
A new
report from researchers at Bowling Green University has found that the U.S. divorce rate has fallen for the third consecutive year, dropping to its lowest point in more than 35 years.
Read the rest

Pope Francis has issued a new apostolic letter
Misericordia et misera in which he proposes a number of ways to continue the celebration of mercy, one of which is the extension of the power to forgive the sin of abortion to all priests.
Read the rest

Almost one year ago, the pope initiated the Jubilee Year of Mercy when he opened the Holy Doors at St. Peter’s Basilica. He will close them on Sunday, thus ending this extraordinary year dedicated to the mercy of God.
Read the rest
In spite of what we’re hearing about how “Hillary Clinton won the popular vote so she should be the president", statements like this reveal a basic misunderstanding of the American electoral process.
Read the rest

A Minnesota mother filed suit yesterday against two governmental agencies, several non-profits, and a school district after they began sex reassignment treatments on her minor son without her consent.
Read the rest

The majority of Catholics around the country came out in support of president-elect Donald J. Trump in the last election, but this was not the case when it came to supporting Catholic teaching on a variety of ballot initiatives.
Read the rest

A new nationwide 54-Day Rosary campaign to pray for our new president will begin on November 28, the feast of St. Catherine Laboure, and will end on Inauguration Day on January 20, 2017.
Read the rest

Thousands of American Catholics are signing an open letter to President-elect Donald J. Trump asking him to honor the promises he made during his campaign to nominate pro-life justices to the Supreme Court, to protect religious liberty and offer school choice to children in failing schools.
Read the rest
Serious questions are being raised about the organizations that are funding the anti-Trump protests, including Planned Parenthood Action, all of which are paying people to protest with the hopes of doing away with the Electoral College and/or forcing Trump to step down.
Read the rest

Brad Avarkian
Paybacks are tough. This was the lesson learned by the Oregon public official who suffered a humiliating defeat at the ballot box after being responsible for shutting down a Christian-owned bakery that refused to cater a gay “wedding."
Read the rest