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Bishops: Trump advanced gender‑policy freedoms while eroding protections for migrants

The USCCB’s report warns of threats to religious liberty, citing political violence, limits on ministry in federal systems, and policies affecting schools, detainees, and religious groups. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued its [...]

Virginia Catholic bishops thank state lawmakers for rejecting assisted suicide bills

Legislative committees in both chambers of the Virginia Legislature chose not to advance bills to legalize physician assisted suicide. Both Catholic bishops in the commonwealth praised the decision. Virginia’s Catholic bishops thanked state lawmakers who [...]

Number of Asian pilgrims visiting Fátima surpassed those from the Americas in 2025

The Fátima Shrine in Portugal received nearly 6.5 million pilgrims in 2025, up from 6.2 million in 2024, and the number of pilgrims from Asia surpassed those from the Americas for the first time. The [...]

‘Why Do You Have Ashes?’: Catholic Students Marked by Faith on a Secular Campus

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Jesse Jackson and the weaponization of persons of color

As the nation marks Jesse Jackson’s death at age 84, I realize that the temptation will be either to canonize the man as an icon of civil rights sainthood or to dismiss him as a [...]

Virginia Catholic Bishops Thank State Lawmakers for Rejecting Assisted Suicide Bills

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From Prayer to Podium: Elana Meyers Taylor’s Path to Olympic Gold

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Knoxville Bishop Richard Stika, who resigned after Vatican mismanagement investigation, dies at 68

The bishop was also the subject of a lawsuit alleging a cover-up of sex abuse allegations. Bishop Richard Stika, who resigned from leading the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2023 after a Vatican investigation into [...]

My Father Jimmy Lai’s Freedom in Chains

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France in shock over murder of young convert and pro-life activist Quentin Deranque

The murder of 23-year-old pro-life activist and Catholic convert Quentin Deranque, allegedly at the hands of far-left activists, has shocked France. The alleged murder at the hands of far-left activists of Quentin Deranque, a young [...]