By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 13, 2024 / 11:42 am Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate for the 2024 presidential election last week was met with concern from Catholic leaders, some of whom cited his “extreme” views that they say put him at odds with Catholic …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 18, 2024 / 17:37 pm Elon Musk, the CEO of X and SpaceX and one of the richest men in the world, announced that he will move both multibillion-dollar companies out of California because he opposes a new law that hides information from parents …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 5, 2024 / 18:00 pm U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is backing away from its previous support of sex-change surgeries for minors who identify as transgender but is maintaining its support for other medical interventions to facilitate gender transitions for those under the age …

By Tyler Arnold Pittsburgh, Pa., Jun 18, 2024 / 15:15 pm Editor”s Note: Pittsburgh is on the Seton Route. The Pilgrimage will continue through western Pennsylvania, and Ohio and to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. To join the pilgrimage, and for details, click here.  As hundreds of Catholic pilgrims processed through the …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 14, 2024 / 17:55 pm President Joe Biden privately met with Pope Francis early Friday evening in Apulia, Italy, at the Group of Seven (G7) Summit to discuss foreign policy and climate change. Francis is the first pope to address the G7 summit, which …

By Tyler Arnold Washington D.C., Jun 8, 2024 / 06:00 am The tiny town of Emmitsburg, Maryland, (population 3,629) grew by approximately 50% on Thursday, June 6, when a crowd of as many as 1,500 Catholics joined two Eucharistic processions through its normally sleepy streets. Emmitsburg is home to the National Shrine of St. …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 1, 2024 / 10:00 am A Christian employee has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Fire Department in which he alleges he was subjected to “retaliation” and “religious discrimination” for refusing to raise a well-known Pride-theme flag while he was working. A veteran county …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 28, 2024 / 17:10 pm Kansas City Chiefs’ kicker Harrison Butker doubled down on his May 11 Benedictine College commencement speech comments during a Catholic home schooling association’s gala in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday. “If it wasn’t clear that the timeless Catholic values are hated by many, it …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 23, 2024 / 06:00 am From the early 1990s through the 2010s, the number of Americans who identified as atheist, agnostic, and nonaffiliated saw a major surge — but that number appears to be stabilizing, according to an analysis published on May 20.  Ryan Burge, …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 13, 2024 / 15:31 pm Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is walking back his recent statement of support for “full-term abortion” on demand and conceding to some restrictions on abortion once a fetus reaches viability, which occurs around 23 to 24 weeks of pregnancy. …