News & Commentary
Vatican aims to have a net-zero-emissions vehicle fleet by 2030
As part of a plan to reduce its CO2 footprint, Vatican City State has launched a program to replace its existing vehicle fleet with electric vehicles.
Read More →
March for Israel draws busloads to National Mall to protest antisemitism
An estimated tens of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall Nov. 14 in a show of solidarity for Israel in the wake of the terrorist group Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on that country and a protest of antisemitism ...
Read More →
U.S. bishops open fall assembly with prayer, reflection and a Mass for peace
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, led his brother bishops in prayer for wisdom as they began their fall plenary assembly in Baltimore Nov. ...
Read More →
Bishop Strickland removed from diocese after accusing pope of backing ‘attack on the sacred’
Pope Francis has "relieved" Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, the Holy See Press Office announced Nov. 11.
Read More →
Religious Sisters Who Fight Human Trafficking Honored for Their Work
In late October in London, the spotlight was on the exceptional contribution of Catholic religious sisters to the anti-trafficking movement at the inaugural Sisters Anti-Trafficking Awards, or SATAs.
Read More →
Younger priests identify as theologically conservative, politically moderate
A closer look at the largest survey of U.S. Catholic priests in 50 years has revealed "a major shift in how priests view themselves and their priesthood," said researchers.
Read More →
Catholic Church ‘never despairs’ of souls lost to suicide, say pastoral leaders
When his 29-year-old daughter Katie died in 2016, Deacon Edward Shoener shared a heartrending truth in the obituary: she had taken her life amid a long-running struggle with depression.