In a letter to multiple U.S. senators, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace chairman expressed his support for a resolution that recognizes religious freedom as a fundamental right and supports it as a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.
The Supreme Court has declined to take up the defamation case of a former Kentucky Catholic high school student, Nicholas Sandmann, who claimed he had been unfairly portrayed by several media outlets after a video of his interaction with a Native American man went viral five years ago.
During oral arguments March 26 about the public’s access to the abortion pill mifepristone, the Supreme Court justices seemed likely to reject a challenge to the drug’s availability.
In response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore March 26, Baltimore Archbishop William Lori urged people to “join in prayer asking the Lord to grant consolation and strength as we cope with this terrible tragedy.”
Even with multiple lawsuits pending that create an uncertain future, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in Oklahoma — the nation’s first state-funded religious school — has begun accepting applications for K-12 education set to begin this August.
The United States Supreme Court is beginning deliberations March 26 concerning the Biden administration’s handling of safeguards related to the use of the chemical abortion drug mifepristone and its potential risks to women.
Alabama received a lot of attention in February when the state’s top court ruled that frozen embryos were considered children under state law and people could be held liable for their destruction.
This summer’s National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis will provide a “Steubenville conference” experience for teenagers, while parents with children can expect full-family formation in a track designed to engage adults and kids together, according to congress leaders.
In Bishop Mark Seitz’s initial response to an attempt by the state of Texas to shut down a Catholic migrant shelter in El Paso, he noted how the situation highlights the challenge such organizations face balancing federal and state responses with their own mission to serve.
The rich symbolism of darkness to light is not lost on Mark Steigerwald, vice president of the Cathedral Candle Company in Syracuse, New York, a fourth-generation family business that is one of the leading suppliers of church candles in the U.S.
