Catholics in the Golden Gate City are getting ready for a grand celebration of the life of one of the most popular saints of modern times. On Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, a Padre Pio festival will be celebrated at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi and its famous Porziuncola Nuova in San Francisco. The celebration occurs the day after Padre Pio's feast day and the 55th anniversary of his entry into eternal life in 1968. Read more
During his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland faced accusations of operating the Department of Justice with an anti-Catholic bias and favoritism towards the Biden administration. Read more
The White House criticized the House Oversight chairman for scheduling an impeachment hearing of President Joe Biden just two days before the deadline to fund the government for the coming fiscal year. Read more
The state of Kansas is changing its birth certificate policy to stop permitting gender-confused individuals from altering their sex on important documentation. Read more
Hundreds of students marched in protest as their school district failed to protect vulnerable women from mentally ill men. Students at Pennsylvania's Perkiomen Valley School District staged a walkout Friday after the school board failed to pass a policy prohibiting biological males from using female restrooms. Read more
Only half of U.S. adults find "open marriages" unacceptable, as the nation's moral collapse continues. A Pew Research poll published last week found a greater acceptance of marital infidelity among younger adults. Read more
A 2023 Gallup poll is revealing a decline in American citizens' overall support for gender-dysphoric accommodations. The numbers show that while Americans are divided on whether or not a person can be "transgender," there is much less of a divide about whether someone should be able to compete against the opposite sex in sports. Read more
The real-life inspiration behind the hit film 'Sound of Freedom' is thinking about running for U.S. Senate. Tim Ballard, the man behind the movie and founder of Operation Underground Railroad, is considering the bid on the heels of a recent announcement by Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, indicating that the incumbent will not seek reelection. Read more
A Michigan man is seeking the dismissal of the state attorney general's trumped-up charges of forgery and conspiracy surrounding the 2020 presidential election. Clifford Frost Jr.'s legal team filed a motion for summary disposition on Thursday, requesting that the eight charges brought against him by Michigan's pro-Marxist attorney general, Dana Nessel, be dropped. Read more
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is calling for a celebration of mass migration and open borders amid an unprecedented deluge of illegal migrants passing into and throughout the country. The USCCB announced the celebration of National Migration Week, scheduled this year from Sept. 18 to 24. The annual event, intended to bring attention to the plight of migrants in the United States and around the world, culminates with World Day of Migrants and Refugees, established by the Holy See over 100 years ago. Read more
Pro-abortion zealots in Nevada want to add a question about abortion access to the state's 2024 ballot. The coalition of pro-abortion enthusiasts, which consists of Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice Nevada and the ACLU of Nevada, filed a petition with the secretary of state's office to secure a ballot question on enshrining abortion in Nevada's Constitution. Read more
On June 1, Church Militant published an article titled "Priest With Brain Tumor Requests Prayers From Abp. Fulton Sheen," about New Orleans priest Fr. Jeffrey Montz. Recebtly diagnosed with a brain tumor, he was asking that people pray for his healing through the intercession of Abp. Sheen in the hope that a miracle would be granted to advance his stalled cause for canonization. Church Militant reached out to Fr. Montz for an update on his condition, and he provided the following. Read more
California's Democrat governor is blaming conservatives for pushing misinformation, while his state continues to decimate parental rights. In a Tuesday interview with Politico's California bureau chief, Christopher Cadelago, Gov. Gavin Newsom, a self-identified Catholic, claimed many on the Right focus too heavily on trans issues and need to have more "grace and humility." Read more
While many Americans this week were remembering the 9/11 attacks against their country, the U.S. bishops' conference was attacking Republican attempts to secure the southern border and praising the Biden administration for asking Congress to spend billions of taxpayer dollars in line with the conference's shared beliefs on open borders. In a letter to Congress dated Sept. 11, 2023, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) expressed its mostly positive views on the Biden administration's Aug. 10, 2023, request for emergency supplemental funding in fiscal year 2024 and several items in the administration's subsequent continuing resolution anomalies request for the same period. Read more
A Catholic prelate in New Mexico is praising the state's radical Democrat governor for attempting to ban firearms. Santa Fe's Abp. John Wester is supporting Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a self-identifying Catholic, after her recent executive order banning individuals from carrying guns publicly in Bernalillo County for 30 days. Read more