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A priest of the Diocese of Malaga, Spain, was sentenced to 52 years in prison for drugging, and sexually assaulting four women and filming his victims, three of whom were raped. The 35-year-old priest, identified only as “Father Fran” in the article, was ordained in 2012; the crimes took place between 2015 and 2018. ... read more

The leaders of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India highlighted religious-freedom concerns in a memorandum to Amit Shah, the Union Minister of Home Affairs. The prelates discussed their concerns about an amendment to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act that would allow Church property to be seized in some circumstances. The ... read more

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago announced that he asked Father Michael Pfleger to step aside from ministry following a new abuse allegation. The alleged incident took place over three decades ago. “I have no memory of this girl, nor do countless others who have been at St. Sabina for those years,” the priest ... read more

Devon and Cornwall Police arrested a man on suspicion of murdering Ann Widdecombe, an English pro-life Catholic politician was was killed last week. “The suspect, who is a white British national, is now in police custody,” police said in a statement. “At this time, there is still no information to suggest that this ... read more

When MacKenzie Warrens spent weeks crossing the country with Jesus in the Eucharist during the 2024 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, she had already discerned her vocation as a consecrated virgin. What she did not expect was how profoundly the experience would deepen that calling.“I already knew what I was called to,” Warrens told EWTN News. “Any ... read more

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is bearing vocational fruit, with 26 of 45 former perpetual pilgrims discerning or pursuing priesthood, religious life, or other consecrated vocations. The 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage approaches the College of William and Mary’s Wren Building, the oldest academic building in continuous use in the United States, ... read more

The question of whether there is a crisis in the Catholic Church hinges on a slew of facts and their interpretations. The argument that the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the oldest department in the Roman Curia—tasked with identifying and stomping out heresy since 1542—has itself been compromised is among the most persuasive. ... read more

In a 169-164 vote, the French Senate rejected an assisted-suicide bill for the third time on July 7. The National Assembly—the lower house of the French Parliament—voted in favor of the legislation in June and is expected to hold another vote on July 15. ... read more

Welcoming the “progress that has been accomplished in preventing and treating HIV and AIDS in the past five years,” a Vatican diplomat drew “special attention to children, who remain particularly vulnerable to HIV.” “Gaps in both diagnosis and treatment mean that the 3% of HIV patients that are children account for 12% of deaths ... read more

Enacting disciplinary measures on his priests, a Kenyan bishop imposed a 7:00 PM curfew, banned alcohol in Church residences, banned overnight visits and lay guests without his permission, and forbade cohabitation and intimate relationships “with members of either sex.” Bishop Hieronymus Emusugut Joya, I.M.C., of Maralal, who has led the diocese since ... read more

In the fall of 1974, new “language arts” textbooks appeared throughout the school system in Kanawha County, West Virginia. They fostered a new value system, different from traditional morality. Parents were upset that open-ended questions like “When is it okay to steal?” were suggested as teacher discussion topics in schoolbooks. Eldridge Cleaver’s Soul on Ice, ... read more

In a Latin-language letter, Pope Leo XIV recalled the persecution of the Church in Ukraine after the Second World War and the restoration of the hierarchy there following the Soviet Union’s collapse. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV exhorted the Church in Asia, and especially the bishops there, to implore God “that we may become builders of communion and not architects of this world’s Babylon; servants of the Kingdom to come, not builders of towers destined to collapse.” ... read more

Their distress at the Democratic Party's failure for two generations to defend the interests of the working class is admirable, but it is not clear whether they will only further polarize the country.  ... read more

 On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," I speak with writer and theologian Oblate Fr. Ronald Rolheiser about letting things go in our wisdom years.  ... read more