In one day, the Catholic Church on three continents lost three leaders to COVID-19.

The Australian government’s international financial watchdog, Austrac, said it overestimated bank transfers from Vatican City to Australia over the past six years by more than $1.5 billion dollars.

Father James Martin: An alarming number of Catholic clergy contributed to an environment that led to the fatal riots at the U.S. Capitol.

Hitler. Pinochet. Franco. The bishops have missed opportunities to stand up for democracy in the past. We can’t let it happen again.

“This has got to stop,” Bishop Robert Barron said. “And I say that as an American but...also as a Catholic bishop.”

“Covid swept away a number of our distractions and so, at least in principle, allowed us to wrestle with the questions that really matter.”