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Catholics should staunchly defend voting rights through dialogue, action — Cardinal Roger M. Mahony
Voting is an essential element of a vibrant democracy. Voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election was the highest in several decades, where nearly...
In first major address to Congress, President Biden says, ‘America is on the move...
WASHINGTON — In his first major address to Congress as U.S. president, Joe Biden urged Republicans and Democrats April 28 to work together as...
Catholic leaders see Derek Chauvin verdict as a call for more action
WASHINGTON -- Although Catholic leaders across the country called the April 20 jury verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial a moment of justice, they...
Jimmy Lai, Catholic media tycoon and philanthropist, sentenced to jail as part of Chinese...
HONG KONG -- Catholic media tycoon and philanthropist Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 12 months in jail after being found guilty of unauthorized...
After Bloody Saturday, Myanmar Catholics pray for peace in observance of Palm Sunday
YANGON, Myanmar -- While Catholics in Myanmar observed Palm Sunday, many in the Buddhist-majority country were crying at the funerals of more than 100...
In Myanmar, nun blocks path of troops, implores: “Don’t shoot, don’t kill the innocent”
YANGON, Myanmar -- Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon called for patience and tolerance on a day when at least 18 anti-coup protesters were shot...
President Biden tells National Prayer Breakfast: ‘Faith shows the way forward as one nation’
WASHINGTON -- For many in the nation, this is a dark time because of job loss, hunger, evictions, sickness and death because of COVID-19,...
Knights of Columbus leader Carl Anderson calls justice for unborn first ‘foundational’ principle of...
WASHINGTON — Supreme Knight Carl Anderson urged the pro-life movement to remain committed to four foundational principles: justice, truth, democracy and compassion.
“The first is...
Myanmar Bishop calls for prayers, caution, care of citizens after military coup
VATICAN CITY -- After a military coup and the detention of top government leaders in Myanmar, the auxiliary bishop of Yangon, the nation's largest...
Catholic social teaching: Work should be sacred space for people to flourish
For people who prefer to keep their job and their faith separate, the Catholic Church poses a massive challenge. Catholic teaching simply does not...