Texas bishops urge Biden to end impasse over health care funding for poor
The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops has asked President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to end a stalemate between state officials and the federal agency overseeing Medicaid payments that is threatening health care for low-income Texans.
Catholic Church taking fresh look at ministry on HBCU campuses
The church is taking a fresh look at ministry at the United States' historically Black colleges and universities.
BBC names Myanmar nun to list of 100 most influential, inspiring women
Among the Nobel laureates, politicians and professors honored by the BBC as among the 100 most influential and inspiring women of the year is a Catholic nun from rural Myanmar.
U.S. bishops stress need for Catholics to deepen understanding of Communion
Communion was a big topic in the Catholic Church this year, after the U.S. bishops initiated a discussion about the sacrament at their June meeting and then overwhelmingly approved a statement on it five months later.
Family first: Pope says migration policy changes when newcomers seen as kin
With passion in Cyprus and reason in Greece, Pope Francis continued to articulate and adjust his teaching on migration.
Pope tells Greek young people to dream big, trust God’s love
Spending a bit of time with young people before leaving Greece, Pope Francis encouraged them to have the courage to hope, to dream and even to question their faith.
God’s power is revealed in love, pope says at Mass in Athens
God the Almighty almost always chooses the least mighty people and the most desolate places to reveal the power of his love, Pope Francis said.
Attack causes of migration, not those forced to flee, pope says on Lesbos
Standing in a tent on the shore, Pope Francis said the Mediterranean Sea, "the cradle of so many civilizations, now looks like a mirror of death."
Pope asks pardon for sins that drove Catholic, Orthodox apart
Like St. John Paul II before him, Pope Francis apologized to members of the Orthodox Church of Greece for the ways Catholics over the centuries had offended them, and he told Catholic leaders that they must embrace their minority status with humility.
In Greece, Pope expresses concern for democracy’s decline in Europe
From Aristotle to St. Gregory Nazianzus, and from the Acropolis to the olive tree, Pope Francis drew from Greek history and culture to appeal for a faith that is lived in good works and a politics that truly seeks the common good.
