Days after a judge blocked a city permit that would have allowed the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas, to close a street for its annual Mass for Life, blocking the entrance to an abortion clinic, a diocesan spokesperson said they hope to make their case to the City Council and reschedule the event.
Colorado’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition.
When the U.S. bishops gather for their fall plenary assembly Nov. 13-16 in Baltimore, they will elect a new secretary and chairmen for six standing committees for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Catholics should approach the issue of artificial wombs with both courage and caution, an ethicist stressed after U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers met about the new technology.
A state school board in Oklahoma voted Oct. 9 to approve a contract with a Catholic charter school set to open next school year, making it the nation’s first state-funded religious school.
To conclude a video message announcing the U.S. bishops’ conference’s new mental health campaign, Archbishop Borys Gudziak closed with a message for anyone who is suffering a mental health challenge or has a loved one in that situation: “I want you to know we are with you.
After an attack on Israel by Hamas and subsequent retaliation by Israel that has left more than more than 1,300 people dead and thousands more injured, the U.S. bishops’ conference has called for a cessation of violence from all sides, and for Catholics in the U.S. to pray for peace.
California Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker of the House of Representatives Oct. 3 in a historic vote that may have an impact on Catholic concerns.
Climate activists across the globe have thanked Pope Francis for his new exhortation on the environment titled “Laudate Deum,” published ahead of a major U.N. climate summit, calling the text “prophetic” and saying action is needed now more than ever.
Two archbishops on different ends of the United States are separately calling for prayers and peace this week after gun violence incidents in each archdiocese left people hospitalized.
