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Thirty-six Catholic institutions join fossil fuel divestment movement

Days ahead of the opening of the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland ...
Vatican at COP26: Hearts, habits must change fast to care for creation

Even though Pope Francis will not attend the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference
Bishops urge Senate to include pro-life provisions in bills

The chairmen of the U.S. bishops' pro-life and religious liberty committees ...
Pope plans day of listening, prayer with the poor in Assisi

Pope Francis will prepare for his celebration of the World Day of the Poor by spending time listening to ...
U.N. nuncio denounces nuclear weapons, other weapons of mass destruction

The world's leaders "cannot allow" themselves to be "spectators to violence and war, to brothers killing brothers, as if we were watching games from a safe distance," Archbishop Gabriele Caccia told a U.N. committee session discussing nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction Oct. 13.
NJCC Disheartened by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners Adoption of Proposed Rules to Expand Abortion Services

The New Jersey Catholic Conference is disheartened by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners...
Greater awareness of human trafficking needed, panel says

Religious and lay women on the front lines against human trafficking said that ...
Vatican warns of use of cryptocurrency in migrant smuggling

The Vatican urged the international community to regulate cryptocurrency, especially because ...
U.S. urged to help world's poorer nations recover from pandemic

As the fight against COVID-19 continues in the United States, the nation's leaders...
Court's new term to look at abortion, death penalty, religious liberty

The U.S. Supreme Court's new term, starting Oct. 4, returned ...
Pope, faith leaders urge nations at climate summit to care for creation

High-level representatives of the world's religions came together with Pope Francis at the Vatican ...
Federal judge dismisses religious order's lawsuit over pipeline

A religious order that has been challenging construction of a natural gas transmission line through ...
Leaders in religion, science unite to urge action at COP26

The two nations co-chairing the U.N. Climate Change Conference are counting on the ...
Court to look at abortion, death penalty, religious liberty

The U.S. Supreme Court's new term, starting Oct. 4, returns to its standard routine:
House OKs abortion bill called 'far outside the American mainstream'

In a 218-211 vote Sept. 24, the U.S. House passed ...
Advocates support $3.5 trillion bill, but urge abortion funding be cut

The multitrillion dollar spending bill being considered in Congress...
Vatican: Racial, religious bigotry leads to human rights violations

World leaders must commit to rooting out the evil of racism, xenophobia and racial discrimination through meaningful legislation and action, said Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister.
In Washington, saints join a crowd marching for immigration reform

Mario Ramirez of Milwaukee helped carry part of a homemade statue ...
Biden administration reopens, expands immigration program for minors

The Biden administration in mid-September reinitiated and expanded an ...
U.S. bishops' chair praises House for proposing immigrant citizenship path

U.S. bishops' chairman of the migration committee Sept. 15 welcomed a move ...
At bicentennial, Nicaraguan Church leaders say things must change

Church leaders in Nicaragua said "the political and social situation must not continue ...
Horrors of Holocaust must not be forgotten, Pope tells Slovak Jews

The violence of the Holocaust and the atrocities committed...
U.S. bishops' Labor Day statement calls for economy that works for all

The "present ills of our economy" invite Catholics to reflect on ways to propose new and creative responses to vital human needs in a post-pandemic world, said Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, in the U.S. bishops' annual Labor Day statement.
Church responds with aid to Afghan refugees arriving in U.S.

With the Aug. 31 deadline now expired for extraction of people from Afghanistan..
SCOTUS rules against blocking Texas' 6-week abortion ban

In a late-night decision Sept. 1, the Supreme Court ruled against blocking a Texas ...

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