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Catholic News

National Catholic Register
- Rainbows and T-Shirts and Marriage (Oh My!)
  
  By Vincent Weaver | Rainbows are awe-inspiring. Whenever they appear, they make you take notice. Why is that? Put simply, it’s because they’re beautiful. They’re beautiful not because they blend or...
- Satan Kills Babies, Shatters Families, Corrupts Priests and Mocks the Church
  
  By Fr. George Rutler | Like the optimist who sees a glass of water half-full and the pessimist who sees it half-empty, people assess the times in which they live by their personality. Each age has...
- Mix Appropriate Anger With Confidence
  
  By Archbishop Charles Chaput | THE EDITORS What to Expect From the Vatican Summit? CARDINAL WILFRID NAPIER Love, Care and Justice Must Be...
- A Pivotal 4x4: Of Marks of the Church and Last Things
  
  By Rick Becker | As a convert from evangelicalism, I didn’t come into the Church as a blank slate. I knew the Scriptures pretty well (better than most Catholics, as I found out), I was already...
- A Good Night’s Sleep is a Sign of God’s Providence
  
  By John Grondelski | The Washington Post reports that Americans don’t sleep enough. The article in the paper’s main edition is replete with all the references that make a conclusion sound...
News from the Vatican
- Religious order chiefs: Abuse of children is wrong ‘anywhere, anytime’
  
  The Major Superiors of Religious Orders and Congregations around the world have issued a statement calling the abuse of children “wrong anywhere and anytime.”
- Schoolgirl offers $1 million if pope exchanges Argentine beef for vegan tacos at Lent
  
  12-year-old Genesis Butler is in Rome requesting to meet with Pope Francis about her campaign that he go vegan for Lent.
- Vatican: US prelate accused of abuse not at high court
  
  The Vatican says a Holy See lawyer who appeared on a list of American priests credibly accused of sexual abuse isn't currently at the Catholic Church's supreme court, where he holds a top position.
- Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers
  
  The organizers of Pope Francis's summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen abuse victims who have descended on Rome to protest the Catholic Church's response to the...
- Anti-abuse group calls for five “more McCarricks” to be defrocked
  
  A leading U.S. organization dedicated to documenting the clergy sex abuse crisis believes there are “many more McCarricks."