By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 31, 2023 / 11:55 am Pope Francis this week confirmed the appointment of a Pittsburgh priest as the bishop of a Byzantine Catholic eparchy serving several midwestern U.S. states, the Vatican announced Thursday. In its regular update of resignations and appointments, the Holy See …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Aug 31, 2023 / 12:30 pm An archdiocese in Poland is encouraging Catholics to join them in nine days of prayer leading up to the beatification of a family martyred by the Nazis in 1944. Józef and Wiktoria Ulma and their seven children were executed by …

By Isabel Barry Chicago, Ill., Aug 27, 2023 / 18:42 pm Hundreds of thousands of young adults filled the streets of Lisbon, Portugal, for the 2023 World Youth Day in early August — gathering together for Mass, eucharistic adoration, prayer, and fellowship. The event was powerful and moving, but for some Catholics …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 29, 2023 / 12:22 pm Jean Dolores Schmidt, a Catholic religious sister known to many in the sports world simply as “Sister Jean,” threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Chicago Cubs baseball game on Monday night. The occasion, already made special by …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Aug 28, 2023 / 09:36 am In a conversation with Jesuits in Portugal at the beginning of August, Pope Francis commented on a “climate of closure” in the United States, which he said sometimes replaces faith with ideology. “You say you have felt a climate of …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 23, 2023 / 12:14 pm A Michigan farmer can continue selling his products at a farmers market after a court ruled that city officials in East Lansing, Michigan, violated his religious freedom when they barred his participation in the event because of his Catholic …

By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Aug 23, 2023 / 15:49 pm The U.S. Supreme Court should uphold a federal law that allows people under domestic restraining orders to be banned from carrying firearms, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has said in an amicus brief in a pending U.S. Supreme …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton Denver, Colo., Aug 23, 2023 / 14:53 pm Irish-American Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York celebrated Mass at a “Mass rock” in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, during a pilgrimage with roughly 40 people from the Archdiocese of New York on Aug. 21. Dolan shared in a video …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 24, 2023 / 09:05 am A federal judge put a 30-day pause on his order that Southwest Airlines lawyers receive religious freedom training from the Christian and conservative legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom. U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr delayed the enforcement of his …

By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Aug 21, 2023 / 15:45 pm The devastating wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui earlier this month continue to cause misery for the island’s residents. As of Monday morning, more than 1,200 formerly missing people have been located, with about 850 still missing, the …