Mark Pattison

In a nearly unanimous vote, bishops set date for honoring saint whom they call a powerful figure able to move people's hearts.

The Feb. 1 coup by Myanmar's military forces, overthrowing the democratically elected government, has made a bad situation only worse for the nation's religious and ethnic minority groups.

A new federation to focus on issues surrounding Hispanic family ministry has been formed by the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers.

Panelists at one Sept. 27 forum during an online conference on immigration law and policy noted that the asylum process, like much else in the U.S. immigration system, is in need of its own fixes.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said current conditions in Haiti allowed for the return of some of the estimated 14,000 Haitian migrants who crossed earlier in September from Mexico into Del Rio, Texas.

A joint report by the Kino Border Initiative and Network, the  Catholic social justice lobby, details complaints lodged against U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents against those seeking asylum at the Arizona-Mexico border.

A poll whose results were released Aug. 5 by the Public Religion Research Institute showed large differences between religious groups in their attitudes toward getting the COVID-19 vaccine for themselves or for their children.

Former coal miner said Catholic Church taught him about helping others and the importance of protecting workers' rights and human rights.

Two Catholic organizations issued statements in July urging against imposing a coronavirus vaccine mandate without conscience, religious or medical exemptions.

Seventy-six percent of respondents of a recent survey conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate said sexual abuse of minors by clergy has hurt the church's reputation "at least somewhat."

The mere act of lifting the dispensation from the Sunday Mass obligation as the pandemic eases won't be enough to revive attendance, and some dioceses and Catholics are actively working to bring people back.

A new PRRI report examined the U.S. religious landscape, and declared that "the most substantial cultural and political divides are between white Christians and Christians of color."

The U.S. Catholic Church may be missing out on an opportunity to increase and enrich its ranks if dioceses and parishes don't reach out to refugees, migrants, and people whose work demands that they travel. 

Ahead of World Refugee Day June 20, the U.S. bishops were told that many U.S. worship sites seem to be unaware of those Catholics near them who are refugees, immigrants and migrants.

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, in the kickoff session to the 2021 Catholic Media Conference, said that with "the Gospel of hope," Catholic communicators should be able to "communicate with hope and to communicate hope in the face of trying times."

Based on responses to a questionnaire sent to all U.S. dioceses, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate estimates there are about 19,000 deacons in the United States today. The number, though, is dropping, mirroring trends seen in religious life and the priesthood for the past half-century.

Water is indispensable for health of humans and ecosystems, but dry weather and contamination threaten supplies in California.

"The Eucharist must never be instrumentalized for a political end, no matter how important," said Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego in a May 5 essay published on the website of America magazine.

A report released April 14 by the Catholic Labor Network reveals that wage theft is rampant in the construction industry in the District of Columbia.

An interfaith coalition is urging the Biden administration to hasten family reunification to remedy Trump's "zero tolerance" policy that separated roughly 5,500 immigrant children from their families.