Communion proposal highlights bishops’ meeting
The Eucharist was a major focus of the U.S bishops' June 16-18 virtual spring assembly.
Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic agency in foster case
In a unanimous decision June 17, the Supreme Court said that a Catholic social service agency should not have been excluded from Philadelphia's foster care program because it did not accept same-sex couples as foster parents.
Supreme Court upholds health care law’s individual mandate
In a 7-2 decision June 17, the Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, saying the states that sued over the law did not have the legal right to do so.
Seen and unseen: The role of faith, reason in the search for alien life
With the expected release this month of the U.S. Department of Defense's report on unidentified aerial phenomenon, or UAPs, the search for alien life beyond Earth's solar system is back in the limelight.
Bishop says norms were never intent of potential document on Eucharist
Creating national norms was never the intent behind a proposal to write a new document on the Eucharist, said Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Doctrine.
Bishops OK draft of framework for marriage, family life ministry
The U.S. bishops approved a draft document that provides a pastoral framework meant to strengthen marriage and family ministry in parishes and dioceses.
Bishops approve Liturgy of the Hours, penance, Marian translations
A decadelong series of retranslating and approving liturgical texts is nearing its end but isn't quite there yet, but three affirmative votes at the U.S. bishops' spring meeting brings it closer.
In virtual summer assembly, USCCB’s Archbishop Gomez calls for unity
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops urged unity in an address June 16, the first day of the prelates' three-day spring plenary assembly, held virtually because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
As fighting continues in Myanmar, thousands take refuge in churches
Thousands of people have taken refuge in churches and convents as Myanmar's military continues to fight local resistance forces.
On the cross and still today, Jesus prays for everyone, pope says
Jesus is always praying for each and every person, desiring that his word would help people in their lives and that they never would feel alone, Pope Francis said.
