A mass on Sunday, celebrated by Bishop Timothy McDonnell of Springfield at St. Michael’s Parish, was a moment of reconciliation... Read more
Maricopa County’s top prosecutor said he has confidence in the current bishop of the Diocese of Pheonix and in the... Read more
Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry have misused the letter of Cardinal Ratzinger to the U.S. Bishops Conference -... Read more
Human Life International sent congratulations last week to the Portuguese pro-life group “Maternity and Life” for its intense efforts to... Read more
American Life League is outraged that the Immaculate Heart of Mary sisters in Michigan made a financial donation to a... Read more
The Oregon Catholic Conference is expected to support a ballot that would ban same-sex marriage when its board meets today,... Read more
A new film, to be released next month, debunks the notion that homosexuality is a fixed sexual orientation. “I Do... Read more
More than 10 percent of Americans live in poverty, says a report issued by the U.S. Census Bureau Aug. 26,... Read more
Roughly four-in-ten Americans (39%) say they have a favorable impression of Islam, while about as many (37%) say they have... Read more
In a letter released to the U.S. bishops Friday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office of Government Liaison announced... Read more
The Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday ordered Cardinal Roger Mahony to hand over documents from the archdiocese’s secret personnel files... Read more
The West Coast regional office of the Thomas More Law Center has filed a brief in federal court, challenging a... Read more
A Nebraska federal court’s decision yesterday that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional shows that the courts will not... Read more
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) decided to end its religious outreach program after it received some negative attention about the... Read more
An official from the US Bishops Communications Office told Catholic News Agency that the “Presidential Questionnaire,” delivered some weeks ago... Read more
Three Catholic leaders, including Catholic medical doctors and a USCCB official, are urging Congress to maintain “conscience-protection” language in current... Read more
Renato Cardinal Martino, president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, has joined the Episcopal Board of Priests... Read more
In an act that has puzzled Catholic Church officials, the Immaculate Heart of Mary sisters donated $200 to an organization... Read more
Catholic politicians who support abortion rights should not receive Communion, but that decision should be left to the politician to... Read more
The Catholic hospital foundation that has named its new $25-million trauma center after former New York mayor, Rudolph W. Giuliani,... Read more