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Catholic World Report provides a Catholic perspective on news in and outside the Church.

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Jul 4, 2025
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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Bishop Barron urges court to strike down Washington law that targets seal of confession
Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire, a media apostolate focused on evangelization. / Credit: Word on Fire CNA Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 / 15:29 pm (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron on July 4...
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Jan 5, 2023
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.
Opinion: The media in Italy never understood or appreciated Benedict XVI
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Jan 13, 2020
Ignatius Press: Claim that Benedict XVI did not co-author book on celibacy is false.
Ignatius Press: Claim that Benedict XVI did not co-author book on celibacy is false
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Aug 30, 2025
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.
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Andrea Bocelli, Pharrell Williams to direct Vatican concert for human fraternity
Pharrell Williams (left) and Andrea Bocelli. / Credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images; Jakub Janecki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Aug 29, 2025 / 11:51 am (CNA). Italian tenor Andrea...
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Jul 3, 2021
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.
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Several pro-life laws take effect in South Dakota
Unsplash. Pierre, S.D., Jul 2, 2021 / 17:01 pm (CNA). Five pro-life laws went into effect in South Dakota on Thursday.As of July 1, it is no longer legal to abort a child due to a prenatal diagnosis...
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Nov 24, 2023
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.
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Bishop Barron in ‘frank disagreement’ with Synod on Synodality’s report on ‘development of moral...
Bishop Robert Barron. Photo courtesy of DeChant-Hughes Public Relations. / null Rome Newsroom, Nov 24, 2023 / 11:45 am (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron has said that he is in “frank disagreement” with the...
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Nov 11, 2022
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.
Jewish actor converts to Catholicism: the Virgin Mary ‘is my most beautiful love’
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Feb 1, 2022
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.
Las Vegas bishop asks pro-abortion Catholic politicians not to present themselves for Holy Communion
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Apr 1, 2019
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.”
The Church is plunged into the darkness of Good Friday (Part 1)
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Aug 26, 2025
“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…
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Oct 18, 2018
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.”
Abp Chaput: The terrain and challenge U.S. Christians face
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Nov 27, 2022
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…
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Jan 18, 2020
An exclusive excerpt from Benedict XVI's chapter, "The Catholic Priesthood," from the forthcoming book "From the Depths of Our Hearts."
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“The Catholic Priesthood”: Benedict XVI on priestly celibacy
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Oct 20, 2021
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.”
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Catholic leader says his archdiocese won’t take part in global synodal process, citing ‘ideologic...
Archbishop Wolfgang Haas of Vaduz, Liechtenstein. / Monegasque2 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Oct 20, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA). A Catholic leader has said that his archdiocese...