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Stealing Hosts for anti-Catholic art? Not illegal, Spanish judge says.
Critics of a Spanish judge say he wrongly dismissed charges against an artist who stole consecrated Hosts for an exhibit that disrespected the Catholic faith.
The Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers announced it would file an appeal and be...
This time last year, one of the internet’s biggest arguments was “Red Cup Gate” – the stirring controversy over whether Starbucks’ plain red cups constituted a war on Christmas. Ah, those...
It was an unreal feeling to watch the results come in. The night started out in high spirits and ended with the 6 of us staring at each other in disbelief. This man with his dismissive rhetoric,...
Next to the primal needs of eating and sleeping, there is perhaps no more universal need among humans than to feel loved. Two relatively new arthouse movies – “Moonlight” and “Loving” — offer...
Pope tells bishops to have compassion on those with failed marriages
On Friday Pope Francis stopped by a formation course for bishops on the new marriage nullity process, telling attendees that as bishops, and now as local judges in annulment cases, they must pursue the truth, but never exclude those whose...
Kidnapped Mexican priest found alive with signs of torture
The Mexican Conference of Bishops issued a statement acknowledging that Fr. José Luis Sánchez Ruiz, who was kidnapped Nov. 11 in his home state of Veracruz was found alive, but with visible signs of torture.
The statement, issued by the bishop...
Can South Korean Catholics evangelize Asia?
Catholics in South Korea have a unique position to evangelize, one scholar says.
“Since the 1990s, the Vatican has been encouraging the Korean Church to take responsibility for evangelizing the rest of Asia,” Prof. Kirsteen Kim said. “Not only...
Immigration is a family issue – An interview with Archbishop Gomez
In the wake of the presidential election Catholics must remember that immigration is a global issue involving real families, the new vice president of the U.S. bishops’ conference says.
“The important thing is, in the United States, we find...
New Venezuelan cardinal says country's crisis prompted red hat
Venezuelan Archbishop Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo is one of the Pope's picks from the peripheries who will get a red hat this weekend, which the new cardinal-elect says is a sign of the Vatican's concern for the people amid the country’s...
Don't let politicians drive you crazy, Kenya's bishops advise
Ahead of Kenya’s 2017 elections, the country’s Catholic bishops warned about the potential for inflammatory language and politician-driven ethnic tensions to add to violence and endanger the country.
“The well-being and prosperity of our...
