Bishops Say Order on LBGTQ Equality Has Implications for Religious Liberty
By Julie Asher
WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Joe Biden’s wide-ranging executive order to extend existing federal nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ people exceeds the U.S. Supreme...
Texas abortion providers ask court to speed up abortion law review
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Texas abortion providers urged the Supreme Court Sept. 23 to once again, and quickly, review their challenge to the...
‘Faithful Citizenship’ Reminder: Gospel Cannot be Parsed in Partisan Terms
By:Â Dennis Sadowski
CLEVELAND (CNS) — The U.S. bishops’ quadrennial document on political responsibility is rooted in the Catholic Church’s long-standing moral tradition that upholds human...
Bishop Rhoades: Latest COVID-19 Vaccine Can Be Used in Good Conscience
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a new video, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine reiterated that use of the Johnson & Johnson...
Religious Freedom Advocates: Will New Administration Continue Support?
By Kurt Jensen
WASHINGTON (CNS) — One of the most frequently expressed questions during an international religious freedom symposium Nov. 19 was whether the attention...
Bill to codify Roe called one of most ‘extreme’ abortion bills...
By Julie Asher
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021, introduced in the U.S. Senate and House June 8 and currently moving...
In Washington, with New President, Cardinal-Designate Hopes for Dialogue
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As Washington’s new cardinal and with a Catholic soon to be living in the White House, Cardinal-designate Wilton...
San Francisco archbishop examines abortion, Communion in pastoral letter
SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) — A pastoral letter issued May 1 by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone focuses on the unborn, Communion and Catholics...
National Shrine to host May 17 worldwide praying of the Rosary
By Richard Szczepanowski
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will host a recitation of the rosary on Monday,...
Statement on the Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., as 46th...
Most Reverend José H. Gomez
Archbishop of Los Angeles
President, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
January 20, 2021
My prayers are with our new President and...
