With 50 days left before the midterm elections as of Sep. 14, polls show Americans are increasingly concerned about cost-of-living increases, an issue affecting multiple areas of Catholic social concern.
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A federal judge on Sept. 11 temporarily blocked Illinois from enforcing the state’s physician-assisted suicide law for Catholic entities that challenged it.
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Participation in elections is a key component of faithful citizenship for U.S. Catholics, as is advocating for free and fair elections, Catholic leaders said Sept. 11.
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Support for democracy has begun a modest recovery across the Americas, according to the 2026 Pulse of Democracy report by Notre Dame and Vanderbilt researchers.
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A few weeks after Temporary Protected Status for Haiti was terminated, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, urged the Trump administration …
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 8 declined a case from a New York Catholic woman seeking to send her son to kindergarten without receiving the vaccines the state requires …
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Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, two orders of Catholic nuns, and an Illinois pharmacist sued Illinois Sept. 3 over the state’s physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid …
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State ballot measures ask voters to weigh in directly on a policy item, law or regulation, sometimes in lieu of or alongside the legislative process.
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The U.S. bishops are opponents of permitting distribution of mifepristone by mail, and have called on the Trump administration to rescind it.
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The FBI “took minimal corrective action” after a controversial leaked memo discussed “radical traditionalist” Catholics, the Department of Justice said Aug. 28.
