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Local Church•Persecuted Christians

USA: FBI’s Reach Into Catholic Traditionalism Wider Than Previously Admitted, New Documents Reveal

The implications are stark. Language from the memo compared traditional Catholic beliefs to “Islamist theology” and advised cultivating informants within Latin Mass parishes. Internal emails show that some agents were uneasy. One asked bluntly whether anyone had even requested such a product. Another warned about overreliance on the SPLC’s designations—labels that have sparked controversy for sweeping certain religious or socially conservative groups into categories of hate.

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Declining trend of abuse in U.S. church continues, according to new report

The report is based on the audit findings of StoneBridge Business Partners, a consulting firm which provides forensic, internal, and compliance audit services. A survey regarding allegations of abuse of minors and costs that is annually conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University is also included as a part of the report

Testimonies•Vocations

Praying for priests: Polish nuns, lay people and the “emergency SMS for priests”

For over two decades, the «Bethany Mission of Support for Priests» has been matching laypeople with individual priests, not for mentorship, debate, or oversight—but for lifelong, silent intercession. This isn’t a lobbying group or a reform committee. It’s something far more ancient and, perhaps, more radical: a community that believes the best way to help priests is to pray for them.