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Cardinal Louis Sako, Iraq's top Catholic leader, expressed hope that an upcoming meeting between Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and U.S. President Joe Biden may have a positive impact for Christians in Iraq.

Six victim-survivors of sexual abuse by clergy in the Archdiocese of Baltimore gave statements in court April 8 about the long-term impact of the abuse on their lives as part of the federal bankruptcy reorganization.

The bishops have urged more support for mothers and families, even as Ascension, one of the largest Catholic health care providers in the U.S., has been closing labor and delivery units at its hospitals. 

Donning special protective glasses, millions of Americans on Monday gazed into the heavens for an encounter with totality. But the total solar eclipse prompted others, including a few Catholics, to think of more ominous omens.

A new report from Mount St. Mary's University in Los Angeles zeroes in on findings about economic gender inequalities, including that women in the U.S. save annually less than 50% of what men save annually.

A northern Wisconsin bishop accused Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganó, former apostolic nuncio to the U.S., of defamation, while seeking clarification of an allegedly illicit priest ordination that the archbishop might have conducted.

Con la participación de 40 voluntarios, la Hna. Natalia Vázquez, una religiosa de la congregación Instituto Mater Dei, brinda atención física y apoyo espiritual a los presbíteros de edad avanzada de la arquidiócesis de Montreal, y también organiza para ellos retiros, actividades de formación y momentos de fraternidad, con la intención de que se sientan valorados y cuidados, en sintonía con su nuevo carisma como Misionera de Betania. 

Retired Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton has been a member of Pax Christi USA since the national Catholic peace movement's founding in 1972. As Pax Christi nears its 50th anniversary, he spoke to NCR about its impact.