Winona-Rochester Diocese Abuse Victims Receive Additional $30 Million From Insurer
An insurer has agreed to pay an additional $30 million to survivors of clergy sexual abuse in the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, marking a significant development in…
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Nigerian Bishops Call for End to Coordinated Attacks on Mosques, Communities
The leadership of Nigeria’s Catholic Church has issued an urgent appeal for government action following coordinated attacks on mosques and communities that have claimed dozens of…
Bishops urge flexibility in federal migrant child sponsor vetting to keep families together
The U.S. Catholic bishops have warned federal health officials that overly rigid sponsor-vetting requirements for unaccompanied migrant children could prevent qualified family members from taking in…
Archbishop Wenski urges Congress to extend work permits for Haitian migrants as legal status expires
Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami traveled to Washington, D.C., on July 28 to meet with lawmakers and advocate for the renewal of Temporary Protected Status (TPS)…
U.S. Bishops Launch Four-Month Prayer Campaign as Abortion Pill Access Expands
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops launched a nationwide call to prayer and concrete action on July 27, addressing what church leaders say is a rising…
Florida Bishops Ask DeSantis to Block Back-to-Back Executions Scheduled for July 28
The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops has called on Gov. Ron DeSantis to halt two executions set for the same day, warning that the state’s authority…
Two Bishops Condemn Deaths in ICE Operations, Warn Against Normalizing Attacks on Human Dignity
Bishop Daniel E. Garcia of Austin and Bishop Brendan J. Cahill of Victoria, both in Texas, issued a joint pastoral reflection on July 20 responding to…
Scottish Bishop Expands Traditional Latin Mass Access as Sedevacantist Group Plans Illicit Consecration
Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen has moved to strengthen the Church’s presence in his diocese by authorizing weekly Traditional Latin Masses, even as a breakaway religious…
Robert Boxie Becomes Youngest Active Catholic Bishop in America, First Member of Divine Nine Fraternity
Robert P. Boxie III was consecrated as a bishop on July 7, 2026, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, marking a…
Catholic Bishops Oppose Trump Administration’s IVF Insurance Expansion, Propose Alternative Approach
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops filed formal objections this week to a proposed federal regulation that would expand insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization, arguing…