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Women religious, laypeople urge passage of For the People Act by U.S. Senate
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — Members of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, other women religious and laypeople attend a rally in support of For...
Q&A with Bishop Koenig: Shaping his faith, getting back from pandemic, protecting life and...
Several weeks before his episcopal ordination and installation as the 10th bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington, Bishop William E. Koenig took part in...
Anti-government protesters in Cuba take to the streets as part of Christian Liberation Movement
HAVANA -- The Christian Liberation Movement in Cuba has called on people to continue to pressure communist authorities to hold a general election.
The country...
Rights of workers and fair wages firmly rooted in Catholic social teaching, necessity to...
As the pastor of the increasingly diverse St. Joseph Parish in Vancouver, Washington, Father Gary Lazzeroni finds himself ministering to people in a wide...
The church rejects torture as fundamentally incompatible with respect for human dignity
For the Catholic Church, torture has a human face. In fact, it has many faces, each of which are addressed by the church's social...
Cardinal Justin Rigali has seen many memorable moments in 60 years of priesthood
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — You could say Cardinal Justin Rigali has had an altar seat to Catholic Church history.
From his youth in Los Angeles to...
Myanmar’s Cardinal Bo pleads for peace after bombing kills four people sheltering in church
ROME -- Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, pleaded for an end to violence after a deadly mortar attack in his country claimed the...
Nicaraguan Catholic leaders decry increasing government repression ahead of November elections
MEXICO CITY -- Nicaraguan Catholic leaders have decried a series of repressive acts that targeted parties and individuals linked with the opposition ahead of...
Supreme Court’s decision to take up Mississippi abortion case brings issue front and center
WASHINGTON -- When the Supreme Court decided May 17 to take up a challenge to a Mississippi abortion law, it brought abortion back to...
Boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing considered as congressional panel weighs China’s human...
WASHINGTON -- A congressional panel, during a May 18 hearing, weighed the possibility of a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing...