When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments Dec. 1 for the biggest abortion case in decades, all eyes -- and ears -- will be on the court. Diocesan websites across the country have posted links to ...
Catholic opponents of the death penalty, including Oklahoma City's archbishop, praised the Nov. 18 announcement that the Oklahoma governor granted death-row inmate Julius Jones clemency -- just hours before he was scheduled to be executed. "It ...
The U.S. bishops' focus on the significance of the Eucharist in the life of the church isn't just about on the statement they approved at their fall meeting. It also is about something bigger: a three-year ...
The U.S. bishops, gathered for the first time in person since 2019, discussed the highly anticipated statement on the Eucharist without the heated discussion it stirred up in their previous meeting. They also looked at diocesan ...
The U.S. bishops discussion of their statement on the Eucharist Nov. 16 in Baltimore took a drastically different tone than their previous debate about what the document could potentially contain during their virtual assembly five ...
Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, spoke to the U.S. bishops Nov. 16 about the importance of listening to people in the church and being open to the work of the ...
Religion usually stays out of the workplace, but now with expanding COVID-19 vaccine requirements, employees' personal faith is front and center as many of them across the country say they have religious reasons not to ...
The Supreme Court's consideration of spiritual advisers praying aloud with death-row inmates or placing hands on them in prayer during executions faced an uphill battle Nov. 9 as some of the justices questioned if this ...
At their June assembly, when the U.S. bishops debated a proposal to draft a statement on the Eucharist, some of the bishops asked whether it would address denying Communion to Catholic politicians who support abortion. The ...
The Supreme Court Nov. 1 turned down an appeal from a Catholic hospital in California that was sued for refusing to perform a hysterectomy on a transgender patient. The court's decision, issued without comment, sends the ...
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