Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON — Activists who oppose the death penalty said the Justice Department’s temporary stop of federal executions is a step in the right direction,...

WASHINGTON  -- In a unanimous decision June 17, the Supreme Court said that a Catholic social service agency should not have been excluded from...

WASHINGTON -- When the Supreme Court decided May 17 to take up a challenge to a Mississippi abortion law, it brought abortion back to...

WASHINGTON — Many Catholic dioceses and archdioceses across the country — which closed their parish doors for a time at the start of the...

WASHINGTON — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill requiring death-row inmates to choose between the electric chair or the...

WASHINGTON — As Catholic colleges grapple with how to reopen in the fall, many are already saying they will require their students to be...

WASHINGTON — As Catholic colleges grapple with how to reopen in the fall, many are already saying they will require their students to be...

WASHINGTON  -- Although Catholic leaders across the country called the April 20 jury verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial a moment of justice, they...

WASHINGTON — Less than a week after President Joe Biden signed an executive order announcing the formation of a commission to look into possible...

WASHINGTON  -- President Joe Biden signed an executive order April 9 announcing the formation of a commission to look into possible reforms to the...