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Ron Vasek, center, addresses a news conference along with his wife Patty, right, and attorney Jeff Anderson, left, on May 9, 2017 in St. Paul, Minn. Anderson announced a lawsuit against Bishop Michael Hoeppner of Crookston, Minn., accusing the bishop and diocese of concealing a report of abuse and threatening retaliation against Vasek if he went public. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Politics & SocietyNews
Deacon candidate accuses Minnesota bishop of blackmail to keep abuse allegations quiet
Steve Karnowski - Associated Press
His attorney said it's the first time a U.S. bishop has been sued individually for coercion.
Bishops sign pledges to end the death penalty at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops building in Washington May 9. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
FaithNews
Bishops among first signatories to pledge to end death penalty
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
Each person taking the pledge promises to educate, advocate and pray for an end to capital punishment.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington seen on April 5, 2017. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
What can the U.S. learn from how other countries balance church and state?
Ellen K. Boegel
U.S. educational history is rife with examples of varying levels of government involvement with religious education in public schools.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Will Hawaii prove a sanctuary for undocumented people?
Jim McDermott
“So far we do not know of anybody on Oahu that has been visited by ICE or picked up.”
Girl Scout Julia Ocasio, 13, and Boy Scout Thomas Perotta, 10, use collection baskets during a Scout Sunday Mass on Feb. 7 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of the New York borough of Brooklyn. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
FaithNews
Girl Scouts no longer "compatible" with Gospel, Archdiocese of Kansas City says
Associated Press
The Archdiocese of Kansas City said that Girl Scouts is "no longer a compatible partner in helping us form young women with the virtues and values of the Gospel."
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalists in the Oval Office at the White House on March 24 after the American Health Care Act was pulled before a vote. (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
Trump and the U.S. Catholic Church: The First 100 Days
Kevin Clarke
Predictably Mr. Trump has also clashed with the Catholic Church and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on many of the policies he has promoted during his first 100 days.
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