To close a year in which he put limits on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, Pope Francis warned against the temptations of pride, spiritual worldliness, and attachment to superficial reassurances, including liturgical preferences. In his Dec. 23 speech to...
Religious affiliation in the U.S. has continued to fall during the pandemic, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Centre. The percentage of Americans who identify as Christians now stands at 63%, down from 65% in 2019 and from 78% in 2007. Meanwhile, 29% of...
Across the world, girls and young women from Christian families are forced into sexual slavery and religious conversion. This is one of the most underreported examples of the persecution of Christians, usually in Muslim-majority countries with significant Christian...
Catholics are facing soaring levels of discrimination in some of the most influential countries in Europe, a new report said. The Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance Against Christians in Europe identified the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Sweden as...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was “a beacon of hope during the bleak days of apartheid,” according to Bishop Victor Phalana of Klerksdorp and the liaison Bishop for justice and peace at the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference. The Anglican prelate died on Sunday...
