At the opening general session of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ 2025 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, had a message to share from …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has formally recognized that five Franciscan missionaries ministering in what is now the U.S. state of Georgia were killed for their faith. By signing …

“If forgiving your enemy is not weakness, what is it?” Sr. Helen Prejean, a leading voice in the abolition of the death penalty, talks with John Dear on “The Nonviolent …

Catholic social teaching was central in the formation of the New Deal, as the U.S. bishops’ 1919 program for social reconstruction advocated many programs Franklin Delano Roosevelt would later enact.

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month in the U.S. We asked panelists: What does your community do to address the issue of trafficking and exploitation, particularly of vulnerable women …

Reading 1 Hebrews 9:15, 24-28 Christ is mediator of a new covenant: since a death has taken place for deliverance from transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called …

The vice president, a practicing Catholic, suggested the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ criticism of Trump administration immigration policies was not rooted in pastoral concerns but instead motivated by protecting …

WASHINGTON – “We gratefully applaud the decision to end taxpayer-funded abortion,” said Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee for Pro-Life Activities. …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued the following statement on its long-time partnership with the federal government to serve refugees: “Faithful to the teaching of Jesus …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Gospel is a word of compassion, mercy, light, freedom and joy, Pope Francis said. The Gospel “calls us to become passionate witnesses of peace, solidarity …