The following is a letter by the author — the Executive Director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts — to the Boston Globe. It’s a brief civics lesson that also brings in Boston history, arts, and culture. In addition … Continue reading
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Global Catholic Population Rises Slightly While Priestly Vocations Decrease, following 12-Year Trend
Vatican News reports that “The Vatican’s Central Office of Church Statistics releases the 2025 Pontifical Yearbook providing details about the number of Catholics, consecrated religious, priests, and bishops throughout the world.” The statistics that are given in the Annuarium Statisticum … Continue reading
Pay-to-Pray: Fresh Report Shows How Pro-Aborts and Homosexuals are Getting Rich off Heretical Hymns
Washington, DC (Lepanto Institute) – A new report by the Lepanto Institute reveals that the two largest publishers of Catholic hymnals in the United States, Oregon Catholic Press (OCP) and GIA Publishing, are fleecing parishes in the United States with annual … Continue reading
Extremist Israeli Rabbis Instruct Gaza-Bound Soldiers to Kill Palestinian Civilians, Including Children
Patrick Delaney has penned a barn-burner of a news analysis piece for LifeSiteNews on the religious and ideological background to the atrocities ongoing in Gaza. What needs to be known up front is that, though the racist and predatory views … Continue reading
Planned Parenthood Agrees with American Life League about Dangers of Abortion Pill
Pennsylvania Tragedy Elicits Admission from Medical Staffer at Abortion Giant’s State Affiliate FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA (American Life League) — Planned Parenthood has admitted that the abortion pill can be dangerous. This was pointed out by American Life League in what its … Continue reading
Israel unleashes bloody Gaza bombardment, killing hundreds and breaking truce
Middle East Eye published a story on the resumption of atrocities by the IDF on Gaza. Below is an AI summary of their coverage.1 On March 18, 2025, Israel unilaterally ended its ceasefire with Hamas and launched a massive bombardment … Continue reading
Pro-Life Groups, Excluded from Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, Rally in Protest
NEW YORK ( Irish Pro-Life USA/Catholic Action League of Massachusetts) — Right to Life groups, excluded from New York City’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, rallied in protest today along the parade route, under the leadership of Irish Pro-Life USA. Pro-Life advocates gathered, … Continue reading
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
The following is from the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts… Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from the Catholic Action League! Perhaps nowhere else, in what was once Christendom, can an entire nation and its vast diaspora of descendants trace their Catholic … Continue reading
New Hampshire: Pro-Family, Pro-Student ‘Educational Freedom Accounts’ Expansion Passes Both Houses
New Hampshire has been one of the states whose educational freedom has been heralded as ground-breaking and a model for other states. The article below, reposted under a Creative Commons deed, is courtesy of the New Hampshire Bulletin. Other coverage: … Continue reading
USCCB publishes guidelines for Catholic couples on reproductive technologies
(Catholic World News) — The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has published an updated version of its 2020 resource, “Reproductive Technology, Evaluation and Treatment of Infertility: Guidelines for Catholic Couples.” The guidelines list seven technologies compatible with Catholic teaching, seven technologies … Continue reading
Representing the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Bishop William Shomali Rejects Christian Zionism
Under the non-provocative headline, King Abdullah Receives Representatives of the Jerusalem Awqaf and Churches leaders, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem related the message presented at that meeting by Bishop William Shomali, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem, who “reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s … Continue reading
Syria, Bishop Jallouf: It’s Not a New Civil War
Vatican News has published an article in Italian, with no English translation, that may be of interest to our readers regarding goings on in Syria. It is an interview with Bishop Hanna Jallouf, Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo and spiritual leader … Continue reading
Mass. Gov. Healey Authorizes Distribution of Free Birth Control Pills
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… On March 5th, the Healey/Driscoll Administration announced that it was authorizing Bay State pharmacists to dispense, over the counter, oral contraceptives, without cost, to Health Safety Net patients, and to recipients … Continue reading
Lent Begins: Video of Mike Church Interview with Brother André Marie
Mike Church had me on his show this morning to discuss the holy season of Lent. Here is his description of the interview, followed by the embedded YouTube video thereof: Lent 2025 has begun! What are the Catholic requirements for … Continue reading
Boston’s Radical Mayor, Michelle Wu, Wears Ashes While Testifying before Congress on Sanctuary City Policies
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts press statement… On Ash Wednesday, March 5th, reporter Tom Joyce of the New Boston Post, contacted the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, seeking a comment from C.J. Doyle on the appearance of … Continue reading
