Gomez: God is calling immigrant church to be ‘light’ to nation of immigrants
Catholic News Service LOS ANGELES — Catholics from across Southern California and beyond joined Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles Sept. 20 for…
‘You are not alone,’ Portland, Ore., archbishop tells victims of wildfires
By Ed Langlois, Catholic News Service MEDFORD, Ore. — Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland visited Southern Oregon Sept. 19-20 to meet some of…
As federal fiscal year nears, refugee resettlement agencies fear the worst
By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — U.S. organizations that work to resettle refugees fear that an upcoming battle with the Trump administration…
Global biotech company ends use of aborted fetal cell lines for vaccines
By Julie Asher, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Catholic pro-life leaders say they are seeing some progress in the development of vaccines with the…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is remembered as ‘jurist of historic stature’
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18 at age 87, has been described…
Black sisters urge U.S. Catholics, church leaders to do more to end racism
Sister Beulah Martin, a member of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, center right, of Powhatan, Va., waves in Baltimore’s historic St. Francis Xavier…
House passage of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act called ‘huge win for women’
Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd said House passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness…
Supreme Court to begin new term as it ended last one: by teleconference
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, which begins its new term Oct. 5, will be hearing oral arguments by…
Pastoral urges Catholics to draw closer to God, one another amid pandemic
Catholic News Service SAN ANTONIO — Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio said that “we do not know exactly what God has in store…
Webinar tackles decision process facing Catholic voters in Nov. 3 election
By Tom Tracy, Catholic News Service WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Whether Catholic voters favor a candidate most in line with their own basket…