U.S. Catholics join the rest of the nation in strongly backing actions to reduce the impacts of climate change, but they're also more supportive of expanding coal mining, fracking and offshore drilling than other Americans.
After the election of Joe Biden as the second Catholic president of the United States, U.S. bishops planned a document broadly seen as an attempt to deny Communion to the pro-choice politician. The resulting document "endeavors to explain the centrality of the Eucharist in the life of the church."
According to a survey released Dec. 14 by the Pew Research Center, the group commonly known as the "nones" — the religiously unaffiliated — now constitute 29% of American adults. That's up from 23% in 2016 and 19% in 2011.
New Pew survey finds about 83% of U.S. Catholics have a favorable view of Pope Francis. Of the 35% who had heard at least "a little" about his changes to the Latin Mass, 12% disapproved, 9% approved and 14% declined to give an opinion.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Even Republican Catholics have favorable opinion of Pope Francis; a discussion about free speech, media, truth and lies; Puerto Rico's failing fossil fuel infrastructure
Commentary: In recent years, leaders of the world's major religions have spoken out strongly about the urgency of climate change. Could they be doing more to spur their followers to action?
The coronavirus pandemic, as declared last March by the World Health Organization, was not even two weeks old when then-President Donald Trump said he wanted to see "packed churches" on Easter. That didn't happen. It won't happen this year, either.
Since the Catholic Church forbids same-sex marriage as a sacrament, some Catholics, and even some bishops, have discussed having a blessing for such couples as an alternative. But the Vatican said no.
Distinctly Catholic: When you look at the shift in votes between the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, it becomes clearer that being Latino or Hispanic in the U.S. does not mean necessarily voting the Democratic ticket.
