Pope Francis remains enthusiastic about the Vatican’s provisional agreement with China on the appointment of bishops. He ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will apologize on behalf of the U.S. government Friday for its 150-year campaign to break up Native American culture, language and ...

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In recent years, Catholic bishops have spent millions on campaigns to defeat abortion rights measures at the ballot box. This ...

(RNS and NPR) — Ten states have abortion on the ballot this year, yet Catholic bishops have contributed money in only three of them — and significantly less than they donated to anti-abortion ...

But Catholic bishops are taking a very different approach this year, according to an analysis by NPR and Religion News Service. As voters in 10 states consider abortion-related ballot questions ...

Catholic bishops donated roughly $30,000 in Missouri, where an abortion rights amendment is on the ballot. That's just a fraction of the nearly $3.7 million that a Kansas diocese donated two years ...

The U.S. bishops are gathering in Baltimore Nov. 11-14 for their 2024 fall plenary assembly, which takes place just weeks ...

The Vatican and the Chinese government are renewing their agreement on the appointment of bishops and extending it from a two ...

Another highlight for the plenary assembly will be a consultation among the bishops regarding the causes of beatification and ...

Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of ...