Jacqueline Burkepile is the editor for the English edition of ChurchPOP. She is a journalist, a former director of campus ministry, and a wife and mother.
Two videos surfaced of Democrats omitting “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democratic National Convention. The Knights of Columbus helped add these words to the Pledge by petitioning congress in the early 1950s. Pres. Dwight Eisenhower made the addition official on Flag Day in 1954. During the...
Fr. James Martin prayed at yesterday’s final day of the Democratic National Convention and included a call to “open our hearts” to “the unborn child in the womb.” The Jesuit priest and America Magazine editor-at-large is known for stirring controversy regarding Catholic Church teaching on homosexuality. He announced plans...
Lord have mercy! Netflix released a trailer and poster for their upcoming film Cuties that many say sexualizes children. The company announced the Sept. 9 release, describing the new film as “Amy, 11, becomes fascinated with a twerking dance crew. Hoping to join them, she starts to explore her femininity,...
Disney Channel’s The Owl House will feature a bisexual lead character in the new show about witchcraft and demons. The Owl House premiered in January with this description: “When 14-year-old outcast Luz discovers a portal to a new world, she meets Eda the witch, and a demon named King!...
This is powerful! 💪 📿 🙏 Catholics across the United States are calling for one million rosaries over a 100-day period of prayer and fasting to drive demonic forces out of the United States of America. The Million Rosary March invites Catholics to pray the “rosary for 100 days, with a goal of...
The Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary into heaven every year on Aug. 15. On Nov. 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII officially declared that Mary assumed into heaven, body and soul. This is an official dogma of the Catholic Church. “[The Blessed Virgin Mary] by an entirely...
