Trump announces Judge Amy Coney Barrett as U.S. Supreme Court nominee
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Eight days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump announced…
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Gomez: God is calling immigrant church to be ‘light’ to nation of immigrants
byCatholic 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
byBy Ed Langlois, Catholic News Service MEDFORD, Ore. — Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland visited Southern Oregon Sept. 19-20 to meet some of…
Two Catholic women judges top short list as possible Supreme Court nominees
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Two Catholic women judges are on the short list of possible candidates to fill the vacant…
As federal fiscal year nears, refugee resettlement agencies fear the worst
byBy 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
byBy 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’
byBy 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
bySister 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’
byCatholic 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
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, which begins its new term Oct. 5, will be hearing oral arguments by…