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5 days ago | catholicworldreport.com | Hannah Brockhaus |Carl Olson

Joseph Lovskiy (left), the only Catholic in his Russion Orthodox family, with his wife (right) and their youngest son, a Russian Orthodox priest, and his family. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Joseph LovskiyRome Newsroom, Apr 19, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on the same date in 2025 as they also hope to one day see greater unity among all Christians.

6 days ago | catholicworldreport.com | Anna Farrow |Carl Olson

The Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec (Image: Claude Boucher / Wikipedia); right: Statue of Mary and the infant Jesus, outside St Michael's Cathedral Toronto. (Image: Wikipedia)On April 14, noted public Catholic intellectual Robert George posted on X, “Something’s happening. It’s happening in France. It’s happening in England. It’s happening in the U.S. I only began noticing it a few weeks ago, on Ash Wednesday. It seems awfully sudden, so perhaps it’s just a blip.

6 days ago | catholicworldreport.com | Daniel Payne |Carl Olson

Washington D.C., Jun 17, 2019 / 06:00 pm (CNA).- While the spring meeting of the U.S. bishops’ conference has only just concluded, some bishops are already looking to the election of new conference officers at their November meeting. While the elections are still five months away, bishops are already discussing their options – particularly in light of the scandal the Church in the U.S. has faced in the last year.

1 week ago | catholicworldreport.com | Madalaine Elhabbal |Carl Olson

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 16, 2025 / 16:05 pm (CNA). The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ruled on Wednesday that only biological women are protected under Britain’s Equality Act, contradicting prior statutory guidance by the Scottish government. Britain’s highest court found in the landmark decision that individuals who have obtained a gender recognition certificate (GRC) of legal transition from male to female are not considered women under the 2010 Equality Act.

1 week ago | catholicworldreport.com | Tyler Arnold |Carl Olson

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 16, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). A new initiative is trying to shift the narrative on the Catholic priesthood by shining light on stories of heroic virtue, courage, and selfless acts from modern-day priests and bishops in an effort to strengthen the appeal of the vocation. The Philadelphia-based nonprofit International Institute for Culture (IIC) launched the first pillar of its “Shepherding Future Shepherds” program, which is the creation of ThankAPriest.com.