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Archbishop says God is calling immigrant church to be ‘light’ to nation of immigrants
Ahead of the Sept. 27 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles said that "for all this diversity in God's vineyard, we are still one."
Many still recovering from Hurricane Sally, as Tropical Storm Beta hits Texas
Catholic Charities and other diocesan outreaches have mobilized to aid residents recover from the storms, which made landfall just five days apart.
Santa Fe archdiocesan justice office urges no honor for Barr at breakfast
The office called on National Catholic Prayer Breakfast officials to withdraw a planned Sept. 23 award for U.S. Attorney General William Barr, a Catholic who supports the death penalty.
Archbishop calls ‘unrealistic’ limits on public worship ‘willful discrimination’
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said that city's COVID restrictions put Catholics "at the end of the line," as hundreds of faithful demonstrated Sept. 20 to "Free the Mass."
Two Catholic women judges top short list as possible Supreme Court nominees
Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa, both of whom have publicly spoken about the importance of their faith, are among the potential replacements for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18.
House passage of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act called ‘huge win for women’
The Sept. 17 vote advances a bill that ensures expectant employees have reasonable accommodation, opportunities and protection from on-the-job retaliation.
Global biotech company ends use of aborted fetal cell lines for vaccines
Sanofi Pasteur will now use animals cell lines to produce its polio vaccines, a move applauded by the U.S. bishops as researchers fast-track COVID immunization.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is remembered as ‘jurist of historic stature’
The second woman named to the U.S. Supreme Court, who died Sept. 18 at 87, was "a tireless and resolute champion of justice," said Chief Justice John Roberts.
Religious voters’ support for 2020 nominees mirrors past elections
A Pew poll shows support for Trump and Biden consistent with earlier patterns. Abortion trailed the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign policy, immigration and climate change as top election issues.
Pope accepts resignation of Bishop Bevard of Virgin Islands
Bishop Herbert Bevard, 74, previously a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, reportedly fell ill several weeks ago and sought treatment in North Carolina.