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5th Circuit says HHS accommodation on mandate not a burden on religion
The case is similar to that of the Little Sisters of the Poor, which is challenging the same regulation and the process of accommodation. That case is awaiting a ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where it was argued last December.
Priests take to the field for Collar Series, raise funds for vocations
About 7,000 people spent part of their Father's Day with their spiritual fathers -- their priests -- at a Nebraska softball matchup between priests of the Archdiocese of Omaha and the Diocese of Lincoln.
Helping the poor involves Knights in faith in ‘deep way,’ says Anderson
The volunteerism of the Knights of Columbus and the fraternal organization's fundraising for charitable works fit right in with Pope Francis' emphasis on the idea of "a church of and for the poor," according to Supreme Knight Carl Anderson.
Compassion in physician-assisted suicide ‘hollow,’ says L.A. archbishop
After the California Senate voted to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez called it the wrong response to a "public health crisis."
Sister Nirmala Joshi, successor to Blessed Teresa, dies at 81
"She indeed carried forward the legacy of Mother Teresa, a legacy of love and service to the poorest of the poor through her nuns all around the world," said Archbishop Thomas D'Souza of Kolkata, where the order's global headquarters is based.
‘Become who you receive’ in the Eucharist, Bishop Lynch tells congress
Worshipping Jesus present in the Eucharist is enriched when people move from adoration to action, a Florida bishop told tens of thousands of attendees at the 20th annual Eucharistic Congress in the Atlanta Archdiocese.
European bishops call on EU to welcome migrants fleeing war, poverty
French, German and Italian bishops have issued formal statements in response to a crisis that has seen more than 100,000 migrants, many of them refugees from wars in Syria and Eritrea, cross into Italy, Greece and Malta from North Africa and Turkey.
European practice on migrants is contradictory, Vatican official says
Archbishop Silvano Tomasi called on European leaders to consider a more farsighted approach to the growing challenge migrants pose to the continent.
Pope’s encyclical called ‘a watershed moment for church, humanity’
"It's time for the church to be bold -- to speak about major issues -- and to achieve a new level of relevance in people's lives," Archbishop Cupich said.
Outline for synod on family calls for wide look at trials families face
The working document for this fall's Synod of Bishops on the family called for expanded discussion and pastoral solutions to challenges such as how economic disparity and environmental degradation affect families as well as the impact of infertility, aging and disability.