Homily at Justice for Immigrants and Refugees prayer service
Archbishop Chaput urged participants March 19 to "ask the Lord in our prayer today to protect and care for the immigrants who are fearful. We can’t do very much about them. We can do much more about ourselves."
Eritrean Catholic bishop visits diaspora, says too many migrants perish
Bishop Tsalim, 46, was at St. John Chrysostom Parish in Columbus, Ohio, in early March visiting the Eritrean Catholic diaspora who have been worshipping with the Byzantine Catholic community since 2014.
Encyclical’s influence on church’s social action work continues
Blessed Paul VI's 1967 encyclical "Populorum Progressio" rooted the Catholic Church in solidarity with the world's poorest nations.
Famine, worsened by war, threatens South Sudanese, official says
Catholic agencies including CRS are addressing famine South Sudan where some 5 million people are on the brink of starvation. Four years of violence, displacement, climate change and economic collapse are blamed.
South Dakota priest named to head Diocese of Cheyenne
Ordained by Archbishop Chaput in 1993, Bishop-designate Steven Biegler will apply his pastoral experience and theology training in Rome to his leadership of the statewide church in Wyoming and its 55,000 Catholics.
Abortion, assisted suicide ‘always wrong,’ bishops tell Catholic lawmakers
Comments made by Catholic legislators in New Mexico in support of abortion and physician-assisted suicide "do not represent" church teaching and "may be confusing to the Catholic faithful," said the state's Catholic bishops.
In notorious Santiago community, church works to give people options
Father Gerardo Ouisse said part of the solution is to give young people an alternative way of life. His runs the health clinic and a dance school with 300 students. Four days a week, the parish offers lunch.
Lent provides opportunity for Catholics to focus attention on homeless
Almsgiving is a Lenten tradition and Washington resident Ron Van Bellen says his volunteer work feeding the homeless honors his Catholic faith as he prepares for Easter.
15,000 Catholics ask Trump to honor Paris climate agreement
Thousands of Catholics asked President Donald Trump to honor the Paris climate agreement, continue U.S. contributions to the Green Climate Fund and implement the Clean Power Plan governing power plant emissions.
Vatican maze: Retracing the path of abuse accountability proposals
Recent exchanges in the media have highlighted a lack of clarity and transparency when it comes to finding better ways to make bishops and religious superiors more accountable for how they handle allegations of sexual abuse.