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The bishop of Bayonne, France, said in an interview that lawmakers who vote in favor of euthanasia “will no longer be able to receive Communion.” Bishop Aillet said: The Catholic parliamentarians who voted for this bill must weigh the consequences. If they are aware of this inconsistency, they will no longer be able to ... read more

A Le Figaro investigation found that a prestigious French military secondary school refused to consider pupils from independent Catholic schools despite their reputation for academic excellence. The students whose applications were not considered all attended traditionalist Catholic schools, either affiliated with the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest or with the Society ... read more

Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo of Oyo, Nigeria, welcomed the release of 45 students and teachers who were kidnapped from schools in Ogbomoso on May 15. “May this ugly episode serve as a wake-up call to all of us, government and citizens, to collaborate more and do our utmost to secure our lives ... read more

A mob of 60 people entered the property of the Salesian sisters in Barasat on July 12 and demanded that the sisters destroy a partially constructed chapel and cemetery, according to Catholic Connect, a website of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India. Barasat is located in the state of West Bengal (map), ... read more

Speaking at Re-Imagine Peace, an event in Florence that featured Israeli and Palestinian musicians, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem emphasized the importance of seeing the other not as “an enemy, not a threat, nor a category, but a person.” “Listening should be one of the most revolutionary acts at our disposal,” Cardinal ... read more

Having achieved worldwide fame for her educational YouTube videos, Rachel Accurso is an advocate for children's rights. Behind it all? An unshakable faith in the love of God and steadfast commitment to children. ... read more

The leaders of the Society of St. Pius X made decisions that carry major implications. Their actions will need to be unpacked, and in some cases, undone, if the group seeks to have unity with the Catholic Church. ... read more

"Catholic social teaching has always emphasized the protection of workers, so it is no surprise that Leo gives space in his encyclical to the impact of robots and AI on workers," writes Thomas Reese. ... read more

Statistician Ryan Burge said that the Archdiocese of Detroit has posted workbooks that offer “unprecedented access into what is happening at the parish level across hundreds of churches in Michigan.” In this article, Burge, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis and a former Baptist pastor, offers a “30,000 foot view ... read more

Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication, warned in an editorial against “any glorification or exaggeration of the Pope’s role as head of state, any emphasis on the importance of this role.” In “The Pope always speaks as a Shepherd,” Tornielli wrote that “it is true that, to guarantee the absolute freedom ... read more

A three-day gathering begins today at Borgo Laudato Si’ to draft the Rome Declaration for a Disarmed and Disarming Peace in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear and Autonomous Weapons, New Digital Protocols, and Emerging Models of Digital Development. The Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War, with the assistance ... read more

When was the last time you shimmied across a dance floor — or maybe just across your living room floor — and allowed all of your inhibitions to fade away? Maybe your boring, serious adult self hasn’t broken out in a full-bodied boogie in ages, but just this week my 7-year-old pirouetted and whipped and ... read more

Mercy is the fulfillment of justice, not the abolition. — St. Thomas Aquinas ... read more

Today the USA celebrates the Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680). Kateri was born in 1656 near the town of Auriesville, New York, the daughter of a Mohawk warrior. She was baptized by Jesuit missionary Fr. Jacques de Lambertville on Easter of 1676 at the age of twenty. She devoted her life to prayer, penitential ... read more

The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) has filed an appeal with the Vatican against the decree that declared the traditionalist group in schism with the Catholic Church for consecrating four bishops without papal authorization.According to a statement from the society — whose members are known as Lefebvrists — the appeal was submitted to the ... read more