Local Church

Image of Mexican Virgin of Guadalupe Weeps Blood: First Case to Be Studied after Vatican Reform

Melchor Mondragón saw the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe in his home with marks on her face on Sunday, June 2, 2024. He approached the image and saw what seemed to be red tears running down her cheeks.

Jun 19, 2024 05:54

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Sixth California Diocese Declares Bankruptcy for Cases of Abuse Committed Years Ago

The Fresno Diocese’s Catholic Charities Service and Education Corporation, which runs the diocesan schools, are separate legal or ecclesial entities, and do not declare bankruptcy, said Monsignor Joseph Brennan.

Jun 11, 2024 06:04

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Gender Ideology

Methodists Accept “Ordinations” of Homosexual Men

The decision was taken by a simple vote with no debate, doing away with the prohibition, established in 1984, to ordain “self-declared practicing homosexuals” clerics.

May 14, 2024 11:54

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion

How TikTok Also Uses Catholic Nuns to Wash its Image in the U.S.

(ZENIT News / Los Angeles, 04.05.2024).- Sister Monica Clare, a un in northern New Jersey, walks by a sunlit church, sits on a bench, makes the sign of the cross and says: “Thanks to TikTok, I’ve created a Community in which we […]

May 05, 2024 01:16

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•Gender Ideology•Justice and Peace

Majority of Catholic Colleges for Women Enrol Men that Identify Themselves as Women

“We have a double crisis of identity: among young people captured by the gender ideology and among the Catholic Universities that challenge the Church and reject its teaching, which is fundamental for authentic Catholic education.”

May 02, 2024 00:51

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Research Shows That Only 35% of American Catholics Have a Favourable Opinion About Biden

Pew Research Center published the survey’s data, which included interviews carried out at the end of February 2024 with 12,000 adult Americans. Biden, a Catholic, garnered a high rate of little acceptance among those that call themselves Catholics.

May 01, 2024 00:04

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Good News

Mel Gibson Will Release the Sequel to “The Passion” on Christ’s “Resurrection” in 2025: This Is What Is Known So Far

The release is planned for April 18, 2025, Good Friday. The production will be filmed with special events, such as the Fall of the Angels and scenes in Hell.

Apr 25, 2024 12:36

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Local Church

Knights of Columbus Remove Rupnik’s Mosaics from the Saint John Paul II Shrine in Washington, DC

The Council of the Knights of Columbus of Washington, DC has decided to remove Marko Rupnik’s mosaics from the Redemptoris Hominis and the Luminous Mysteries Chapels in Saint John Paul II’s Shrine.

Apr 23, 2024 23:40

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•Vocations•Young People

USA: Students With A Religious Vocation Are Unable to Enter the Seminary or Convent Because of University Debt

A Report of the United States National Conference of Religious Vocations warned in 2013 that “the educational debt had become a dissuasive element for many in discerning their religious vocation.” The average debt of student loans in the United States is around US$30,000.

Apr 23, 2024 13:03

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Justice and Peace•Pro Life

USA: For the First Time an American Vice-President Visits an Abortion Clinic During An Electoral Period

Toured the clinic’s facilities with the State’s Governor, Tim Walz, and Dr Sarah Traxler, Medical Directress of Planned Parenthood North Central States.

Mar 26, 2024 23:40

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Persecuted Christians

Canada: Government Refuses to Condemn Burning of Catholic Churches

Prime Minister Trudeau’s Liberals were quick to condemn vandalism against Islamic mosques, such as anti-Islam graffiti on the facade of the Cambridge Islamic Center on February 12.

Mar 21, 2024 23:28

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•Gender Ideology•Young People

USA: Young People’s Support for Gay Unions Drops

22% of young people in the United States between 18 and 29 years of age identify with the LGBTQ ideology as do 58% of residents in the United States, who consider themselves liberals or relate to the Democratic Party. It is relevant that the majority of Americans considered to be LGBTQ have no religious affiliation: 35% say they are Christians and 5% are non-Christian believers.

Mar 20, 2024 00:16

Rafael Manuel Tovar