By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 18, 2025 / 18:43 pm The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is commemorating 2025 Religious Freedom Week with the theme “Witnesses to Hope,” according to a June 18 announcement. Religious Freedom Week, which the USCCB first launched in 2018, begins on Monday, June …

By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 4, 2025 / 16:29 pm Bishop Robert Barron sat down with conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson this week to talk about the Catholic faith and discuss some hot cultural topics. Carlson, an Episcopalian, began the June 2 interview by saying that his friends urged …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jun 5, 2025 / 12:05 pm The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously held that the state of Wisconsin had violated the First Amendment when it denied a tax exemption to a Catholic charity after claiming that the group’s charitable undertakings were not “primarily” religious. The …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 6, 2025 / 16:11 pm President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating an “anti-Catholic law” in Washington state that threatens priests with up to one year in jail if they fail to report child abuse they learn about during the sacrament of …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 1, 2025 / 16:53 pm Two members of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States — Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Robert Barron — have been tapped to serve on a new presidential commission on religious liberty created by President Donald Trump on Thursday, …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 14, 2025 / 17:35 pm U.S. Vice President JD Vance called attention to deteriorating religious freedom and free speech rights in Western liberal democracies throughout Europe during an address to the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Germany on Friday. “I come here today not just with an observation …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 5, 2024 / 15:10 pm Republican Sen. Josh Hawley this week warned the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to not destroy federal records including documents related to the investigation of traditionalist Catholics or the convictions of numerous pro-life …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 1, 2024 / 10:00 am A Christian employee has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Fire Department in which he alleges he was subjected to “retaliation” and “religious discrimination” for refusing to raise a well-known Pride-theme flag while he was working. A veteran county …

by CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, May 12, 2024 / 13:10 pm Quick action by alert parishioners and local police are credited with averting a tragedy at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, yesterday. As 60 children were preparing for their first Communion, the parish located south of Lafayette, …

By Martin Barillas Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mar 6, 2024 / 08:00 am In a message to parishioners, Father Ed Cimbala, pastor of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Parish in New York City, revealed that overnight on March 3 intruders entered his rectory and office, wrecking both while he was sleeping in an attack that …