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Adm. Brian Christine, assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a practicing Catholic, talked about the state of the pro-life movement as well as his own faith in an interview on “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly” on Wednesday. Christine, a practicing Catholic, said the HHS values religious freedom. “We are…
A victim of clerical sexual abuse from Ireland shared his story in a private meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Monday. David Ryan, who was sexually abused by a Catholic priest at Blackrock College in Dublin in the 1970s, told a small group of reporters, including Colm Flynn of EWTN News, after…
Jonathan Roumie, known for his role portraying Jesus in “The Chosen,” is trading in the sandals for dress shoes in a new movie titled “Solo Mio” to be released on Feb. 6. Roumie first appeared as Jesus in the hit series in 2019. In 2023, he took on the role of Lonnie Frisbee, an evangelical…
The Priestly Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) announced Monday that it plans to consecrate new bishops on July 1 even without authorization from the Holy See, a move that would likely lead to automatic excommunication of all the bishops who take part and harden a decades-old split with Rome. The SSPX, which exclusively celebrates…
The young Italian priest and influencer Alberto Ravagnani, 32, surprised his hundreds of thousands of social media followers a few days ago by publicly announcing his decision to leave the priesthood. Ravagnani had gained popularity on digital platforms, where he posted messages with religious content aimed especially at young people. However, his activities were not…
The president of the Mexican bishops’ conference (CEM, by its Spanish acronym), Bishop Ramón Castro Castro, outlined “the vision that the Church in Mexico is embracing for 2026,” which is to “walk together as a more united, more synodal Church, closer to the people,” especially in the face of the violence, poverty, and forced migration…
Just over a year ago in County Wicklow, Ireland, three young men decided to sidestep the secular Christmas season tradition of hitting 12 pubs and instead visited 12 different churches for Sunday Mass. Forty churches later, Luke Doogue, 20, and his friends Neil, 19, and Stephen Patterson, 17, have found themselves explaining on Irish national…
Here’s a roundup of the latest Catholic education news in the United States: Sisters part ways with Benedictine due to aging community, demanding board, expansion efforts The announcement of the decision by Mount St. Scholastica sisters to part ways with Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, came as no surprise to leadership at the institution, as…
After being seen by over 400,000 people across Europe, “Bernadette, The Musical” is making its debut in the U.S. on Feb. 19 at Chicago’s The Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture. The musical tells the true story of St. Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes — the 14-year-old girl who, in 1858 in Lourdes, France, encountered a…
Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami is calling on Congress to find a “permanent” solution for Haitian refugees in the United States. On Feb. 2 a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants that was given in 2010. TPS provides eligible Haitians in the…
