Catholic News Service

MELBOURNE, Australia  -- Cardinal George Pell was taken back to prison June 6 at the end of a two-day hearing on his appeal of...

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services banned the National Institutes of Health from using human fetal stem cells from...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Springfield Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki issued a decree June 6 stating that Catholic lawmakers in the Illinois Legislature "who promoted or...

TORONTO — As if tariffs, climate change and immigration policy weren’t enough to put a wedge between Canada and the U.S., abortion legislation across...

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ migration committee June 4 praised the U.S. House for passing a measure that gives permanent legal...

WASHINGTON -- In remembering the estimated 4,400 Allied troops who died storming the beaches of Normandy, France, 75 years ago on D-Day, Archbishop Timothy...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' inflight news conferences are arguably less newsy than when his pontificate began, mostly because he has been insisting the...

BALTIMORE -- Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore released additional details June 5 about the investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and financial improprieties...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When Catholic clergy, penitents, theologians and canon lawyers look at the wording in a California state bill that would compel a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin issued a statement June 2 saying he regretted comments that "turned out to be so controversial"...