America’s Catholic bishops are giving President-elect Donald Trump a mixed reception ahead of his second term. Following Trump’s overwhelming victory in Tuesday’s election, Archbishop Timonthy Broglio, head of the Military Archdiocese and president of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference (USCCB),…
On Thursday night, wealthy Catholics and New Yorkers gathered for the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, often just called the Al Smith Dinner, a prestigious charity event long famed for featuring appearances from U.S. presidents and presidential candidates….
At the 79th Alfred E. Smith charity dinner in New York City last evening, the elites set aside political differences for a good cause and shared laughs often by being the butt of jokes by Donald Trump. Trump was the…
You were probably unaware that there was anything of note going on at the Vatican this month. Even if you’re a diehard Catholic interested in the inner workings of Church politics, there’s enough going on in the wider world to…
Leftism is a complex beast — far more intricate and sinister than many realize. Conservatives speak often of communism and Marxism, but leftism is unlike either of these evils. After all, both communism and Marxism have end goals that many…
The precise wording of the Vatican–China Provisional Agreement, signed on Sept. 22, 2018, remains a closely guarded secret, but its dire effects are plain for all to see. By affording legitimacy to the Chinese Communist Party–dominated Patriotic Catholic Church —…
Over 400,000 Germans left the Catholic Church last year. In 2022, over a half a million left. Of those who remain, less than 7 percent attend Mass with any regularity. LGBT activists within the ranks of the clergy are at…
Vice President Kamala Harris has turned down an invitation to speak at the Al Smith dinner in New York City. Her staff says she will be busy campaigning, but that is a poor excuse: every presidential candidate, save for Walter…
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, when advising Catholics to “choose the lesser evil” between Vice President Kamala Harris, who supports unrestricted abortion, and former President Donald Trump, who supports the deportation of illegal aliens and stronger…
