UPDATE: Catholic leaders vow to continue fight after state abortion measures pass

November 9, 2022

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Although Catholic leaders and state Catholic conferences had pushed for the defeat of ballot measures protecting legal abortion and urged voters to… Read More

Catholic leaders vow to continue fight after state abortion measures pass

November 9, 2022

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Although Catholic leaders and state Catholic conferences had pushed for the defeat of ballot measures protecting legal abortion and urged voters to… Read More

African bishops: No climate justice without land justice

November 9, 2022

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — As the U.N climate change conference unfolds in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Catholic bishops in Africa are warning that… Read More

Peace requires ‘gentle power of dialogue,’ pope says at audience

November 9, 2022

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For there to be peace, people need to expand their horizons, engage in dialogue and work with each other in a… Read More

Cardinal tells leaders at COP27 they have duty to act on climate change

November 8, 2022

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (CNS) — Leaders gathered in Egypt for the U.N. climate summit have “a moral obligation” to act seriously and together to safeguard… Read More

USCCB elections, ‘Faithful Citizenship’ discussion, prayer are on agenda

November 8, 2022

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will find the bishops voting on a new president and vice… Read More

U.S. bishops launch new approach to teaching the faith

November 7, 2022

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic church leaders are taking a new approach to passing on the faith, saying they recognize a pressing need to do this… Read More

At border Mass above the Rio Grande, migrants who died are remembered

November 7, 2022

WASHINGTON (CNS) — From an altar set on a platform just above the waters that straddle the U.S. and Mexico, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of… Read More

French cardinal admits to abusing teen girl 35 years ago

November 7, 2022

LOURDES, France (CNS) — French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, former head of the French bishops’ conference, admitted to abusing a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago. The… Read More

Ukrainian archbishop tells pope Russia wants to destroy, not negotiate

November 7, 2022

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has continued to call on Russian and Ukrainian leaders to negotiate an end to the war, but the head… Read More