Vatican answers questions on limits regarding pre-Vatican II Mass
Responding to 11 questions it said had been raised about Pope Francis' document restricting celebrations of the pre-Vatican II Mass, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments offered a few concessions to bishops but insisted the entire Latin-rite Catholic Church must move toward celebrating only one form of the Mass and sacraments.
Google pulling ads on abortion reversal and links to videos called ‘unjust’
"Abortion pill reversal facts," said the Google ad from the pro-life group Live Action. "We may be able to help you."
After adventures, young woman finds spiritual home in log cabin and church
Tekla Bedwell's adventures include the year she worked aboard a luxury yacht crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Spain.
Refurbished St. Edward new home to Traditional Mass community
In the residential neighborhoods of southeastern Phoenix, just south of the commercial and industrial areas where Interstate 10 curves away from Sky Harbor International Airport, the faithful who worship with the Extraordinary Form of the Mass – the traditional Latin Mass – have a new home where they can celebrate their Catholic faith.
Decline in vocations is a call to be humble, pope tells Jesuits
The decrease of vocations to religious life, including in the Society of Jesus, is a lesson in humility and a reminder that a calling to religious life depends on God, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Greece.
At recovery farm woodshop, men rediscover purpose, Christmas spirit
It's not the North Pole, and the workers aren't elves, but the woodshop at Blanchet Farm in Carlton does produce joy and goodwill.
Even in tech sector, immigrant workers subject to wage theft, study shows
If you thought the kinds of jobs where immigrant workers were subject to wage theft were along the lines of car washing, farm labor and food service, think again.
Catholic groups challenge federal mandate on gender transition procedures
Several Catholic hospitals, a Catholic university and Mercy sisters who run health clinics filed a challenge to a federal mandate for performing gender transition procedures with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit Dec. 15.
Pope Joan: Old rituals, wild imaginations led to legend, archivist says
Intelligent, in love, highly cultured and heavily pregnant, the infamous "Pope Joan" is one of those urban legends of the "urbi" of Rome about a woman who covertly climbed the clerical ladder in the ninth century and was elected Pope John VIII.
Abortion, religious liberty, vaccine mandate cases top busy 2021 for court
This past year was busy for the nation's high court, particularly with issues of interest to Catholics regarding abortion, religious liberty, COVID-19 vaccine mandates and the death penalty.
