Nearly 60 years ago, the renowned prose stylist and infamous Catholic convert Evelyn Waugh passed away. On Easter Sunday (April 10) 1966, after attending a soon-to-be-banned Tridentine Mass, Waugh met his ignominious fate in the lavatory, reportedly having suffered a…
In a surprising move, a typically left-of-center Catholic cardinal is praising the Vatican’s new declaration Dignitas infinita for its approach to LGBT issues. In a recent interview, Washington, D.C.’s Cardinal Wilton Gregory said that the new Vatican document, which addresses “gender…
“Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be his world, than he who aspires…
“We are an Easter people, and alleluia is our song,” the great St. Augustine once wrote. Over 1,500 years later, Pope St. John Paul II echoed these words when speaking in Adelaide, Australia. “We do not pretend that life is…
Former President Donald Trump is leading incumbent Joe Biden among American Catholics, according to the latest polls from battleground states. A new survey from the League of American Workers shows Trump leading Biden by double digits among Catholic voters in…
The leader of left-wing government in Ireland is resigning after suffering a resounding defeat in a double referendum earlier this month. In a shocking announcement on Wednesday morning, Taoiseach (Ireland’s word for prime minister) Leo Varadkar shared that he would…
Poland’s Catholic bishops are preparing to grapple with the new coalition government and its left-wing agenda. Last week, the Polish Bishops’ Conference elected new leadership, with Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki of Poznań leaving his position as president and Kraków’s Archbishop Marek…
Germany’s Catholic bishops are officially launching their first commission for “queer” pastoral care. Auxiliary Bishop Ludger Schepers of the troubled Essen diocese, the commission’s inaugural chief, is already urging a change in the Church’s teachings on homosexuality. “In the coming…
Two years ago this month, a memo began circulating among the College of Cardinals excoriating Pope Francis’s pontificate and thoroughly analyzing its many failures. Entitled “The Vatican Today,” the detailed evaluation was signed simply by “Demos,” a Greek word meaning…
America’s Catholic bishops are pushing back against the Biden administration’s plans to fund abortions for American Indians. Last month, the Indian Health Service (IHS, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, nothing to do with the Jesuits)…