WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in the House are calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and other House Democrats "to stop blocking" a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
The measure "demands a vote," Rep. Chris Smith, R-New...
VATICAN CITY -- The Catholic Church must respect the law and accept court decisions regarding clerical sexual abuse and its cover-up, said Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, a leading expert in child protection.
Interviewed by Vatican News March 15, Father Zollner...
BALTIMORE -- Approximately 480 men and women work at the Baltimore headquarters of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas aid and development agency of U.S. Catholics.
None were more affected than Yishak "Isaac" Affin and Atli Moges by the March 10...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Catholic bishops of California welcomed the March 13 decision by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to issue a moratorium on executions in the state and a temporary reprieve for all inmates on the state's death row.
"We...
WASHINGTON — One of the commissioners of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission called Jack Phillips' religious freedom a sham, a "despicable piece of rhetoric" simply meant to conceal prejudices.
But his attorneys said the commission probably has far stronger biases...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- New Zealand's Catholic bishops have expressed horror and distress at a terrorist attack in two mosques in Christchurch that saw at least 49 people killed.
The shootings took place at or near the Al Noor Mosque,...
