USCCB pro-life chairman calls for ‘radical solidarity’ with pregnant women
byWASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee called for a “radical solidarity” with pregnant women to protect and support them and…
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CRS launches campaign to build greater Catholic response to climate change
byBy Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON — Working with small farmers in the Horn of Africa, Yohannes Subagadis with Catholic Relief Services keeps hearing how difficult…
Pope to canonize founder of Scalabrinians, Salesian pharmacist
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — While their life journeys and the stages of their sainthood causes diverged, two men born in Italy are…
Federal judge sides with Catholic school over guidance counselor’s firing
byBy Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — A federal court in Indiana sided with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and one of its Catholic high schools in…
Ukrainian Catholics denounce so-called ‘annexation’ of Ukraine regions
byBy Gina Christian PHILADELPHIA — Ukrainian Catholics throughout the Philadelphia area denounced Russia’s claims of “annexing” portions of eastern Ukraine, following staged voting events…
Pope meets group that prepared text for next phase of synod
byVATICAN CITY — Pope Francis personally expressed his thanks to the four dozen people who read through hundreds of reports about the listening phase…
Pope tells Putin: Stop the war
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — With “rivers of blood and tears” still flowing in Ukraine and with the increasing threat of the use…
Friar charged with blocking access to Long Island Planned Parenthood clinic
byCENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Father Fidelis Moscinski, a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal, has been charged with violating the federal Freedom of Access to…
HHS urged to ‘reconsider misguided mandate’ on transgender procedures
byNEW YORK — Catholic hospitals and their workers “must not be coerced by the government to violate their consciences” by being forced to perform…
Pope joins sports summit in call for more inclusion, dignity for players
byBy Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — The Vatican synod hall became a stand full of cheering fans, pumping fists, clapping and shouting encouragement as…