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In new biography, Benedict XVI laments modern ‘anti-Christian creed’‍

Modern society is formulating an “anti-Christian creed” and punishing those who resist it with “social excommunication,” Benedict XVI has said in a new biography, published in Germany on May 4. In a wide-ranging interview at the end of the 1,184-page book, written by German author Peter Seew

Poll: The ‘Trump bump’ is over, especially among white Christians

President Trump’s job approval ratings among some faith groups jumped in March as the number of coronavirus infections began to spread across the country. But that “Trump bump” has all but disappeared. A new poll released on April 30 from PRRI shows Trump’s approval has fallen on average by 6 percentage points and is now more in […]

Polls Show Faith Is Getting Americans Through The Coronavirus Crisis

Two separate polls show that Americans are relying more on their faith to help persevere through the coronavirus pandemic. The Pew Research Centre, in a survey released on April 30, showed that nearly one-fourth of all Americans say their faith has grown stronger during the pandemic, while only 2 percent said it had grown weaker. […]

Pope Francis calls people of all religions to pray for end of pandemic

Pope Francis urged people of every religion to fast and pray on May 14 for an end to the coronavirus pandemic and “other pandemics” of hunger and war. “Today all of us, brothers and sisters of all religious traditions, pray in a day of prayer and fasting, of penance, called by the Higher Committee of […]

Priest, nurse fortify Nigerian villagers against lockdown hunger

God willing, Father Edward Inyanwachi will soon again celebrate Mass for the members of his rural southeastern Nigerian parish. Until then he’s trying to keep them from starving. The pastor of St Patrick Parish and two mission churches in the Diocese of Abakaliki in Nigeria’s impoverished Ebonyi State. Over the last two months, he has […]

Sweden’s approach to pandemic a risk to elderly, minorities, cardinal says

Unlike most countries, Sweden has chosen a more relaxed approach to preventing the spread of the coronavirus, sparking a debate on how governments should confront the deadly pandemic. Sweden’s high death rate among elderly men and women living in retirement homes have many, including the nation’s only cardinal, questioning whether measures meant to protect the […]