U.S. Church

Pope Leo XIV spoke with Tom Llamas of NBC News July 29 about being the first American pope, his diverse ancestry and whether he might be coming to the U.S. …

Vaughn prayed, sang, bore witness to his faith “and for that, the full weight of the federal government was brought crashing down on his front door.”

Before Florida held two executions July 28, its Catholic bishops issued a pastoral letter urging Catholics to reflect on the Church’s death penalty opposition.

Blessed Rother was “a champion of human dignity who heroically laid down his life to bring the light of Jesus Christ to a people plagued by horrific darkness.”

In 2001, Pope Benedict XVI promulgated the first-ever canonical law addressing the sexual abuse of minors, “Sacramentorum Sanctitatis Tutela.”

The U.S. Catholic bishops are preparing to launch a nationwide call to prayer and action campaign in August over rising abortion rates.

End Assisted Suicide, a coalition of patient advocacy groups, maintain assisted suicide is inherently discriminatory against the rights of people with disabilities.

“We pray also for the family and friends of those who died or were injured as well as for the many who are traumatized by this shooting.”

“We still have the chair that Archbishop Sheen sat in when he would preach here at Saint Agnes,” said parish office manager Anna Megan.

(OSV News) — The Trump administration’s move to seize a New Mexico pilgrimage site for border wall construction — despite religious liberty objections — continues to be contested in court, …