longer be legal to require a surrogate to abort a child as part of her surrogacy contract.
- Bishop Robert Barron has said that he is in “frank disagreement” with the final report of the Synod on Synodality’s claim that advances in the sciences require an evolution in the Church’s moral teaching on human sexuality.
- The famous Jewish actor and humorist Gad Elmaleh, beloved in France, announced his conversion to the Catholic faith, a process in which he says the Virgin Mary played a crucial role.
- Bishop George Thomas of Las Vegas, responding to a pro-abortion column written by a Catholic politician, has asked all Catholic politicians who do not agree with the Church’s teaching on abortion not to present themselves for Holy Communion.
- Cardinal Robert Sarah: “I can say without fear that some priests, some bishops and even some cardinals are afraid to proclaim what God teaches and to hand on the doctrine of the Church.”
- “There was nothing ideological about [the traditional Latin Mass],” says the Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, in a wide-ranging interview, “we wanted to offer the Mass to meet the pastoral need of the people. It is a beautiful part of the Church’s tradition.” catholicworldreport.com/2025/08/25/bis…
- Archbishop Chaput: “No synod has the authority to change core Christian teachings; nor does any Pope. In matters of interpretation, the unstated struggle in the 2018 synod revolves around Catholic sexual morality.”
- Christians in the West should not take religious liberty and freedom of worship for granted, Cardinal Robert Sarah said in a recent interview with EWTN News. catholicworldreport.com/2022/11/27/car…
- An exclusive excerpt from Benedict XVI's chapter, "The Catholic Priesthood," from the forthcoming book "From the Depths of Our Hearts."
- Archbishop Wolfgang Haas of Vaduz, Liechtenstein has said that his archdiocese won’t take part in the two-year global synodal process, saying that it would run “the risk of becoming ideological.”