"The Catholic Church must help to model real dialogue and good will."

Cardinal Se n O rsquo Malley O F M Cap archbishop of Boston and chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops responded on July 29 to recent videos showing leaders from Planned Parenthood discussing the provision of fetal organs tissues and body

The 2015 class of men ordained to the priesthood report that they were, on average, about 17 when they first considered a vocation to the priesthood and encouraged to consider a vocation by an average of four people. Seven in 10 (71 percent) say they were encouraged by a parish priest, as well as fr

The Syrian refugee crisis—now totaling nearly 4 million refugees—has reached a “tipping point,” in which countries in the region are no longer able to handle the flow of refugees across their borders, warned U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops officials who recently traveled

Congress should reaffirm the principle that government ldquo should not force anyone to stop offering or covering much-needed legitimate health care rdquo because of a conscientious objection to abortion or other procedures said Cardinal Se n P O rsquo Malley of Boston and Archbishop William E

The chairs of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development and Committee on Pro-life Activities welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s January 23 announcement that it would review the drug protocols of lethal injection executions in the state of Oklahoma. The court will consider whether

Very likely to have attended Catholic high school, university

The feast day of St Josephine Bakhita February 8 has been designated as the first International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking Last year the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops rsquo USCCB Committee on Migration designated such date as an annual day of prayer for survi

A period of prayer penance and pilgrimage January 17-25 2015 will mark the anniversary of the 1973 U S Supreme Court decision Roe v Wade which legalized abortion throughout pregnancy The ldquo 9 Days for Life rdquo novena encourages nationwide solidarity in prayer for daily intentions i

Pilgrimage will include prayer at holy sites in Jerusalem, Galilee, Nazareth and Bethlehem.