There is controversy within the Catholic Church after a prominent association of bishops raised moral questions about the newly approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine and a possible link to aborted fetal tissue. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops claims the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is linked to cells derived from aborted fetal tissue, raising moral…

Many of us know Joe Biden as the former vice president of the United States who is currently running for the presidential office in 2020. What you may not know is that he is a practicing Catholic and served as the first Catholic vice president in American history. Over the years, Biden has been very…

Pope Francis’ longtime atheist friend and interviewer, Eugenio Scalfari is making headlines again. He now claims in his new book and La República that Pope Francis told him that Jesus Christ did not rise bodily from the dead but “in the semblance of a spirit.” This statement contradicts not only the teachings of the Church…

The pope opened up debate on whether the Catholic Church should loosen its 1,000-year-old celibacy requirement for priests at a three-week meeting of bishops. It is the most controversial proposal at the meeting and an attempt to ease the Amazon region’s shortage of Catholic priests. Since 1965, there has been almost a 30 percent decrease…

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