David McLoone

1 week ago | lifesitenews.com | David McLoone

Editor’s note: The following was originally published on Bishop Joseph Strickland’s X account on June 18, 2025. (LifeSiteNews) — With deep concern for the faithful of the Church, I feel compelled to address the recent appointment of Bishop Shane Mackinlay as Archbishop of Brisbane by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. While we owe filial respect and obedience to the Holy Father in matters properly within his authority, this appointment raises serious pastoral and doctrinal questions.

2 weeks ago | lifesitenews.com | David McLoone

(LifeSiteNews) — Gallup’s annual survey on abortion was released on June 9, and the headline focuses on the big take-away: “Gender Gaps on Abortion Reach Historic Highs.”Gallup found that while 61 percent of women identify as “pro-choice,” only 41 percent of men do. The same percentage of women who identified as pro-choice in 2022 identify as pro-choice today, but in 2022, 48 percent of men also identified as pro-choice, a shift of 7 percent.

2 weeks ago | lifesitenews.com | David McLoone

BURLINGTON, Vermont (Alliance Defending Freedom) — As a result of a lawsuit brought by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys on behalf of Vermont pregnancy centers, the state of Vermont has amended a law to no longer openly discriminate against the centers over their life-affirming service to their communities.

3 weeks ago | lifesitenews.com | David McLoone

“In God’s name, let us go on bravely.” — St Joan of Arc(LifeSiteNews) — On the feast of St. Joan of Arc we remember a young woman who stood against the spirit of her age with supernatural courage. She did not shrink from the battle entrusted to her – though it came not from her own choosing, nor according to the expectations of the world, nor in the manner of worldly victory. She obeyed God, trusted in divine providence, and suffered betrayal, imprisonment, and death with heroic faith.

1 month ago | lifesitenews.com | David McLoone

Editor’s note: The following text is the full official English translation of the homily delivered by Pope Leo XIV at Holy Mass with the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on May 9, 2025. (LifeSiteNews) — “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Mt 16:16). In these words, Peter, asked by the master, together with the other disciples, about his faith in Him, expressed the patrimony that the Church, through the apostolic succession, has preserved, deepened, and handed on for two thousand years.