United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Republican lawmakers show their division on immigration reform

2013-04-22 19:03:00

WASHINGTON — The divide within the Republican Party over immigration reform was on full view Monday, as top party leaders made a case for overhauling the laws even as conservative senators argued that the Boston bombings showed the need to go slow....

A softening in the Catholic line on gays?

2013-04-02 16:24:00

An old friend, �a graduate of a Jesuit high school, called my attention to this story about the decision by McQuaid Jesuit High School in Brighton, N.Y. , to allow two gay� students to attend the� school’s� Junior Ball as a couple. My �friend...

Gay marriage across the pond

2013-02-11 00:00:00

In voting to legalize same-sex marriage, Britain's House of Commons has proved that a tradition-conscious society can also adapt to social change. Enactment of the legislation, which is also expected to pass the House of Lords after some additional action...

Catholic bishops won't take 'mostly yes' for an answer

2013-02-08 14:29:00

In journalism, a “standing hed” is a headline that can be used over and over because the event it describes is recurring. My favorite standing hed is “Pope Prays for Peace,” but the New York Times this week had one that is becoming...

Obama administration proposes contraception compromise

2013-02-01 09:44:00

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration tried anew Friday to defuse controversy over a requirement in the healthcare law designed to broaden access to contraception, proposing new regulations to protect some religious organizations from having to cover...

Obama axed Giglio but invited Dolan: A double standard?

2013-01-11 13:55:00

Is President Obama guilty of a double standard when it comes to clergymen who condemn homosexuality? The �Rev. Louie Giglio, an evangelical pastor active in the campaign against human trafficking, was supposed to deliver the benediction at Obama’s...

Congress' shameful failure to renew the Violence Against Women Act

2013-01-04 14:32:00

Congress avoided the fiscal cliff last week, but Republican lawmakers in the House still blew another crucial deadline. For the first time since the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA, was passed in 1994, Congress failed to renew the law that is...

Henry Herx dies at 79; reviewed films from Catholic perspective

2012-08-21 00:00:00

Henry Herx, who for more than 30 years prepared the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' movie ratings and wrote reviews that were distributed by the Catholic News Service, has died. He was 79. Herx died Wednesday at his home in Ramsey, N.J., of...

New San Francisco archbishop appointed by pope

2012-07-27 18:52:28

L.A.-area bishop, father of two, resigns

2012-01-05 00:00:00

Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua dies at 88; archbishop of Philadelphia

2012-02-03 00:00:00

Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, who was accused by local prosecutors during his 15-year tenure as head of the Philadelphia archdiocese of ignoring sexual abuse of children by hundreds of priests, has died. He was 88. The Roman Catholic archdiocese...

When faith is a barrier to care

2011-12-01 00:00:00

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is in Baltimore today, and Francis X.

2011-11-11 08:18:22

Armando Iduante (left) and Edgardo Gonzalez broadcast their weekly Spanish radio show, 'Fisherman of Men,' from the Diocese of Orlando. Hispanics made up more than 35% of Catholics in the United States, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops reports.

2008-02-25 00:00:00