Several women protesting the Catholic Church's teaching against abortion disrupted an annual Respect Life Mass being celebrated by Bishop Robert J. Brennan at a downtown Columbus cathedral.

The leaders of two U.S. bishops' committees applauded President Joe Biden's executive order reversing a policy of the previous administration that excluded unauthorized immigrants from the census count.

Idalia Reyes remembers the desperation that drove her to seek out smugglers to take her children, unaccompanied, to the United States. Reyes and her children lived in a tent camp along the Rio Grande, where they endured crime, cold snaps and infestations of insects and snakes.

President Joe Biden's wide-ranging executive order to extend existing federal nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ people exceeds the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2020 ruling on the issue in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, said the chairmen of five U.S. bishops' committees.

Long before she burst into the public spotlight delivering her inauguration poem, Amanda Gorman got a standing ovation from fellow parishioners of St. Brigid Church in Los Angeles for reciting a poem she wrote about the parish.

With a number of nations considering some form of a "Green New Deal" for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it is important that these efforts respect diverse cultures and economic policies.

Climate change is a global problem that requires the commitment and collective response of all humanity, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

Members of the clergy should always remember they are part of the people of God and not an elite group that stands above the faithful, Pope Francis said.

Unable to preside over Mass on the Sunday of the Word of God because of a recurring bout of sciatica, Pope Francis' homily was read by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, which coordinates the annual celebration.

In the age of instant communications and fake news, journalists -- like everyone else -- need to recover the practice of going out and verifying information before they share it, Pope Francis said.

Cuando una persona siente el llamado de Dios, puede ser intimidante o aterrador, dijo el papa Francisco, pero los cristianos pueden estar seguros de que el llamado fluye del amor de Dios y que responder al llamado será un medio de compartir amor.

on la noticia de que docenas de personas estaban muriendo sofocados debido a la falta de oxígeno en los hospitales de la ciudad de Manaus en Brasil, los obispos católicos hicieron una petición de provisiones del elemento esencial para que otros puedan sobrevivir.

El papa Francisco rezó para que el presidente Joe Biden trabajara para sanar las divisiones en la sociedad estadounidense y que promueva la dignidad humana y la paz en todo el mundo.

During the traditional inaugural prayer service hosted by the Washington National Cathedral -- virtual this year because of the pandemic -- faith leaders from around the country prayed for the nation and its leaders, especially President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who were watching the Jan. 21 event at the White House.

Two leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops applauded President Joe Biden's Inauguration Day executive action ordering the federal government to keep in place and strengthen the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Even though "peaceful prayer and witness" will take place in a different format due to the ongoing pandemic, it "must and will continue this year" to mark the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee.

Dr. Anthony Fauci told the World Health Organization's executive board Jan. 21 that "in the coming days,"

Pope Francis expressed his condolences to Iraqi President Barham Salih after two suicide bombings in Baghdad claimed the lives of dozens of people in a crowded commercial area.

The Most Rev. Edward Weisenburger, Bishop of the Diocese of Tucson, is the new Episcopal Moderator for the National Association of Church Personnel Administrators (NACPA).

A former president of the Vatican bank and his lawyer were found guilty of money laundering and embezzling millions of euros from property sales.