Michigan-based St. Michael’s Media, also known as Church Militant, has challenged the city’s ruling in federal court, saying its First Amendment rights are being denied.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco is asking “all Catholics and others of goodwill” to join a prayer and fasting campaign for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic Democrat who supports legal abortion.

But the pope also encouraged activists to help rebuild society’s “fabric of relationships” by working towards unity rather than division.

A media outlet seeking to stage a rally during a U.S. bishops’ meeting had their event canceled by city officials claiming the fringe group cheered on rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January.

This week, on America Media’s “Behind the Story” video series, Matt Malone, S.J., the president and editor in chief of America, spoke with James Carville, a long-time political consultant, author and the co-host of the “Politics War Room” podcast, about the moral obligation Catholics have to get the Covid-19 vaccine.

Experts at the Vatican on Tuesday considered the ethics of “booster shot” distribution in wealthy countries when many in other parts of the world have yet to receive the first dose.