When the Supreme Court decided May 17 to take up a challenge to a Mississippi abortion law, it brought abortion back to the front burner months before the court will hear oral arguments about it this fall.
Court’s decision to take up abortion case brings issue front and center
Bishop Daniel Felton ordained, installed for Diocese of Duluth
Bishop Daniel Felton succeeds Bishop Paul Sirba, who died at age 59 in December 2019 after suffering a heart attack.
Virtual papal audience launches Washington chapter of Scholas Occurrentes
Pope Francis connected participants at Scholas Occurrentes chapters for young people around the world May 20.
Vatican revises synod process, beginning with local consultation
Approving the revision of the entire process of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis has asked that it begin with serious, widespread consultations with laypeople on the diocesan level.
Franciscan leaders urge ‘boldness’ by U.S. to end violence in Holy Land
The Franciscan order’s six U.S. provincials told President Joe Biden in a joint letter May 19 that “now is the time for boldness to end the immediate violence” in the Holy Land.
Mercy sisters join other women religious in helping at the border
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious asked members for urgent help in ministering to migrants when families, minors and others were increasingly coming across cities and towns close to the U.S.-Mexico border.
CRS official in Gaza: ‘I know these people. They are not numbers’
With pressure for a cease-fire increasing, 11 days of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza are taking a toll both mentally and physically on the Gaza population.
Seminaries begin committing to sexual misconduct policy benchmarks
Fifteen seminaries have committed to meeting five sexual misconduct policy benchmarks developed by a group of laypeople, seminary leaders and bishops.