People with no religion accounted for 23.1% of the U.S. population in 2018 By comparison, Catholics make up 23% and Evangelicals account for 22.5% The three are now statistically tied as the largest religious groups in America Meanwhile, mainline Protestant … Read More
Pope Francis on Monday called for an end to wars in the Middle East during the first visit by the head of the Catholic church to the birthplace of Islam, the Arabian Peninsula. Francis, who has made outreach to Muslim … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, Today is March 29th, the day there was to be a hard British exit from the European Union if the Parliament couldn’t agree to flawed arrangement Prime Minister May brought up again. This was the third time … Read More
The 6th anniversary of Pope Francis’s papacy was marked by Australian cardinal George Pell sentencing to six years in prison. Vatican analysts in Italy are debating whether the leader of the Catholic Church’s accomplishments have outweighed his failings during his … Read More
Pope Francis arrives during the opening of a global child protection summit day 2 for reflections on the sex abuse crisis within the Catholic Church, at the Vatican, 21 February 2019.ANSA/GIUSEPPE LAMI Washington Pope Francis’ closing address to the Vatican … Read More
Under the banners of accountability and transparency, Pope Francis has opened an unprecedented summit on sex abuse in the Catholic Church. He said that serial criticizers of the church were in league with the devil. Pope Francis kicked off a four-day … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, They can’t seem to get Brexit done. Britain is having a mighty hard time leaving the European Union. The sticking point seems to be the Irish “backstop.” Any Brexit deal with the EU would … Read More
Ordination of priests (Pic: Matthias Ulrich) In a stunning expose of the Catholic Church’s hypocrisy, the author of a new book has found that the vast majority of Vatican priests are gay. In the Closet of the Vatican was written by … Read More
Pope Francis has ordered a “thorough study” into the Vatican archives to investigate the charges surrounding Archbishop Theodore McCarrick. Credit Credit Tony Gentile/Reuters ROME — The Vatican has decided to fight fire and brimstone with fire and brimstone. Six weeks after Archbishop Carlo Maria … Read More
A new Pew poll suggests trust in the embattled pontiff is plummeting. Pope Francis holds his General Weekly Audience in St. Peter’s Square on August 29, 2018, in Vatican City. Giulio Origlia/Getty Images Catholics’ confidence in Pope Francis has plummeted. … Read More