New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's order closing all schools in "hot zones" where cases of COVID-19 seem to be increasing is "a broad-brush approach that penalizes all schools, children and families needlessly," said the New ...
Pope Francis' new social encyclical offers a vision for the world of dignity for every person around the world and promotes a call to "build a new culture of fraternity and dialogue," said the president ...
The U.S. Catholic bishops will vote for the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for Religious Liberty and a chairman-elect for each of seven other standing committees before the USCCB convenes its ...
Facing over 200 lawsuits alleging sex abuse filed since New York state lifted the statute of limitations on such cases, the Diocese of Rockville Centre Oct. 1 filed "a voluntary petition for reorganization" under Chapter ...
Mary's role in history has been as "a mother bearing a message of hope," from the first days of the church "when the mother of Jesus was at the center of the apostles' community in ...
The tomb of Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager who used his computer programming skills to spread devotion to the Eucharist, was opened for veneration before his beatification in Assisi. A statement released by the Diocese ...
As of Sept. 30, the city of San Francisco is allowing attendance for indoor worship to be 25% of the capacity of a house of worship, or up to 100 people, which follows the limit ...
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is marking the 15th anniversary of the Justice for Immigrants campaign "to unite and mobilize" Catholic organizations and individuals "to welcome, protect, promote and integrate immigrants and refugees coming ...
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of four Spanish martyrs, an Italian laywoman and two Spanish nuns who founded religious orders. The Vatican published the decrees Sept. 30, saying the pope authorized their promulgation Sept. 29.
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for a "moment of prayer" to unite Catholics across the country at a time when there is "much unrest and uncertainty" in the United ...
