A committee of U.S. Catholic bishops is getting to work on a policy document that has stirred controversy among their colleagues before a word of it has even been written. The U.S. Conference of ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...

St. John Paul II said of Mary: “This woman of faith, Mary of Nazareth, the Mother of God, has been given to us as a model in our pilgrimage of faith.” And yet, many of us may not have a personal ...

As 2022 comes to a close, here are four charts that help to explain, in visual terms, the Catholic presence in the United States. Catholicism is the largest religious body in 36 U.S. states, and the ...

ROME – This week, the University of Notre Dame announced that Archbishop Borys Gudziak, the highest-ranking prelate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the U.S., will deliver this year’s ...

Each of the new cardinals receiving the red hat at the consistory on Saturday has a chosen spiritual motto, giving a window into their spirituality and priorities. Episcopal mottos selected when a ...

Next week, U.S. voters will decide whether to continue down the path that President Trump has charted over the last four years or turn to former Vice President Joe Biden, who promises to take the ...

The planned shuttering of 15 parishes within the Catholic Diocese of Columbus is just the latest in a long line of church closures happening for Catholics across a large swath of the nation. Since ...

Rock Island-Haitian authorities have announced they are accepting new adoption applications for Haitian orphans. The process can be challenging and must comply with all Haitian and United States ...

Chemung/Schuyler Catholic Charities operates a homeless shelter — the Samaritan Center — with 47 beds for single men and women. Fritz said the Samaritan Center is unique because the living space, ...