Ahead of the Fifth Plenary Council of the Church in Australia, the President of the Australian Bishops expresses full support for the 'Uluru Statement', which demands a constitutional voice for indigenous peoples in the country, and says they cannot be treated as aliens in their own land.

Christians must be on guard and avoid the temptation of thinking themselves better than others, an attitude that risks turning the church into a place of "separation and not communion," Pope Francis said.

World leaders must rely on hope rather than isolation and withdrawal to confront current and future challenges, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

More than 200 supporters gathered on both sides of the international the border in Nogales, Mexico, Sept. 25, the eve of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, to accompany 25 families seeking asylum in the United States. The Kino Border Initiative promotes border and immigration policies that affirm the dignity of the human person and supports the families who are fleeing violence in various parts throughout Latin America.

Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the Archbishop of Washington, D.C., takes possession of his titular Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rome, saying he is “deeply grateful” to the Pope for assigning this Church to him since she is the Patroness of the Church in the US.

The world needs prophets and true witnesses of hope in a time of uncertainty and trial, Pope Francis told Catholic young people.

The fear, sickness, death, mourning and economic impacts of COVID-19 should make people who are relatively well off and have access to health care think about "what it means to be vulnerable and live in precariousness on a daily basis," Pope Francis told members of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Pope Francis releases his message for the 2021 Diocesan World Youth Day, and calls on young Christians to courageously bear witness to Jesus Christ, in the footsteps of St. Paul.

Brazilian Cardinal Jose Freire Falcão, who led the Archdiocese of Brasilia for 20 years, died at the age of 95, nearly a week after he was diagnosed with COVID-19.

Pope Francis on Monday addressed a group of participants in the general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life, which is discussing, “Public Health in Global Perspective“.

The U.S. Supreme Court's new term, starting Oct. 4, returns to its standard routine: hearing arguments in person and taking on hot-button issues. The big cases, among the 34 it has so far agreed to hear, include those on abortion, the Second Amendment, and religious liberty issues related to a death penalty case and religious schools excluded from a state school choice program.

The chairman of U.S. bishops' committee dealing with international affairs has called on the United States to move toward preventing a modern-day nuclear arms race.

In a 218-211 vote Sept. 24, the U.S. House passed what opponents consider one of the most extreme abortion bills ever seen in the nation -- the Women's Health Protection Act.

Canada's Catholic bishops have "unequivocally" apologized for the Catholic Church's role in the residential school system and have raised the possibility of a visit by the pope to Canada as part of the "healing journey" between Canada's Indigenous peoples and the church.

At the end of August, Hurricane Ida made landfall on the Gulf Coast and continued to the Northeast, killing dozens, damaging churches, homes, and businesses, and leaving communities without power along the Gulf Coast and the Northeast. After Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida is the second most damaging hurricane to hit Louisiana and the sixth costliest in damages. Millions of people were affected by the devastating wind and rain, catastrophic flooding, and tornado outbreak that damaged hundreds of Catholic parishes and schools across the southeastern and northeastern United States.

The Catholic Foundation hosts it's annual event presenting awards to honorees; Marguerite “Peg” Harmon from Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, and Gracie Quiroz Marum from Arizona’s Catholic Tuition Support Organization.

We have a fascination with knowing the lives of our favorite celebrities and historical figures. Seeing their interests outside of the medium that we are used to seeing them in adds a more human element to who they are since we see them outside of the part of their life that made them famous. When they step outside of the spotlight we can at times get a glimpse of their past, which can be very inspiring especially when it comes to hearing of the obstacles they had to overcome. It hits us even harder when their story is something that we ourselves have also gone through.

Activists who oppose the death penalty said the Justice Department’s temporary stop of federal executions is a step in the right direction, but not enough.

La familia y la vida humana, el cuidado de la casa común y el compromiso con la paz son algunos de los temas que centran el discurso del Secretario de Estado en la sesión plenaria del Consejo de Conferencias Episcopales de Europa, que se está celebrando en Roma

El arzobispo de Taranto, Filippo Santoro, asumirá temporalmente el gobierno de la asociación para custodiar su carisma y preservar su unidad.