The decentralization of certain aspects of the Catholic Church's governance, as proposed in the Synod of Bishops on ...

The Chinese government’s persecution of the Chinese Catholic Church is targeted against the hierarchs who resist Chinese ...

After years of protecting Oak Flat from development, the government several years ago moved to transfer the land to the ...

Irish Catholic bishops have, for the first time, published a pastoral letter dedicated to welcoming migrants amid heightened ...

The U.S. bishops issued a statement praising the Biden administration’s decision last week to expand the U.S. refugee ...

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The president of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania tackled contentious topics like women’s ordination ...

Perhaps long overdue, there has been a recent burgeoning of books and programs for parents suffering the loss of unborn or ...

The violence has claimed the lives of thousands of innocent victims, but it also “struck a profound blow to the common ...

Catholic officials in the state of Michigan, including its seven diocesan bishops, condemned Democratic ... the CHIPS Act is a game-changer for U.S. tech and manufacturing, boosting domestic ...

(photo: Courtesy photo / The Catholic University of America) The U.S. bishops issued a statement praising the Biden administration’s decision last week to expand the U.S. refugee resettlement ...