The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other faith leaders across the country are calling upon U.S. lawmakers to support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act which will prevent the government from discriminating against faith-based adoption agencies because of their religious or moral beliefs.
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Archbishop Pens Powerful Op-Ed in Local Newspaper
Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, who serves as Chairman of the USCCB’s Committee for Religious Liberty, penned a powerful response to a letter sent to the editor of a Kentucky newspaper by a citizen who expressed concern about his support for the First Amendment Defense Act – a bill which some are claiming will legalize discrimination against the LGBT community.
Exorcism Course Reveals Changing Face of Evil
Regina Apostolorum in Rome where the week-long course “Exorcism and the Prayer of Liberation” is being held. (Wikicommons)
More than 250 people from 50 countries converged on Rome this week to attend a week-long course on exorcism and discuss the changing face of evil in our day.
Pope Take Steps to Help Ailing Alfie Evans
(SaveAlfieEvans.com)
Pope Francis met with the father of Alfie Evans, a two-year-old suffering from an undiagnosed neurological condition in a hospital seeking the removal of his life support, and has opened the door to allowing the child to be transferred to Bambino Gesu in Rome.
Happy Birthday, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict receiving his birthday cake today. (YouTube)
Today marks the 91st birthday of the man said to have been the “main intellectual force in the Church” since the mid-1980’s – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Catholic Homeschools Are Fueling Vocations
A new study has found that one in ten young men studying for ordination to the priesthood in the United States was homeschooled.
Hawaii Bishop Speaks Truth to Power
Hawaii State Capitol, Honolulu
Bishop Larry Silva of the Diocese of Honolulu wrote a hard-hitting editorial about the new law legalizing assisted suicide in his state and raises serious questions about how it requires people to lie on death certificates and to insurance companies, how it disregards the eternal consequences of this choice and the guilt it imposes on families, and how it sends a dangerous message to youth that sometimes killing yourself is better than living.
Vatican Toughens Stand Against Gender Theory
In keeping with Pope Francis’ frequent warnings about the dangers of “gender theory,” a recent conference in Rome resulted in strong statements against the idea that male/female identities can be determined by personal desire rather than by nature.
Pope Francis’ First Five Years
Five years ago today, on March 13, 2013, Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the 265th Successor to St. Peter and launched the Church onto a sometimes very rocky road into the 21st century.
Generation Z: Why So Few Believe
The generation of Americans born between 1999 and 2015 – who are the first generation born into the “post-Christian” world – say the presence of so much evil in the world, the hypocrisy of Christians, and the belief that science refutes much of the Bible are major reasons why there are so few believers in this demographic.
