Catholic bishops in conservative countries are pushing back on the Vatican's document allowing blessings for individuals in same-sex relationships. Episcopal conferences in African nations have ...

The recent announcement of significant layoffs within the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development has sparked a wave of concern and speculation ...

The Catholic bishops of Washington state are resisting a new law signed by Democratic Governor Bob Ferguson that they say would violate the seal of confession, which would result in ...

ROME—Conservative Catholic bishops in various countries have objected to Pope Francis’ recent permission on blessings for gay couples, underscoring the divisiveness of the issue in the global ...

Women will be allowed to vote at a key meeting for Catholics, the Synod of Bishops, for the first time in October after a decision by Pope Francis. The pope’s changes were announced Wednesday ...

That’s because for too many Catholic bishops, the marginalized and vulnerable have one key failing: they’ve already been born. Why didn’t the bishops raise the alarm much sooner when ...

Catholic bishops in Minnesota say the policies of President Joe Biden’s administration “exacerbated” the immigration crisis in the United States, which is a “nation of laws that must be ...

But Catholic bishops are taking a very different approach this year, according to an analysis by NPR and Religion News Service. As voters in 10 states consider abortion-related ballot questions ...

The German Catholic bishops have published a handout that offers guidance to pastors on blessings for couples in “irregular” situations such as same-sex relationships, urging clergy to use the ...

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a formal apology Friday to Indigenous people for the mistreatment and trauma inflicted by the Catholic Church. The apology is part of a document ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on Tuesday sued to challenge the Trump administration’s moves to block funding for refugee resettlement programs. Immigration groups have already ...