A recent survey reveals a mixed bag of Catholic perceptions on immigration, including responses that don’t align with Church teaching. That report moved Bishop Mark Seitz to cite a question Church leaders often grapple with in this age of secularization: How can they form the conscience of their members and shape them according to Christ’s message?
Thanks to Jesus’ promise to be with his disciples always, the faithful can be fully present for others, especially those in need, Pope Francis told thousands of altar servers from around the world.
Organizers of the Paris Olympic Games apologized during the Games’ daily news conference July 28 to those offended by a drag performance during the opening ceremony that the French bishops said “included scenes of mockery and derision of Christianity.”
An anti-trafficking group founded by U.S. Catholic religious sisters is calling on leaders of Big Tech firms to counter human rights abuses that allow human trafficking to fester.
New data shows most of the nation views birth control and in vitro fertilization as “morally acceptable,” while extramarital affairs and suicide are regarded as the most “morally wrong” of several behaviors — with close to half the nation regarding overall morality in the U.S. as “poor.”
Anna Baker, a parishioner of Our Lady of Victory Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant who has lived in her neighborhood for decades, knows first-hand New York City’s affordable housing crunch.
Thomas Berry Place, which has been housing migrants from Central and South America for the past two years, has opened its doors to people in need from the other side of the globe.
Amid a nationwide affordable housing crisis, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, along with other Catholic organizations, is urging Congress to pass legislation that will enhance its ability to increase the supply of affordable housing.
The Diocese of Brooklyn, known as the Diocese of Immigrants for the many nationalities attending Mass in its churches, took on even more of an international flavor when four cardinals from different parts of the world came to St. John’s University for a summit designed to train lay Catholics to become leaders and work for societal changes.
Strategic collaboration, especially with law enforcement monitoring crimes online, is needed in the fight against human trafficking, according to the head of an international network of religious orders and partners against trafficking.
