A community of Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, has filed for a temporary restraining order against Vatican-imposed leadership, underscoring their rejection of a Vatican decision to place its governance under a national Carmelite association. The legal maneuver continues a yearlong feud with
A number of Catholic pastoral leaders in the U.S. are applauding a new Vatican declaration on human dignity for its specific treatment of several key -- and contentious -- issues.
"Dignitas Infinita" ("Infinite Dignity"), released April 8 by the Vatican's Dicastery for the
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, issued a video statement April 8 arguing abortion should be left to individual states to legislate and declining to back federal restrictions sought by pro-life activists.
In a video posted to his social media
SUPERIOR, Wis. (OSV News) – Superior Bishop James P. Powers accused Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganó, former apostolic nuncio to the U.S., of defamation, while seeking clarification into an allegedly illicit priest ordination. Wisconsin, released a strongly worded statement April 5, responding to
A prominent pro-life group pushed former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, to back federal legislation banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The same week in Washington, President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the humanitarian situation in
In the hours after a Washington teenage boy was shot and killed April 4 on the platform of the Brookland-CUA Metro station, The Catholic University of America canceled evening classes and athletic practices and advised students to shelter in place as police
A Catholic university in northern New Jersey has named a new president after its previous head abruptly left and sued the school.
Seton Hall University announced April 2 that Msgr. Joseph R. Reilly has been appointed as its 22nd president.
Msgr. Reilly, who will
Whether it was speaking out against injustice, ministering to those on society's margins or accompanying communities afflicted by geo-political catastrophes, retired Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton traveled great lengths to express his solidarity with people on the periphery of society.
An outspoken
"I want you to remember and honor the memory of my brother," Carlos Alexis Suazo Sandoval asked of those who knew his brother, in his work, in his social circle, in his church, in his family life. Remembering the person he was,
On April 8, the moon will pass directly between the Earth and the sun. More than half of the Rochester Diocese is situated in the eclipse's 115-mile-wide "path of totality." That's where the moon will completely block the face of the sun,
The Oklahoma Supreme Court heard oral arguments April 2 in a case concerning what would be the first taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school if it survives the legal challenge.
The case raises questions about the constitutionality of taxpayer funding for religious education.
A state school