The owner of a historic 155-acre Vermont college campus is looking to give it away to a suitable Catholic nonprofit at no cost. Raj Peter Bhakta, a whiskey entrepreneur and former contestant on “The Apprentice,” has announced his intention to relinquish the former Green Mountain College campus and surrounding land in Poultney, Vermont, to a…
A group of bishops from the Texas-Mexico border region, informally known as the “Tex-Mex bishops,” met in El Paso, Texas, on Friday to discuss immigration and its effects on both the U.S. and Mexico as well as recent drug cartel-related violence in Mexico. The meeting of the Tex-Mex bishops is now “the longest-running international gathering…
Pope Leo XIV closed the Vatican’s weeklong Lenten spiritual exercises Friday by thanking retreat preacher Bishop Erik Varden and urging those gathered to live out St. Paul’s exhortation to “behave in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ.” Speaking at the conclusion of the retreat in the Pauline Chapel on Feb. 27, the pope…
Deacon Steve Greco, founder of Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry and director of evangelization and formation for the Diocese of Orange in California, has joined with technology company eCatholic to launch the Adore Movement to promote adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. The movement has two components: creation of a website featuring a new adoration finder tool to…
A video by Egyptian content creator Mahmoud Dawoud has reignited public controversy after he called for a boycott of shops owned by Christians, claiming that purchasing from them “contributes to insulting Islam.” Dawoud also accused Pope Tawadros II, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, of inciting insults against the Islamic faith. The call drew widespread…
Catalina Davis spent 15 years in the New Age movement. After her conversion, she described it as a “Luciferian sect” driven by Freemasonry. Now she is preparing to found a religious order to guide those living in a “personal hell” toward God’s mercy. Davis just published in Spain “The Great Prison: The Hidden Price of…
A statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint, will replace a statue of Christopher Columbus at Arrigo Park in Chicago — an area known as Little Italy — Chicago Park District officials announced Feb. 18. Cabrini, who served poor Italian immigrants in Chicago, received roughly 38% of the almost 4,000 votes cast…
The head of the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana, Mike Hammer, stated that Cuba is at a decisive moment and that the country will soon achieve “the freedom it hasn’t had in 67 years.” “If there is freedom, there will be no suffering because there will be the necessary change. How will it happen? Well,…
Students at the University of Notre Dame gathered on Feb. 27 for a candlelit prayer service to offer thanksgiving for the university’s Catholic identity. The event was originally planned as a protest in response to the university’s appointment of abortion advocate Professor Susan Ostermann as the head of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian…
Meta blocks AI chatbot from discussing abortion with minors Meta won’t allow its AI chatbot to discuss abortion with minors, according to a report from the progressive outlet Mother Jones. Citing internal Meta documents, Mother Jones reported that Meta’s chatbot policy guidelines for interactions with minors prevent the chatbot from advising them on “content that…
