The Catholic Message Board

Did the Church of England get any money from GAFCON churches? That now with this split they will no longer receive? And if not, will there be any negative impact to the Church of England’s bottom line? No, each province in the World Anglican Communion is independent, similar to Orthodoxy, but befor...

The King will become the first British monarch to pray publicly with the Pope since the Reformation 500 years ago during a state visit to the Holy See next week. The King and Queen will meet the new pontiff Pope Leo XIV at the Apostolic Palace, his official residence, next Thursday during their trip...

Today, Gafcon is leading the Global Anglican Communion. As has been the case from the very beginning, we have not left the Anglican Communion; we are the Anglican Communion. At our upcoming G26 Bishops Conference in Abuja, Nigeria from 3 to 6 March 2026, we will confer and celebrate the Global Angli...

The Kenyan Catholic Church has introduced a new brand of altar wine for Holy Mass after the previous one became widely available in local bars. Simply labelled Mass Wine, the new sacramental drink bears the coat of arms of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) and an official signature to ...

Meanwhile in England and Wales there has been a 75% drop in attendance at Mass.

Pope Leo XIV released the first major document of his young pontificate on Thursday, in which he called upon all the Christian faithful – especially Catholics – to “make their voices heard,” in decrying the sinful structures that contribute to poverty and make life for the poor even more miserable t...

The Hill: Pope Leo XIV told U.S. bishops to openly state their concerns regarding the Trump administration’s immigration policies on Wednesday, according to Reuters. During his meeting at the Vatican with the bishops and social workers from the border between the U.S. and Mexico, the pope received l...

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has declared spiritual independence from the Church of England, rejecting the appointment of Bishop Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury. The Church said her support for same-sex marriage and her elevation as the first female to hold the posit...

Some of the older folk in my parish (now around 80) were very happy with the end of the latin mass. Their hostility still makes me jump as they say that they hated the mumbo jumbo latin that they did not understand. With that attitude they are the people who like all the corny songs, hugs and kisses...

“Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.”
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

Fr. Dwight Longenecker: If Pope Leo or a Catholic prelate says nice things about the appointment of an Anglican archbishop all it means is that they have good manners. It is not a theological statement.

In a letter addressed to Bishop Mullally, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, offered his congratulations and expressed the Catholic Church’s support for her new ministry. He wrote: "Having learned of your nomination… I write to congratulate you on your...

The Catholic Church has 118 Cardinals over 80 and that includes 28 in their 90s and 1 age 100.
With better medical care that number can only increase over time.
The age 80 non voting rule is sound.

Black Helicopters are soooo last decade. Now it's black drones.

You could check our NASA but as they faked the moon landings they cannot be trusted: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/

Yes went this morning but the number at Mass is half of who come on Ash Wednesday which is not a HDO.

This makes me concerned about Pope Leo XIV. Make me believe he's just Francis II. This is a ridiculous statement on the face of it. The Pope is the bishop of Rome, he is not the ordinary of every diocese in the world and it is not his job to micromanage every diocese and second guess every decision...

Catholic Answers: It was absolved already. If it is a venial sin, you do not need to confess it. If it was a mortal sin, it was absolved, provided you at least implicitly intended to mention it if you had remembered it. What this means is that you confessed all known sins and would have confessed wh...

One of the great modern thinkers of Christianity, a key figure in a spiritual and human journey that left a profound mark on the Church and 19th-century ecumenism, and the author of writings that show how living the faith is a daily “heart-to-heart” dialogue with Christ. A life spent with energy and...