Pro-life advocates hope new flag becomes unifying symbol of movement
By George P. Matysek Jr., Catholic News Service BALTIMORE — The rainbow flag is an instantly recognized symbol of the LGBTQ movement, just as…
Eucharist document should unite, not divide, the church, panelists advise
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in the middle of drafting a teaching document on the Eucharist, received…
Nearly 3,700 women religious urge Senate to pass For the People Act
Catholic News Service BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — Members of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, other women religious and laypeople attend a rally in…
Two Texas bishops say closing facilities would violate religious freedom
By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service The bishops who head the El Paso and Dallas dioceses in Texas have asked Gov. Greg Abbott to…
Pope ‘deeply saddened’ by Baghdad market bombing
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis expressed his condolences after a suicide bombing in a busy market in…
Advocates: Ruling against DACA must push Congress to act
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Catholic immigration advocates are urging Congress and President Joe Biden to speed up legislation to protect…
Traditional Latin Mass ‘movement’ sows division, archbishop says
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ letter explaining why he was restricting the use of the pre-Vatican II Mass…
Pope expresses closeness with Cuban people as unrest continues
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis expressed his closeness to the people of Cuba a week after protests…
First-person accounts of religious repression punctuate summit
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Many people may not think about religious repression since it doesn’t happen in the United States….
Appealing to need for unity, pope restores limits on pre-Vatican II Mass
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope…