NRB chair urges bishops to continue focus on healing for abuse...
By Dennis Sadowski
Although major steps have been taken to help achieve healing and reconciliation with survivors of clergy sexual abuse, much work remains ahead...
USCCB President Issues Statement
Statement of Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
June 21, 2021
“Last week, my brother bishops and...
Answers to Key Ethical Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines
From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
January 2021
The development of vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic has received much public attention and raised...
Dioceses Dispute Conclusions, Methods of AP Report on Pandemic Funding
By Tom Tracy
(CNS) U.S. dioceses are crying foul over an investigative report on coronavirus relief funding they say grossly mischaracterized the Catholic Church’s finances...
Florida Bishop and Catholic School Win Super Bowl Food Wager
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholics in St. Petersburg, Florida, will need to get their napkins ready because some barbecue from Kansas City, Missouri,...
Faith Is No Trick Up this Magician’s Sleeve
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- For Giancarlo Bernini, a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, things are not...
OCP Launches Program to Provide Personal Missals to Parishioners Amid Pandemic
By Colleen Rowan
WHEELING, W.Va. (CNS) — Oregon Catholic Press has launched the Parishioner Personal Missal Program, offering members of parish communities the opportunity to...
After 11 Months of ‘Giving Up,’ What Is There Left to...
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Since childhood, the typical U.S. Catholic’s response to Lent is giving up, as in “What are you giving up...
Some Parish Fish Fries Switch Gears to Go Curbside This Lent
By Barb Umberger
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Parish fish fries, which are a traditional Lenten staple, have changed course this year in Minnesota due...
Church Leaders Stress Need for Christmas Hope After Challenging Year
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Christmas messages shared by U.S. Catholic leaders stressed the need to keep hope and faith alive this season particularly...