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To help fight sex abuse, Catholic group offers guide to the news

Nov 18, 2018

Catholic bishops must act to counter sex abuse of adults as well as minors, says a lay group that has... Read more

Pro-life display vandalized at Ohio university

Nov 16, 2018

A pro-life display at an Ohio university has been vandalized three times since it was erected Monday by the school’s... Read more

Ohio House passes heartbeat abortion bill

Nov 15, 2018

The Ohio House has once again passed a pro-life bill that would ban abortions after a baby’s heartbeat is detected.  Read more

Uyghurs at a mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, September 2010.

Congressional bill aims for human rights for China’s Uyghurs

Nov 15, 2018

Legislation could help advance religious freedom and human rights in China’s far western province of Xinjiang, say U.S. lawmakers concerned... Read more

Editor's Note: What's in our Newsroom?

Nov 15, 2018

By JD Flynn

I love CNA’s newsrooms. In Denver, DC, and in Rome, our newsrooms are staffed with smart Catholics, telling interesting stories... Read more

Pope Francis at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, May 2, 2018.

Vatican, US bishops face class-action lawsuit from victims of clergy sex abuse

Nov 15, 2018

The U.S. bishops' conference and the Holy See face a class action lawsuit filed by six men who claim they... Read more

Virginia Catholics praise dismissal of assisted suicide by state legislature

Nov 15, 2018

Virginia Catholics are praising the decision of a joint commission of the state legislature to take no action on a... Read more

Harvard University.

Harvard students hold Catholic Sex Week to explain Church teaching

Nov 15, 2018

By Perry West

After Sex Week at Harvard University this year, the Catholic Student Association hosted a series of talks designed to offer... Read more

Bishop Richard Malone's new residence.

Bishop Malone criticized for $200,000 house renovation

Nov 14, 2018

Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo, New York has come under fire for reportedly spending an estimated $200,000 to renovate his... Read more

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston addresses the USCCB autumn General Assembly in Baltimore, Nov. 12, 2018. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Cardinal DiNardo hopeful for Church in US

Nov 14, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

Acknowledging that he was disappointed by the Vatican's decision to block a vote on sex abuse reform measures, Cardinal Daniel... Read more

Voting at the USCCB autumn General Assembly in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 13, 2018. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

'What are people to make of our silence?' Bishops discuss McCarrick in Baltimore

Nov 14, 2018

By Ed Condon

The bishops of the United States resumed their open-floor discussion on the recent sexual abuse scandals facing the Church in... Read more

CNS photo / Bob Roller.

US bishops divided on how to deal with sex abuse accusations

Nov 14, 2018

By Ed Condon

Wednesday afternoon, the bishops of the United States resumed their discussions of the proposals for policies which were intended to... Read more

Voting at the USCCB autumn General Assembly in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 14, 2018. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

US bishops punt resolution encouraging Holy See to release McCarrick documents

Nov 14, 2018

On the last day of their fall meeting, the U.S. bishops' conference voted down a resolution that would have “encouraged”... Read more

The USCCB autumn General Assembly in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 14, 2018. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Why the US bishops strongly backed an anti-racism pastoral letter

Nov 14, 2018

A pastoral letter against racism won a nearly unanimous vote at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ general assembly Wednesday.  Read more

Demonstrators from Georgetown University outside the 2019 USCCB Fall General Assembly in Baltimore.

Angry, betrayed Catholics travel to Baltimore demanding answers, change

Nov 14, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

As one of the testimonies progressed at the Silence Stops Now rally near the USCCB’s Fall General Assembly, Anna Ahlbin,... Read more

Barronelle Stutzman of Arlene's Flowers.

Florist case reopens before Washington Supreme Court

Nov 14, 2018

Attorneys representing florist Barronelle Stutzman filed their opening brief with the Washington Supreme Court on Tuesday, as the court re-hears... Read more

The USCCB autumn General Assembly in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 13, 2018. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

USCCB elects six new committee chairmen

Nov 14, 2018

On Wednesday morning, the U.S. bishops voted on a slate of positions and committee chairs for the United States Conference... Read more

James Grein speaks at the Silence Stops Now rally in Baltimore, Nov. 13, 2018.

Alleged victim of Archbishop McCarrick speaks at rally outside USCCB meeting

Nov 13, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

James Grein, the man who came forward this summer alleging he was abused for 18 years by Archbishop Theodore McCarrick,... Read more

The USCCB autumn General Assembly in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 12, 2018.

USCCB discusses standards of conduct, independent commission

Nov 13, 2018

By Ed Condon

The U.S. bishops have formally begun discussion of a new set of standards of conduct and a special commission to... Read more