Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service
Border restriction policy stays in place while legal challenges play out
WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily stopped the Biden administration from ending a pandemic-related border restriction with a one-page order Dec. 19.
It gives...
Death penalty opponents disappointed with U.S. vote against global death penalty...
WASHINGTON -- When the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution Dec. 15 to establish a worldwide "moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing...
U.S. Supreme Court’s abortion, death penalty and religious liberty cases made...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court's Dobbs decision -- overturning Roe v. Wade -- is no doubt one for the history books.
The 5-4 decision in...
Web designer Lorie Smith wants U.S. Supreme Court to agree she’s...
WASHINGTON -- In a case examining the scope of free speech protected by the First Amendment, the Supreme Court Dec. 5 ultimately seemed to...
Voters in some states approve abortion protections but Catholic leaders vow...
WASHINGTON -- Although Catholic leaders and state Catholic conferences had pushed for the defeat of ballot measures protecting legal abortion and urged voters to...
‘Race continues to play a major role in determining who shall...
WASHINGTON -- Advocates working to end the death penalty say they have long seen the links between racism and capital punishment and they plan...
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops launch ‘radically different model’ to teaching...
WASHINGTON -- Catholic church leaders are taking a new approach to passing on the faith, saying they recognize a pressing need to do this...
Sister Helen Prejean’s fight to abolish the death penalty: ‘What I...
WASHINGTON-- Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, shows no signs of slowing down in her long-standing fight to end the death penalty.
At...
Father Michael Pfleger of Archdiocese of Chicago accused of sexual abuse...
WASHINGTON -- Father Michael Pfleger, a popular Chicago priest and outspoken advocate against gun violence, gangs, poverty and racism, has stepped aside from his...
Supreme Court considers DNA evidence that could clear Texas death row...
WASHINGTON-- In oral arguments Oct. 11, the Supreme Court considered the case of Texas inmate Rodney Reed, who has been on death row for...