WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee June 14 praised a bipartisan Senate proposal “to help prevent senseless violence” that includes “reasonable gun safety measures.” “I am deeply grateful that ...
Bishop Michael W. Fisher kicked off the National Eucharistic Revival in our corner of the country with a Mass on Corpus Christi Sunday, June 19, at St. Joseph Cathedral. The celebration included a eucharistic procession ...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has been presented with a relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis by Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino of the Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino in Italy. Blessed Carlo Acutis was ...
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops March 16 called for “the immediate cessation of Russia’s armed aggression and unprovoked war on Ukraine.” “We are witnessing an unprecedented threat ...
WASHINGTON – The Catholic Church will hold its annual celebration of World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life on Feb. 2, and parishes will commemorate the event over the weekend of Feb. 5-6. This event ...
WASHINGTON – On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized abortion nationwide in its decision on Roe v. Wade. Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. Conference of ...
WASHINGTON — Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, Illinois, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace issued the following statement in response to world powers’ pledge to prevent ...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced they will eliminate the safety requirement of in-person dispensing in the Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy for the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. The FDA’s action clears a ...
Bishop Michael W. Fisher traveled to Baltimore to attend the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops general assembly just before Thanksgiving. While there he visited with the Buffalo seminarians attending St. Mary’s Seminary and University ...
BALTIMORE — The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops gathered for the 2021 fall general assembly in Baltimore this week. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this was the first in-person meeting of the full body of bishops since ...