Saying they are outraged by growing "antisemitic rhetoric" across the country, members of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs urged Christians to decry hate-filled statements and violence aimed at Jewish individuals, homes ...
Declining access to food, greater discrimination against women and widening restrictions on religious freedom have contributed to a higher rate of poverty worldwide, said a new report issued by a Fordham University program.
Overall, 26.2% of ...
Catholics across the country continue to feel wounded by the clergy abuse crisis, seek a more welcoming church in which their "lived reality" is prioritized over rules and regulations, and desire lifelong spiritual, pastoral and ...
Four weeks of debate -- during a review conference for a treaty widely viewed as a cornerstone of nuclear disarmament -- resulted in no consensus on how to move forward despite the efforts of the ...
As the pastor of Francis Xavier Church in Moundsville, West Virginia, Father That Son Nguyen has his ears tuned to hearing about the needs of the world all around.
From a pregnant mother with young children ...
An official of the New York State Catholic Conference expressed disappointment with a June 23 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturns a century-old law and asserts that there is a constitutional right to carry a ...
The nation's Catholic bishops have made progress in regaining the trust of the laity since approving a groundbreaking document in response to the clergy sexual abuse crisis two decades ago, but for Washington Cardinal Wilton ...
Native American tribal representatives are partnering with Catholic dioceses and religious congregations in uncovering vast amounts of information about the church's role in operating residential schools that for more than a century worked to assimilate ...
Hundreds of boarding schools supported by the U.S. government for 150 years sought to forcefully assimilate Native American and Indigenous children into white society, a first-of-its-kind report from the Interior Department said.
The report, issued May ...
African bishops called on global financial institutions meeting in Washington to "help shape an economy that better protects the dignity and basic human rights of our sisters and brothers all around the world."
The April 20 ...