ISSUES & ADVOCACY

Pope: To fight child labor, eliminate poverty, give adults fair wages

Extreme poverty, the lack of employment that can support a family and ...

Peace requires global disarmament, Pope says in message

Criticizing the "abused idea" of deterrence through the stockpiling of weapons

Latin American Church looks to change system that puts 'existence at risk'

The Paraná River, which courses through Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, is running dry.

Pope's World Day of the Poor includes listening, helping

Pope Francis plans to prepare for his celebration of the World Day of the Poor by meeting with ...

Bill would help many but its funding of abortion is 'unacceptable'

The proposed Build Back Better Act has much-needed provisions "uplifting the common good," but ...

Access to abortion widens in NJ as new rules approved

When, on Jan. 4, 2021, the N.J. Board of Medical Examiners published proposed ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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...


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