Felony charges for statue vandals called ‘breakthrough moment for Catholics’

SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) -- San Francisco's archbishop called a district attorney's decision to prosecute protesters arrested for toppling a St. Junipero Serra statue outside...

Faith requires risks, helping others, pope says at Mass

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Being faithful to God means taking the risk of setting aside one's own needs and plans in order to serve...

At audience, pope renews commitment to fight abuse

After the Vatican released its extensive report on Theodore E. McCarrick, Pope Francis renewed the Catholic Church's pledge to uproot the scourge of sexual abuse.

USCCB president apologizes to clergy abuse victims as report is released

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles said the McCarrick Report findings mark "another tragic chapter in the church's long struggle to confront the crimes of sexual abuse by clergy."

McCarrick report summary cites lack of serious investigations of rumors

Although dogged for years by rumors of sexual impropriety, Theodore E. McCarrick was able to rise up the Catholic hierarchical structure based on personal contacts, protestations of his innocence and a lack of church officials reporting and investigating accusations, according to the Vatican summary of its report on the matter.

Gomez: Nation’s leaders must now ‘come together’ with election of new president

With Joe Biden now elected as the nation's 46th president, it is "time for our leaders to come together in a spirit of national unity," said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

News organizations project Biden win; second Catholic elected U.S. president

Horns blared near the White House just before noon Nov. 7 as major U.S. news organizations projected Democrat Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States, making him the second Catholic in the country's history to be elected to the nation's highest office.

Vatican report on investigation into ex-Cardinal McCarrick to be released Nov. 10

The Holy See will release Nov. 10 a long-awaited report on the investigation about the ascent to power of now-disgraced former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick.

Blessed McGivney: Model parish priest with ‘zeal’ for Gospel, for serving faithful

Blessed Michael J. McGivney was "an outstanding witness of Christian solidarity and fraternal assistance" because of his "zeal" for proclaiming the Gospel and his "generous concern for his brothers and sisters."

McGivney family members, many others ‘thrilled’ Knights’ founder is beatified

Blessed McGivney, the first American parish priest to be beatified, can be viewed as a martyr of a pandemic. When he died of pneumonia complications at age 38 in 1890, he was tending to the faithful during an outbreak of influenza known as the Russian flu Thomaston. Some recent evidence, according to the Knights, indicates the outbreak may have been the result of a coronavirus.