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Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

Who is potential Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett? What you need to know.

Sep 22, 2020

By Christine Rousselle

Following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, speculation on who President Donald Trump will nominate to... Read more

Kroger Supermarket.

Kroger employees allege religious discrimination over 'rainbow' apron

Sep 22, 2020

By Matt Hadro

The federal government is suing the Kroger Company for discrimination after two employees at an Arkansas store were fired for... Read more

The Lamp: Why these Catholics are creating a print magazine in a digital age

Sep 22, 2020

By Mary Farrow

When Thomas Earnest Bradley wrote and edited The Lamp, a 19th century British Catholic periodical, he did so largely from... Read more

Black Catholic leader says Black Lives Matter organization 'ill-equipped to lead'

Sep 21, 2020

A Black Catholic leader said Friday that the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is the wrong organization to lead... Read more

Survey finds correlation between Catholic Mass attendance, political views 

Sep 21, 2020

A recent survey has found a correlation between the religious practices of Catholic likely voters, their party affiliation, and the... Read more

Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, April 17, 2014. Public domain

Recalling the unlikely Ginsburg-Scalia friendship

Sep 21, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week at age 87, is remembered as a hero of the... Read more

Knights of Columbus donates to vandalized Brooklyn parish

Sep 21, 2020

The Knights of Columbus has contributed thousands of dollars to a Brooklyn parish following an act of vandalism earlier this... Read more

Will Catholics return to Mass after the pandemic? Many want to go more often

Sep 21, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is affecting the way many Catholics think about their faith, a new study has found, and just... Read more

Judge Barbara Lagoa.

Catholic judge Barbara Lagoa on the shortlist of Supreme Court nominees

Sep 21, 2020

President Donald Trump’s shortlist of potential nominees to the Supreme Court includes Justice Barbara Lagoa, a Catholic who has spoken... Read more

Supreme Court of the United States.

Supreme Court: Full docket of religious liberty cases during nomination fight

Sep 21, 2020

As the Trump Administration looks to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court, the coming judicial session features a... Read more

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles venerates an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe while saying Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Dec. 12, 2017.

Proclaim 'universality of salvation', Archbishop Gomez says at immigrant Mass

Sep 21, 2020

The US needs to hear the proclamation of the unity of nations and the universality of salvation, Archbishop José Gomez... Read more

US President Donald Trump.

Trump to announce Supreme Court nominee by Saturday

Sep 21, 2020

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he expects to name his nominee for the Supreme Court by the end... Read more

Depiction of the Holy Spirit in St. Peter’s Basilica.

Bishop Burbidge: The pandemic is our ‘Pentecost moment’

Sep 20, 2020

In a pastoral letter this past week, Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia said the coronavirus pandemic has prompted advances... Read more

Catholics worship at a Mass outside the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption on Sept. 20, 2020. Courtesy of the archdiocese of San Francisco

Archbishop Cordileone: San Francisco Mass restrictions ‘mocking God’

Sep 20, 2020

Catholics in San Francisco marched in Eucharistic processions across the city on Sunday to protest the city’s continued restrictions on... Read more

A man raises his hands in prayer.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett's charismatic Catholicism- Who are the People of Praise?

Sep 19, 2020

By Christine Rousselle

Questions have been raised about Judge Amy Coney Barrett's affiliation with a group called the “People of Praise,” a charismatic... Read more

Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

'Dogma lives loudly in you' - Amy Coney Barrett's 2017 confirmation hearing

Sep 19, 2020

By Matt Hadro

During Amy Coney Barrett's 2017 judicial confirmation hearing, the judge faced hostile questions about her Catholic faith, prompting outrage and... Read more

Pro-life signs at the 2018 March for Life in Washington, DC. Jonah McKeown/CNA

Abortion key issue in Supreme Court nomination process

Sep 19, 2020

As speculation mounts over who President Donald Trump will nominate as the next Supreme Court Justice, pro-life and pro-abortion voices... Read more

Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

Catholic Amy Coney Barrett front-runner as Trump signals Supreme Court nomination plans

Sep 19, 2020

President Donald Trump on Saturday signalled he would soon nominate a potential replacement to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth... Read more

Senator Mitch McConnell.

McConnell: Trump Supreme Court nominee ‘will receive a vote’

Sep 18, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday night that after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a... Read more

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Catholics respond after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

Sep 18, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who served on the court for more than 27 years, died of pancreatic cancer... Read more