National Catholic Register, Michael Sean Winters: If the year 2018 in politics was dominated by Donald Trump, the life of the Catholic Church in this country in 2018 was marked by two major stories, one a reprise and the other…

KTF News – Why Does the Catholic Church Support Illegal Immigration?Watch this video on YouTube Image: “USA is a Nation of Immigrants” (CC BY-NC 2.0) by Thomas Hawk Transcript of this video Source References Catholic Bishops Want Mass Immigration

KTF News – Sociologist: Clergy sex abuse on the rise again, and being Ignored AgainWatch this video on YouTube Image: “Deceased Clergy Requiem Mass in Westmins” (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) by Catholic Church (England and Wales) Transcript of this video Source…

KTF News – Will the Trump Presidency Lead to Renewed Dialogue Between Catholics and Evangelics?Watch this video on YouTube Image: The White House from Washington, DC [Public domain], wikimedia.org Transcript of this video Source References Will the Trump presidency lead…

KTF News – Ambassador Haley: ‘It Would Be Tragic’ If Abuse Scandal Blinds People to CatholicWatch this video on YouTube Image: U.S. Department of State from United States [Public domain], wikimedia.org Transcript of this video Source References Ambassador Nikki Haley:…

KTF News – Now the U S Justice Department is Probing the Catholic Church for AbuseWatch this video on YouTube Photo by Shalone Cason on Unsplash Transcript of this video Source References The federal investigation of the Catholic Church: What…

The Trumpet: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned the Trump administration’s immigration policies on November 14 and pledged to assist Central American immigrants who are marching toward the U.S. border. “On Nov. 9, 2018, President [Donald] Trump issued…

KTF News – Cardinal Marx Apologies for AbuseWatch this video on YouTube Image: Universität Salzburg (PR) from Österreich [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], wikimedia.org Transcript of this video Source References Cardinal Marx apologizes for sex abuse by clerics in Germany

Catholic News Agency: After years in decline, Catholic clergy sex abuse could be on the rise again, warns a professor-priest’s analysis of relevant data. The professor’s report sees a rising trend in abuse, and argues that the evidence strongly suggests…

KTF News – Missouri to investigate Catholic Church for Sexual AbuseWatch this video on YouTube Photo by ASTRO V/SUAL on Unsplash Transcript of this video Source References Missouri to investigate potential sexual abuse in Catholic church

America Magazine: “Stand up and be counted.” In the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections, one might find this pithy phrase in the voter guides produced by the Christian Coalition, American Family Association or other evangelical political action groups that…

CNS News: During her keynote speech at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner on Thursday, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said that while the Catholic Church is taking action to address the “moral failing” of the sexual abuse scandal, the church…