"Every fraction of a degree still matters": Catholic groups say the U.N. report must not become reason to give up, but instead compel a redoubling of moral pressure on world leaders to rapidly phase out fossil fuels.
At least two were physically carried from the building by law enforcement officers. The arrests add to a growing list of clergy who have encountered law enforcement while protesting against Trump immigration policies.
The Holy See's Permanent Observer Mission to the U.N. shared its thoughts in a Sept. 2 statement during the global body's annual forum on implementing the Program of Action on a Culture of Peace.
A growing number of Catholic higher education institutions in recent years have introduced new academic majors and programs in artificial intelligence that combine technical training with ethics.
Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, two orders of nuns, and a pharmacist sued Illinois Sept. 3 over the state's physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
The Alternative für Deutschland party may gain power on Sept. 6 in Saxony-Anhalt, posing a direct threat to refugees and the German churches that serve them.
Twenty-five years after the 9/11 terrorism attacks that claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people, Catholics share their stories of death and faith after losing loved ones that day.
Following catastrophic flooding in Nepal and an earthquake in eastern Indonesia, Catholic sisters are providing aid while reeling from the damage the disasters left behind.
