Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt credits her Catholic schooling for instilling pro-life values, discipline, and the importance of public service.

Pope Francis has named pro-LGBT Father Roberto Pasolini “Preacher of the Papal Household,” generating new consternation among the Catholic faithful.

Religiously motivated hate crimes against Christians in Europe jumped by a whopping 226 percent in just one year, according to a grim report by a prominent Christian persecution monitoring group.

Conservative Bishop Joseph Strickland, who was ousted from his Texas diocese by Pope Francis in 2023, has rebuked his fellow U.S. bishops as “silent shepherds” for their failure to speak out against “false messages” coming out of the Vatican.

Pope Francis has sent a message to the participants of the United Nations’ COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, urging immediate action to reduce carbon emissions.

Italy’s conservative Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni lost no time in celebrating Donald Trump’s victory, reaching out to him as well as her “friend” Elon Musk.

Exit polls suggest that President-Elect Donald Trump won the Catholic vote by a whopping 15 points, the largest margin in decades.

The U.S. Catholic bishops are urging voters to reject proposed amendments to state constitutions that would enshrine abortion-on-demand up to birth.

Pope Francis has condemned what he described as the “massacre” of 153 women and children in Gaza, insisting that the victims were “innocent.”

Pope Francis offered a message of hope and reconciliation this week to mothers who have aborted their babies, insisting that “evil does not have the last word.”

The UK-based Economist magazine has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential race, asserting that a vote for her is a vote for “stability.”

The progressive, UK-based Economist magazine stated this week that Kamala Harris enjoys “overwhelming” support from LGBT voters.

Donald Trump declared Friday that Kamala Harris has “lost the Catholic vote,” noting her dismal polling numbers among Catholics, a demographic that acts as a reliable bellwether of the election results.

The United States Catholic bishops have launched a special week of prayer to end abortion, which they consider to be the “pre-eminent priority” for Catholic voters.

Gay-rights activist Father Timothy Radcliffe has denied reports that he attributed the African Church’s resistance to homosexuality to an influx of foreign money, insisting that his words were “misinterpreted.”

Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian theologian widely regarded as the father of Liberation Theology, passed away Tuesday, leaving behind mixed legacy of faith, social justice, and Marxism.

Indonesian Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur has declined Pope Francis’s appointment to become a cardinal, a highly unusual response to an honor of this type.

A fringe group of climate scientists have published an apocalyptic report warning that “much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled” by climate change, in the latest attack on low-cost fossil fuels.

The Kamala Harris campaign has tapped eco-loony Camila Thorndike as its “climate engagement director,” a far-left activist who says oil and gas workers are part of the “toxic patriarchy.”

A number of bishops have begun pushing back against an effort to endow local Church bodies with authority over doctrine, warning that this would lead to a splintering of the Church’s teaching.

Vice President Kamala Harris’s snub of the Alfred E. Smith Catholic charity dinner was the umpteenth show of her “disdain for Catholics,” former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Callista Gingrich writes.

ROME — The Italian parliament has made surrogate motherhood a “universal crime,” to the joy of many feminists and pro-lifers and the chagrin of the LGBTQ+ lobby.

Gay-rights activist Father Timothy Radcliffe, who will be made a cardinal by Pope Francis in December, has blamed African opposition to homosexuality on “intense pressure” from outside influences like American evangelicalism.

President Donald Trump released a statement Wednesday commemorating the 40th anniversary of the martyrdom of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, a Catholic priest who helped bring down communism in Poland.

A group of LGBTQ+ Catholics met with Pope Francis in the Vatican this weekend, during which they urged him to give his approval for “gender-affirming care,” which includes sex change surgery.

The Michigan Catholic Bishops’ Conference has protested Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s mockery of the sacrament of the Eucharist, calling the blasphemous stunt “offensive.”

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Callista Gingrich has published a searing essay slamming the Harris-Walz ticket for their “radical” anti-Catholic policy record.

A notorious “Catholic” pro-LGBT group has ranked the new batch of cardinals-elect named by Pope Francis as largely “LGBTQ-positive.”

Climate alarmists have reacted to hurricane season with predictable hysteria, seeing in every storm further confirmation of their worst doomsday fears.

An astonishing article in Forbes Tuesday asserts that severe measures are needed to effectively combat climate change, including more than doubling the cost of gasoline.

Pope Francis has announced his intention to make 21 new cardinals on December 8, among whom is the pro-LGBT Dominican friar Timothy Radcliffe.

Belgium’s Prime Minister has protested remarks by Pope Francis condemning abortion as murder, insisting they constitute interference in the country’s internal affairs.

Hundreds of Lebanese Christians in southern Lebanon have had to flee their homes following Israeli airstrikes and evacuation orders that have left some seeking shelter in a nearby monastery, as the war between Israel and Hezbollah escalates.

An Anglican clergyman who traveled from the UK to Belgium for the recent papal visit died during an alleged drug-fueled sexual liaison with a Belgian Catholic priest.

A fascinating new study on campaign contributions reveals that employees of Catholic charitable organizations overwhelmingly swing Democrat in their donations to political causes.

Pope Francis has called out Israel for what he sees as its “domineering tendency” in Lebanon and Gaza, insisting its response to attacks has been “disproportionate.”