Catholic Church

VACHERIE, La. (OSV News) — In an effort to blunt criticism of the poor air quality in Beijing prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Chinese government implemented ambitious measures …

Washington’s new Cardinal Robert W. McElroy grappled with the need to send a clear moral message on the dignity of migrants at an event in the nation’s capital.

As issues like abortion, assisted suicide and in-vitro fertilization continue to be widely discussed today, looking back on the prescient writing of St. John Paul II on such matters can …

Most U.S. adults say COVID-19 did more to drive the country apart than bring it together. For a church willing to learn, COVID holds many potential lessons.

(OSV News) — Marquette University in Milwaukee received recently a $7.5 million gift to endow its Institute for Natural Family Planning within the College of Nursing. The Jesuit university revealed Feb. …

A multiyear decline in Christianity in the U.S. may have leveled off, but Pew finds Catholics are seeing the greatest net losses compared to other religions.

Catholic social scientists are doing some of the most important work in the public square making a reasoned case for both state and society to promote marriage and stable two-parent …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Ongoing uncertainty about funding from the National Institutes of Health could imperil medical research at academic institutions all over the country, including Catholic institutions, multiple sources told …

(OSV News) — Catholic Relief Services and Caritas agencies throughout the world are warning that the Trump administration’s freezing of the U.S. Aid for International Development — which has provided major …

(OSV News) — An international online database of clergy who face allegations or have been convicted of child sexual abuse launched its Philippine listing Jan. 29, drawing a sharp response from …