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S.A. McCarthy is a writer for the Washington Stand. He has also been published by The American Spectator, RealClearInvestigations, and Crisis Magazine. He served as a teacher at a Catholic school before beginning his career in journalism.
by | Mar 16, 2024

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…

by | Mar 9, 2024

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…

by | Mar 2, 2024

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…

by | Feb 24, 2024

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)…

by | Feb 24, 2024

Germany’s Catholic bishops have abandoned their plans to form a forbidden Synodal Council to replace the authority of bishops with a democratic body of clergy and laity. On the eve of their annual plenary assembly, the German bishops were given…

by | Feb 17, 2024

Germany’s Catholic bishops may be preparing to defy the Vatican, despite Pope Francis’s efforts to rein in the heterodox prelates. The German Bishops’ Conference will meet tomorrow for its annual Spring plenary assembly, where the bishops may move forward with…

by | Feb 10, 2024

Old Dominion’s Catholic bishops are calling on lawmakers to halt assisted suicide bills working their way through the state legislature. Bishops Michael Burbidge of the diocese of Arlington and Barry Knestout of the diocese of Richmond issued a statement last…

by | Feb 3, 2024

U.S. senators are grilling the director of the FBI over reportedly deleting documents related to the creation of the now-infamous anti-Catholic Richmond memo, and potentially lying under oath to Congress. In a letter to Christopher Wray dated Wednesday, a coalition…

by | Jan 27, 2024

Immigration has been a hot-button issue for years. But with Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s recent declaration that illegal immigration at America’s southern border constitutes an “invasion,” the button has gone from hot to scorching. Many self-described but poorly-catechized Catholics —…

by | Jan 20, 2024

The Catholic social media world has been ablaze lately with commentary on remarks Pope Francis made regarding Hell. In a recent interview, the Pontiff said, “What I would say is not a dogma of faith, but my personal thought: I…

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