The neofascist tendencies of Italy's new prime minister could be a headache for Pope Francis, says columnist Michael Sean Winters. He's also worried about the Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's views on abortion highlight the Latinx community's complicated relationship with the U.S. Catholic Church.
Many immigrants have been living in a perpetual state of Advent. After building lives here for decades, we are already Americans. No matter what happens to the Build Back Better Act, a pathway to citizenship for long-term undocumented immigrants must be made a reality.
The USCCB’s annual fall assembly includes elections for treasurer and several committee chairs for the organization. Some of the bishop candidates are known for prioritizing similar issues as Francis. Others have not been always known for emphasizing issues favored by the pope.
Joan Chittister: Without poverty of spirit, simplicity of desire, or contentment with enoughness, there can be no awareness of the riches that come with simply being alive, of being loved and loving earth and all in return.
Distinctly Catholic: The building crisis at the border threatens to dominate all other news stories as graphic, heart-rending images of desperate people hiding under a bridge or crossing a desert lead the news. President Joe Biden needs to reset his approach to immigration and he can start by leaning into his Catholic faith.
Immigration advocates are calling for an end to Title 42, a controversial Trump-era policy that expels people at the border without due process, allegedly in the name of public health. But the Biden administration continues to fight for the policy.
Maria Lopez de Felix wanted to join her husband and build a life in the United States when she crossed the border from Mexico illegally in 1979. A little compassion from Border Control agents could have prevented her rape and murder.
