The California bishops are urging Catholics in the state to vote in favor of a proposed law that would require... Read more
Moral issues not addressed in the Constitution, such as abortion, gay rights and the death penalty, should be debated and... Read more
A Fargo, North Dakota judge has decided not to allow past allegations of priest misconduct in the trial of a... Read more
Today, the Vatican released Pope Benedict XVI's prayer and mission intentions for the month, which stress the importance of religious... Read more
Domenico Bettinelli has been named editor of The Catholic World Report (CWR), America’s leading Catholic news magazine and Ignatius Press’... Read more
The Vatican Secretary of State has asked the bishops’ conferences of Latin America to be on the alert against a... Read more
Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez of Guadalajara, Mexico, announced the beatification of Anacleto Gonzalez Flores and eleven companions, all martyrs, who... Read more
The President of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro of Tunja, said this week he has not received... Read more
Pope Benedict XVI said he was “deeply saddened by the tragic consequences” of Hurricane Katrina, which pummeled the state of... Read more
As the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina continues to unfold along the U.S. Gulf coast, The U.S. Conference of Catholic... Read more
The Congregation for Catholic Education, headed by Cardinal Zenon Grockolewski, will publish a document clarifying the Church’s policy on the... Read more
In an announcement due to be made public tomorrow, President George Bush has nominated Ellen R. Sauerbrey, a vocal pro-life... Read more
Pope Benedict reminded the faithful today during his weekly general audience that only with God’s help will humans succeed in... Read more
The schismatic Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) says the first step toward reconciliation and recognition of the group within... Read more
A new measure in California, which would require parents of a minor to be notified before an abortion is performed,... Read more
The United States bishops are calling on people this Labor Day to consider the U.S. economy “from the ‘bottom up’”,... Read more
Yesterday, William Donahue, president of the Catholic League for religious and civil rights called recent verbal attacks on Archbishop William... Read more
Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, Washington has announced that his diocese will appeal a federal court ruling which, on Friday,... Read more
The Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey has announced that it will begin using an on-line giving system called ParishPay, in... Read more
Business was growing, the coffee was great, and the Word divine, but after one year in operation, a Catholic coffee... Read more