Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Brian Burch, president of CatholicVote, as the next U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See.

The popularity of Pope Francis among American adults continues its steep downward trend, reaching its lowest point since his election in 2013, according to the latest Rasmussen report.

Canada is experiencing a significant surge in deaths by euthanasia, according to a report released this week by the Canadian government.

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has boasted of openly defying the archbishop of San Francisco, continuing to receive Holy Communion despite having been banned from doing so.

This weekend Pope Francis presided over the unveiling of a nativity scene in the Vatican featuring a baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf used as a national symbol.

The U.S. Congress has upbraided Secretary of State Antony Blinken for “surreptitiously” introducing an LGBTQ+ agenda into international American diplomacy.

Pope Francis has called on Christians to pray specifically for the inmates on death row in the United States, asking that their sentence may be commuted.

Pope Francis has proclaimed a special jubilee pilgrimage for gays and all LGBTQ+ people, Italian media announced this weekend.

Syrian Christians are living in “trauma” following the recent jihadist takeover of Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, reports a major Christian persecution watchdog group.

Kentucky Bishop John Stowe has expressed his “dismay” over the overwhelming Catholic voter support for Donald Trump, insisting that the U.S. Bishops should have warned Americans about the “danger” of the election.

Trump supporters want to repeal women’s right to vote, and “women’s suffrage may be the canary in the coal mine for further drastic changes to the electoral system,” Ms. Magazine warns in its latest issue.

Climate change alarmists are rending their garments over President-elect Trump’s calls to return America to energy independence, warning he wants to turn the U.S. into a “pariah petrostate.”

The once-important Lancet medical journal has gone all in on gender ideologues’ redefinition of sexual differentiation, abandoning any pretense of “science” along the way.

Ms. Magazine warns of “dangerous parallels” between a transgender case due to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court and the Dobbs v. Jackson case, which overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

Climate change is a “significant mental health,” warn alarmists, and “the psychological well-being of populations worldwide is increasingly at risk.”

The “devoutly Catholic” President Joe Biden omitted any reference to Almighty God or Divine Providence Thursday in his annual proclamation of the spiritually charged American feast of Thanksgiving.

ROME — The Vatican has launched a line of “Made in Prison” tote bags for pilgrims to carry around Rome to celebrate the upcoming Jubilee Year 2025. 

ROME — The number of anti-Christian hate crimes in Turkey more than doubled from 2021 to 2023, according to a report from International Christian Concern (ICC).

German Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office (DDF), has published a searing article accusing Pope Francis of “sins against the Holy Spirit.”

President-elect Donald Trump has befuddled the opposition by filling his administration with “strong, intelligent women,” declares former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Callista Gingrich.

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board has blasted Pope Francis for picking “sides” against Israel in the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

Hundreds of prominent buildings around the world were illuminated in red on November 20 to mark Red Wednesday, an annual event in support of persecuted Christians.

The once-prestigious Lancet medical journal has rent its garments over Donald Trump’s landslide victory, warning that his “chaotic approach to government” threatens the status quo at the CDC, the NIH, and the FDA.

A well-known Italian Holocaust survivor has publicly rebuked Pope Francis for suggesting that Israel be investigated for “genocide” regarding its dealings in the Gaza conflict.

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.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has launched a scaremongering campaign, asserting that climate change is destroying lives and economies around the world.

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.

The Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has issued a damning report revealing the U.S. State Department’s promotion of atheism abroad in the name of “religious freedom.”

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.

Heads exploded at the woke UK-based Economist magazine Wednesday over former President and now President-elect Donald Trump’s blowout victory, insisting this means “huge” damage to America’s economy, institutions, and the world.

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.”