By Abel Camasca ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 27, 2024 / 07:00 am In the history of the Catholic Church various saints and blesseds have described what hell is like and even exactly where “bad Christians” would be placed, based on visions and messages they received during their lives. Hell’s structure St. …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 25, 2024 / 17:55 pm Religiously unaffiliated people, often referred to as “nones,” now make up the largest religious category in the U.S., according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. Pew’s new report, released Jan. 24, shows that nones now account for …

By CNA Staff CNA Staff, Jan 26, 2024 / 07:15 am Father Simon-Peter Engurait has been chosen as diocesan administrator of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana following the unexpected death last week of Bishop Mario Dorsonville. Dorsonville died of complications stemming from liver disease on Jan. 19, leaving the diocese sede …

By Matthew Santucci Rome Newsroom, Jan 26, 2024 / 12:00 pm Pope Francis on Friday clarified the Vatican’s position on same-sex blessings, affirming the recent declaration Fiducia Supplicans and emphasizing that “moral perfection” isn’t a requirement for receiving a blessing. The Dec. 18, 2023, document, published by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jan 25, 2024 / 11:30 am A Kentucky bishop this month announced the dismissal of two priests who he said had repeatedly denigrated the modern form of the holy sacrifice of the Mass in their parish. Covington Bishop John Iffert said in a letter to members of Our …

By Edward Pentin Rome Newsroom, Jan 25, 2024 / 08:30 am Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun said Pope Francis’ recent declaration allowing the blessing of same-sex couples under certain conditions “creates confusion” and suggested that its author, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, should resign or be dismissed. In a statement published Jan. 23 on his …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 24, 2024 / 16:00 pm Ohio lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to prohibit doctors from facilitating sex changes for children on Wednesday, Jan. 24, in a successful override of Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of the legislation. The bill, which will go into effect in 90 days, prohibits all …

By Matt McDonald National Catholic Register, Jan 24, 2024 / 13:00 pm Volunteering to help people was a big part of who Ryan Realbuto was. He scrubbed dishes in a soup kitchen, did yard work at a foster home, repainted the chapel at a home for women, and helped high-school kids …

By Joe Bukuras, Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 23, 2024 / 19:25 pm One year after the FBI’s Richmond office sent out a memorandum outlining an investigation into traditionalist Catholics, a Latin Mass was held in the U.S. Capitol with the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson and two other Republican …

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 23, 2024 / 17:05 pm One of the most emblematic museums in the city of Rome, the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, is currently hosting an exhibition on the life of the writer J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of “The Lord of the …