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Key Points Christians are called to be in the world but not of it, a principle that applies directly to social media engagement and digital communication. Every post, comment, and share reflects our witness for Christ and can either advance or hinder the Gospel message in the digital public square. Biblical discernment requires believers to pause and evaluate their online activity through the lens of Scripture before engaging with others on social platforms. In an age where a single click can broadcast our thoughts to the world, Christians face a unique challenge in maintaining their witness while engaging on social...

The U.S. Catholic bishops are getting ready a nationwide call to prayer and action, with an official launch date of Aug. 18, to mobilize Catholics to address the rising abortion rate and the increased availability of an abortion-inducing drug. "Every abortion involves the death of a child and harm to the mother. Now with easier access to abortion pills, the abortion rate is tragically climbing, along with increased health risks," Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life...

The Death and Life of Capital PunishmentPrecisely because human life is so cherished by God, because we are created in His image and likeness, capital punishment can be a well-deserved destiny.It would seem Pope Francis had a rather odd answer to the question of whether it would be justified to kill baby Hitler: he wouldn’t kill adult Hitler had he survived the war. If every pope was correct in all his deliberations, there would be no disagreements among them. If a pope preaches something potentially contrary to historical Church teaching, intrigue naturally befalls the error. The truth of yesterday suffers...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop says ‘homosexuality is not a sin’ at pro-LGBT conferenceBp. Raúl Vera López told a pro-LGBT Catholic gathering in Mexico that homosexuality is ‘a thing of nature’ and called for LGBT-identifying Catholics to 'exercise leadership' in the Church.TORREÓN, Mexico (LifeSiteNews) — A Mexican Catholic bishop told a pro-LGBT gathering that homosexuality “is not a sin” and declared that “without the LGBT community, the Church is not complete.”From July 30 to August 2, in Torreón, northern Mexico, the Fourth National Meeting of Red Católica Arcoíris México – a gathering of nearly 100 representatives from local pro-LGBT groups – took...

[Catholic Caucus] "Marriage Is Not an Ideal for Only a Few": Burke Challenges Amoris LaetitiaCardinal Raymond Leo Burke has called on Catholics to defend the sacrament of marriage and the Christian family even at the cost of suffering. Preaching on July 25 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Wisconsin, the cardinal encouraged married couples to embrace their vocation as a path to holiness."The grace of Holy Matrimony is not an ideal to which only a few can aspire," he said, "but an objective reality, a supernatural gift, which leads husband and wife to seek each other's eternal...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A Winter Haven pastor is facing more than 20 criminal charges, including allegations involving a minor as well as four felony counts accusing him of engaging in sexual activity without disclosing his HIV-positive status, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Grady Judd is scheduled to hold a 10 a.m. news conference Tuesday to release additional details surrounding the arrest of 42-year-old Timothy Chaneyfield, whom investigators identified as the pastor of St. James United American Free Will Baptist Church in Winter Haven. The charges announced by the Sheriff’s Office include three counts of lewd battery...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority: in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men,...

Abortion is one of the most contentious issues in American politics, and since the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide, the issue has been a top concern of activists on both sides in assessing both Supreme Court nominees and political candidates. The anti-abortion cause has been embraced by many religious Christian groups, including the Catholic church. Most American Jews strongly support legalized abortion: A 2015 Pew Research Forum survey found that 83 percent of American Jews, more than any other religious group, say abortion “should be legal in all/most cases.” However, Judaism’s position on abortion...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority: in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. Therefore I exhort first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and giving of thanks be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live quiet and peaceable lives in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God...

The Rev. Franklin Graham called the idea of paper gender dolls being used in the Minnesota public school system “sick,” “warped,” and “wicked.” On Monday, Graham shared a New York Post article titled, “Taxpayer-Funded Trans Dolls With Removable Genitalia To Hit Classrooms This Fall for Kids as Young as 4 To ‘Learn About Different Options.’” The article included an image of the dolls showing both male and female anatomy. Franklin Graham Describes Gender Dolls as ‘Sick and Warped’ “You can’t ask for a better example of moral depravity than this. Minnesota has developed ‘MyGender Dolls‘ with interchangeable parts, including removable...

Sandy Cancino began his professional career as a successful independent Cuban audiovisual producer, but since 2018, he has become an influential leader and social organizer within civil society. That year, he founded the Havana Pastoral Unit (Unidad Pastoral de La Habana), a structure linking the social work of denominations boasting tens of thousands of followers across the island. He was also a key figure in the “For the Original Design” (Por el Diseño Original) campaign, which opposed restrictions on economic and religious freedoms — as well as on the family — contained in the 2019 Castroist Constitution. That campaign achieved...

[Catholic Caucus] Fr. James Martin to lead ‘LGBTQ Catholic history’ pilgrimage this fallHeterodox Father James Martin's Outreach group will make pilgrimage stops at 'important LGBTQ sites' in New York City in late September after traveling to Rome last year.The notoriously heterodox pro-LGBT Father James Martin, SJ, will lead his Outreach organization on an “LGBTQ Catholic history” pilgrimage in New York City at the end of September.The September 25-27 pilgrimage will seek “to bring together LGBTQ Catholics, allies and those who minister to them both in New York City and abroad” by praying at “important LGBTQ sites.” These “LGBTQ sites” include...

Leo XIV Helped Us Better Appreciate the Crisis. Here’s How to Combat It.One year into Pope Leo XIV's pontificate, this article revisits every major moment—from Synodality and ecumenism to the SSPX and Vatican II—in light of the warnings in Archbishop Lefebvre's 1974 Declaration... Archbishop Lefebvre diagnosed today's crisis more than fifty years ago, and nothing since has proved him wrong.Every so often, it is worthwhile to survey how, if at all, our thinking about a particular topic has changed over time. For Traditional Catholics who share the vision of the crisis in the Catholic Church that Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre set...

Dr. Haywood Robinson, a former abortionist whose dramatic conversion to Christ made him one of the pro-life movement’s most powerful voices has passed away. Robinson, who served as director of medical affairs and education for 40 Days for Life, has died of heart failure. He was a leading advocate who dedicated the latter half of his life to protecting the unborn and supporting families facing difficult pregnancies. Robinson died over the weekend, according to an announcement from his wife, Daphne Robinson, and confirmation from Shawn Carney, president of 40 Days for Life. “Our dear friend, former abortion doctor, and 40...

I sat down with bestselling author Eric Metaxas to discuss the Christian roots of America and what happens to our freedom if we forget them. His new book, “Revolution,” tells the story of the founding and the values that make America exceptional.

[Catholic Caucus] Lawyer for Rupnik’s alleged abuse victims decries ‘total secrecy’ of trialA lawyer representing five accusers of disgraced Fr. Marko Rupnik said that the women have ‘not been summoned’ and don’t even know the names of the judges in the trial.A lawyer representing five of the women who have accused Father Marko Ivan Rupnik of physical and psychological abuse has decried the proceedings of his trial for neglecting the “minimum” needed for “justice.”Reports emerged earlier this month from MessainLatino and AdVaticanum that Rupnik was acquitted in his Vatican canonical criminal trial of all charges of “violence” related to his...

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[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Grech: Synodality Begins With Conversion of Hearts, Not New LawsThe future of synodality in the Catholic Church depends first on the conversion of hearts rather than changes to canon law, Cardinal Mario Grech told journalists during the second press conference of the 12th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC).The Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops made the remarks on July 24 at the Media Room of Hotel Mulia, Jakarta, in response to a question about whether the fruits of the Synod on Synodality would eventually be incorporated into the Church's legal framework.While...

[Catholic Caucus] Over 1/5 of US bishops support ordaining same-sex attracted men, to the delight of Fr. James MartinThe bishops contradict Catholic teaching and, wittingly or unwittingly, align themselves with Fr. James Martin, who used the publication of a survey to call for admitting homosexual men to seminaries and the priesthood.A survey commissioned by the University of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life found that an alarming number of U.S. bishops are “comfortable ordaining a man who experiences deep-seated same-sex attraction.”The survey was originally published in 2025 and came to light this week in a report titled Do You...

[Catholic Caucus] Why does God allow error and confusion among the bishops?It's not so that good Catholics go to hell, but so that they have a higher place in heaven.Many Catholics think that “Catholic” means “universal,” and they are correct, but they make the mistake of thinking this is universal not through history but just today in this current Church crisis. We look to the great saint and Doctor of the Church of the 5th century, St. Vincent of Lerins, for how to navigate a Church crisis when many bishops believe and teach different things. St. Vincent of Lerins was...