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LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Louisiana Senator John Kennedy calls on the US Department of Justice to crack down on those who attack the Catholic Church. Kennedy, a Republican, is urging US Attorney General Merrick Garland to hold those…

A parishioner at a church in Western Australia captured the moment police interrupted mass to demand that five people who were not wearing face masks comply with the law. The woman who photographed the raid at St Bernadette's Church in…

VENICE — The Diocese of Venice will hold several "listening sessions" as part of its participation in the Catholic Church's synod titled "For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission," a global effort for "deeper communion , a…

Pro-life protesters are seen outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on December 1, 2021, the day judges heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization over a Mississippi law banning most abortions after…

Reports of abuse have been made against hundreds of clergy and other members of the Roman Catholic Church in New Zealand since the 1950s, according to figures released this week to a royal commission, which for the first times capture the…

By Julie Asher • Catholic Press Service • Published on January 26, 2022 WASHINGTON (CNS) - If Roe falls, "my hope is that we will come together and seize this opportunity to create a post-Roe America where human life is…

WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Catholic Church and her people stand ready not only to help pregnant women bring their pregnancies to term, but also to help women who have had abortions, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore said. chairman of the…

Friday, January 14, 2022 By Linda Petersen Intermountain Catholic SALT LAKE CITY - During Christmas time, many Catholics in Utah were generous in their donations to help the poor and needy. As a new year begins,…

December 31, 2021 KWASI GYAMFI ASIEDU Wedowee, Alabama, United StatesPA Reverend Athanasius Chidi Abanulo - using skills honed in his native African country to minister effectively in rural Alabama - determines how long he…

MAYFIELD, Ky. (CNS) - Mourning, prayer and determination to rebuild shattered lives, homes and businesses in Mayfield followed one of the most powerful tornadoes in U.S. history that wiped out the town of 10,000 in western Kentucky on the…

WASHINGTON (CNS) - On November 28, 2020, when Pope Francis raised 13 new cardinals from around the world - including Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Washington - the pontiff reminded them of the importance of remaining "a close…

"I believe that the best way for the Church to understand the new movements of social justice," said the president of the USCCB, "is to understand them as pseudo-religions, even replacements and rivals of Christian beliefs.…

When asked if the subject of abortion was raised during his recent Vatican summit with Pope Francis, President Joe Biden replied, “No, it isn't. and I should continue to receive Communion. "The next day, The Associated…

By Carol Glatz, Catholic Information Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Collecting information and statistics on child sexual abuse is an important tool to assess established responses and to develop recommendations aimed at fixing a failing…

The elevation of the Eucharist is pictured in a stained glass window in St. Anthony's Church in North Beach, Maryland on July 15, 2021. CNS Photo / Bob Roller The Catholic…

Saturday's New Jersey Track Conference Catholic Championship saw a familiar champion and another who stood atop the tag team standings for the first time in the event's 60-year history.For St. Peter's Prep, No.17 in the NJ.com Top 20,…

WASHINGTON (CNS) - US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas submitted a lengthy document on Oct. 29 that he hopes will lead to the eventual end of a policy to keep asylum seekers at home. United States on the Mexican side of the…

WASHINGTON - When President Joe Biden met Pope Francis in the Vatican on Friday, he presented the pontiff with a century-old, hand-spun cloak from a church in the nation's capital with a long history and a liberal bent.But it was not the…

DENVER (CNS) - Archbishop of Denver Samuel J. Aquila on October 20 condemned a wave of anti-religious vandalism of churches and other buildings in northern Colorado, and prayed "for the end of these attacks and so that the love of God is…

Friday, October 22, 2021 IC photo / Marie Mischel + Expand Bishop Oscar A. Solis preaches at the opening mass of the diocesan synod on October 17 at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. By Marie Mischel…

Republicans in the Texas legislature could face an uphill battle as they attempt to pass a bill exempting most of the state's workforce from vaccine requirements by their employers.On the one hand, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott asked them to…

French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, who resigned his post as Archbishop of Lyon in 2020, is pictured in a church in Mosul, Iraq, July 24, 2017. A new report on clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in France, to be published on…

An investigation by the Catholic Church in France found that priests, church workers and volunteers have sexually assaulted around 330,000 minors since 1950.The discovery appears in a voluminous report released Tuesday, the latest in a…

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A leader of Canada's National Assembly of Catholic Bishops says he hopes an apology for the prejudice suffered at the residential schools could mark a turning point in the Church's relationship with Indigenous peoples, but some community…

Unpublished photo from the National Center for Truth and Reconciliation Canada (NCDR) showing Indigenous children and religious workers outside Kamloops Residential School in British Columbia, Canada (Photo: EFE) Canada's Catholic Bishops…

LINCOLN, Neb. (CNS) - The chairman of the pro-life committee of US bishops told a Nebraska pro-life conference that "there are legitimate reasons to hope" that the United States Supreme Court can grant the States "more authority to…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Bishop Anthony M. Pilla, a Cleveland native who helped start a national dialogue on the role of the church in the city and guided Catholics in northeastern Ohio for over d 'a quarter of a century, died Tuesday.Pilla, who…

The United States Supreme Court in Washington is seen on November 26, 2020 (CNS Photo / Tyler Orsburn) By Carol Zimmermann • Catholic Information Service • Posted on September 17, 2021…

Incidents include arson, destruction of statues, and degradation of church buildings and gravestones with swastikas and anti-Catholic language.…

Marie Marguerite Olohan A Democrat in New Mexico announced Saturday that his bishop had refused him Communion, amid a debate between Catholics and public figures over the reception of the Holy Eucharist by pro-abortion…

The coronavirus has taken a heavy toll on Catholic priests and nuns around the world, killing hundreds of them in a handful of the hardest-hit countries.The dead include an Italian priest who…

WASHINGTON (CNS) - The day after the publication of its final opinions for the current term, the Supreme Court announced that it was dealing with one religious rights case and dismissed another for its next term. The two cases appear…

WHEELING - A recent discussion within the Catholic Church in the United…

St Paul's Anglican Church in Gitwangak did not survive the fire.(Photo: Facebook / Ivan Bundy)…