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Bishop Thomas J. Tobin.

After priest says pedophilia 'doesn't kill anyone,' Bishop Tobin responds

Feb 13, 2020

Rhode Island’s Catholic bishop has responded to controversy over a series of remarks from a priest in his diocese, which... Read more

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, 2014.

Senate to vote on 2 pro-life laws

Feb 13, 2020

By Matt Hadro

The Senate will soon vote on two key pieces of pro-life legislation to protect infants surviving abortions and unborn children... Read more

Teen girl on track.

Connecticut students sue over trans-athlete school policy

Feb 13, 2020

Three female high school athletes have sued over a Connecticut policy allowing males identifying as females to compete in girls’... Read more

Coats of arms on display in the Cathedral of St. Matthew, Washington, after the removal of the arms of Theodore McCarrick.

Gregory orders McCarrick's coat of arms removed from Washington cathedral

Feb 13, 2020

By Christine Rousselle

A display in the cathedral has now been altered so that there is no gap between the arms of current... Read more

Prof. Teresa Stanton Collett. Courtesy photo.

Catholic lawyer grilled on contraception during House hearing

Feb 13, 2020

A Democratic congressman grilled a Catholic female law professor on her beliefs about contraception during a congressional hearing for a... Read more

Abraham Lincoln. Public domain.

Why Abraham Lincoln held a White House fundraiser for this black Catholic parish

Feb 12, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

When black Catholics in DC wanted a church, Abraham Lincoln helped raise the money. Read more

How church-goers voted in the New Hampshire primary

Feb 12, 2020

By Matt Hadro

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) narrowly won Tuesday night’s New Hampshire primary, with third-place Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) getting the support... Read more

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Sept. 16, 2019.

Archbishop Gomez welcomes 'Querida Amazonia'

Feb 12, 2020

Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles commented Wednesday on Querida Amazonia, Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation following the Amazon synod, emphasizing... Read more

January 20, 2020: Presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar (D) speaks in South Carolina.

Klobuchar says pro-life Democrats 'are a part of our party'

Feb 11, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar said on Tuesday that she would not shut pro-life Democrats out of the party.  Read more

Waving flag with Houston Astros professional team logo.

Seton Hall poll says toss Astros' title

Feb 11, 2020

By Matt Hadro

A majority of Americans want Major League Baseball’s Houston Astros to be stripped of their 2017 World Series title, according... Read more

Senator Ben Sasse, pictured at the National Press Club, Oct. 2018.

Sen. Sasse reintroduces Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection bill

Feb 11, 2020

By Christine Rousselle, Matt Hadro

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a new hearing on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act on Tuesday, with... Read more

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More than 2,000 aborted children to be buried in South Bend

Feb 11, 2020

The remains of more than two thousand aborted children discovered in a garage belonging to deceased abortionist Dr. Ulrich Klopfer... Read more

Catholic community mourns death of Arizona priest in car crash 

Feb 11, 2020

The Diocese of Tucson has announced the death of a local priest, who was killed in a car crash Friday.  Read more

Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield in Illinois.

Bishop Paprocki provides pastoral guide on gender identity

Feb 10, 2020

Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield in Illinois issued a pastoral guide last month regarding diocesan policies on gender identity, expounding... Read more

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

'A disturbing time in America': Pro-life Dems respond to Sanders

Feb 10, 2020

By Matt Hadro

Pro-life Democrats responded on Monday to Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' suggestion that there is no room in the party... Read more

Chicago archdiocese announces nearly two dozen parish mergers, closings

Feb 10, 2020

The Archdiocese of Chicago announced Thursday the latest round of parish mergers and closures as part of Cardinal Blase Cupich’s... Read more

The New York City Public Library in Manhattan.

‘Canceled’ radical feminists and the Catholic Church: These unlikely allies believe women are female

Feb 10, 2020

By Mary Farrow

Fain, along with several other women writers, intellectuals, and activists, have been “canceled” for their conviction that women are adult... Read more

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National Marriage Week highlights 'special grace' of domestic Church

Feb 10, 2020

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will once again observe National Marriage Week as part of the celebration of... Read more

Pro-life bills advance in several US states

Feb 8, 2020

Several state-level pro-life measures cleared legislative hurdles this week. Lawmakers have considered several of the proposals before, and already a... Read more

Bishop Robert McElroy. CNA file photo.

Bishop McElroy: Abortion and climate change both crucial, voters must be prudent

Feb 7, 2020

By Christine Rousselle

Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego made a speech Thursday that attempted to explain his criticism of the elevation... Read more