Faith groups reacted to the historic, and for many unexpected, milestone of a potential breakthrough on climate legislation with a mixture of joy, shock and cautious optimism after years of prayer and advocacy.
The resolution of Kelly Easter's legal case could signal an opening for single LGBTQ people to foster children through religiously affiliated child welfare agencies.
Vatican officials' responses to the Dobbs case primarily emphasize that opposition to abortion is only one facet of the Catholic Church's pro-life stance.
The University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary has received a $5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to support the Cor Iuxta Meum ("After My Own Heart") Project, a collaborative seminary formation program.
A new poll found 63% of U.S. Catholic adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, and 68% say Roe should be left as is. Those views were in line with the overall American public on the issues.
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."
The U.S. bishops' gathering in Baltimore is set to host at least two unusually visible demonstrations that showcase the broad spectrum of U.S. Catholic thought. On Day One, liberal-leaning Catholic groups protested outside the hotel where the bishops met in a closed, executive session.
Once before, U.S. bishops issued a collective public address on an existential issue from the point of faith and morals when the future of the world hung in the balance. Then, it was nuclear weapons. Today, it should be climate change.