The Biden administration June 18 announced an executive action that allows certain noncitizen spouses and children of U.S. citizens to apply for lawful permanent residency without first having to leave the country, as they were previously required to do.

The number of permanent deacons in America is holding relatively steady, but more than a third of them are also at or approaching the required retirement age for many dioceses. According to experts, the situation may suggest a need for local churches to revisit the Second Vatican Council’s vision for the permanent diaconate and rethink how to invite men to discern the vocation.

Young men from “non-intact” families without a father are more likely to end up in prison or jail than to graduate from college, according to the findings of a new study from the Institute for Family Studies, a Charlottesville, Virginia-based think tank dedicated to researching marriage, family life and the well-being of children.

As the nation marked Juneteenth, the head of the U.S. bishops’ anti-racism committee called for renewed efforts to combat the historical legacy of slavery and racism.

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, had some grim news for his brother bishops at the USCCB’s 2024 Spring Plenary Assembly in Louisville, Kentucky.

Its mission is to lead young people to a deep relationship with Jesus Christ through his church. And the Blessed Carlo Acutis Youth Camp does just that each summer for young Catholics in West Virginia.

With the National Eucharistic Congress less than a month away, the papal nuncio to the United States wants the American bishops to remember that the Eucharistic revival isn’t necessary just for the laity, but for them, as well.

While highlighting substantial progress the American Church has made to address the abuse of minors, the chair of the board created to monitor the implementation of Catholic bishops’ measures on the issue has called for even greater buy-in from the bishops, and warned against complacency. 

In an address to more or less open the first public session of the U.S. bishops’ conference spring general assembly on June 13, Cardinal Christophe Pierre reminded the American prelates that the Eucharistic revival isn’t necessary for just the laity, but for them, as well.

Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic-sponsored bill June 13 to protect in vitro fertilization treatments across the country.