Catholic Church

By Bree Dail, DailyWire - Pope Francis has elevated a longtime friend and collaborator who once wrote a book about kissing to a key role inside the Vatican, sparking controversy on social media... Francis made the announcement on Friday that Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández of La Plata, Argentina, would serve as the new Prefect of the DDF... Considered one of the top religious positions at the Vatican, the prefect is responsible for preserving Catholic doctrine in line with 2,000 years of history and tradition as well as evaluating disciplinary action against clergy through Canon Law (the law of the Catholic Church).

By Michael Haynes, LifeSiteNews - Cdl. Müller: In Latin America, the Church has lost half of its members. In synodal Germany, more than 500,000 Catholics have publicly renounced their communion with the Church in 2022 alone. Everywhere, seminaries are empty, monasteries are closing, and the process of dechristianization of the Americas and Europe is driven in a sophisticated and violent manner by anti-clerical “elites.”

By Msgr. Charles Pope - The key is that the whole family is educated and that parents and other adults must be assisted in their teaching of children... So, back to basics! No more handing over catechesis to a “professional class.” Religious education must also take place in the home. Parents, are you reading Bible stories to your children? How are you growing in your own faith? And don’t be anxious. The basic curriculum is not that hard. It’s easily memorized ....

By Louis Knuffke, LifeSiteNews - As teachers and parents dissent from Catholic teaching on transgender ideology, the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, has temporarily suspended its Dept. of Catholic Schools... The archdiocese has more than 40 elementary schools and high schools, all of which are overseen by the Department of Catholic Schools. The department supports the schools by “communicating, assessing, and reporting on matters of faith, Catholic identity, policy, and academic achievement between the archdiocese, [the department], and the schools.”