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Catholic bishop takes tongue-in-cheek shot at Tom Brady

May 22, 2020

Not even a Hail Mary is going to help Tom Brady win a seventh Super Bowl championship now that he’s with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to one Catholic bishop.

By Associated Press

Catholic immigration advocates attack Trump tweet on halting immigration

Apr 22, 2020

Though it’s still unclear how an April 20 tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump saying he would “suspend immigration into the United States!” will manifest itself in policy, some blamed him for trying to scapegoat immigrants as a way to divert attention from the administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

By Rhina Guidos

After Pell verdict, Pope prays for ‘all persons who suffer an unjust sentence’

Apr 7, 2020

On the day that Cardinal George Pell was acquitted by Australia’s High Court on charges of sexual abuse, Pope Francis opened his daily Mass by praying for “all persons who suffer an unjust sentence because of intransigence.”

By Crux Staff

Ecological sin: Idea of updating catechism sparks debate

Jan 5, 2020

Pope Francis announced in 2019 that the Catechism of the Catholic Church would be updated to include a definition of “ecological sin.”

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Spanish priest apologizes for calling feminists a ‘herd of sows’

Dec 20, 2019

A Catholic priest in Spain had to apologize for calling feminists a “herd of sows” on Twitter. He has deleted the messages, but the screen captions of them continue to circulate online.

By Inés San Martín

Brazilian president posts video on Twitter comparing bishops to hyenas

Nov 4, 2019

A video posted on President Jair Bolsonaro’s Twitter account on Oct. 28 with attacks on several political parties, civil society organizations, media outlets and the local Catholic bishops’ conference spurred controversy in Brazil.

By Eduardo Campos Lima