Tag: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of wrongfully fired high school...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a 6-3 vote June 27, the Supreme Court ruled that a former high school football coach had the right to...
U.S. Supreme Court: Private education subsidies cannot exclude religious schools, called...
WASHINGTON-- In a 6-3 ruling June 21, the Supreme Court said a Maine tuition aid program that excluded religious schools violated the Constitution's free...
Cardinal-designate Robert McElroy wants to help heal ‘great tragedy’ of division...
SAN DIEGO-- Cardinal-designate Robert W. McElroy told reporters May 31 that when he learned he is among the 21 new cardinals Pope Francis will...
U.S. bishops’ longtime foreign policy adviser Tom Quigley dies at 91
WASHINGTON — Thomas J. Quigley, who worked for 45 years in service to the U.S. bishops, mostly in the realm of foreign policy, died...
Annual audit shows more than 4,200 allegations of clergy sexual abuse...
WASHINGTON — More than 4,200 allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and others were reported during the year ending June 30,...
Eucharistic revival and importance of it in the church among topics...
WASHINGTON -- At their June assembly, when the U.S. bishops debated a proposal to draft a statement on the Eucharist, some of the bishops...
Hacking and tracking of cellphone data illustrate growing loss of privacy
Every subscriber of digital services and smartphones which access personal information should be aware that their actions are no longer “private” — even despite...
Have questions about bishops’ Communion document? The USCCB has answers
WASHINGTON — A page on the website of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops answers a series of questions regarding the bishops’ vote to...
U.S. bishops give OK to receive COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna
WASHINGTON — While confusion has arisen in recent days in the media over “the moral permissibility” of using the COVID-19 vaccines just announced by...
Supreme Court gives the go-ahead for continued construction on Trump administration’s...
WASHINGTON -- In a 5-4 vote July 31, the Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for construction to continue on portions of the Trump administration's...