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Bishop Joseph Strickland will speak Feb. 23 at the Conservative Political Action Conference's Ronald Reagan Dinner in Washington, a little more than three months after Pope Francis removed him from diocesan leadership.

The U.S. Catholic bishops decided on Nov. 15 at their general assembly that "the threat of abortion" will remain the "preeminent priority" for their political guidance to Catholic voters in the year leading up to the 2024 presidential election.

Seeing the second Catholic U.S. president stand with the workers outside the GM distribution center was a reminder of the once vibrant alliance between the Catholic Church and organized labor, writes Michael Sean Winters.

As President Biden urged global cooperation at the U.N. to combat climate change, U.S. Catholic groups are calling on his administration to use debt relief to help countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Attorney General Merrick Garland is a man of integrity and decency, which may be why he seemed so uncomfortable testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on the leaked FBI memo about "radical-traditionalist Catholics."

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to a report by NCR staff reporter Brian Fraga on how the St. Thomas More Newman Center community is feeling one year after Columbus Bishop Earl Fernandes removed the Paulist Fathers from Ohio State University.

The soap opera drama orchestrated by Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson against the Discalced Carmelite nuns of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity has everything to do with Olson's heavy-handedness and cruel treatment of women religious. NCR editors hope the Vatican will stop his abusive power play.

Many Catholics, increasingly aware of the environmental impact of fossil fuels, are at the forefront of a "green revolution," heeding the call of several popes to explore and implement alternatives. As the 2023 Season of Creation begins, OSV News discovered what some Catholic dioceses and organizations are doing to become better caretakers of the earth.