Yes, there is one who is a fairly vocal supporter of the Illinois senator. But he’s not an American. He’s Archbishop John Onaiyekan of Abuja, in Africa. Rocco has the scoop, and this quote: “Of course I believe that abortion is wrong, that it’s killing innocent life,” he said. “I also believe, however, that those…

It’s now less than 30 days to what may be the most critical election in decades — and the Catholic Church is kicking it up a notch. From Sunday’s New York Times: As the Roman Catholic Church observes its annual “respect life” Sunday in this heated presidential election season, the unusually pitched competition for Catholic…

Even as the world celebrates the feast of one of France’s greatest saints, the country known as the church’s “eldest daughter” is roiled in an embarassing diplomatic mess. From a French news service: France has settled on an envoy to represent Paris at the Vatican after the Holy See rejected a gay candidate, a French…

If you want to know what Pope Benedict was like as a little boy, just ask his brother. So, someone did. And a rare and revealing interview with the other Ratzinger priest has now been published: In an interview by Andrea Tornielli for the Italian newspaper Il Giornale, Pope Benedict XVI’s brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger,…

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