Church officials' concerns stem from draft amendments to Russia's 1997 Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations, which would bar "clergy who receive religious education abroad" from ministering unless they obtain "recertification within a Russian religious organization" and "receive additional professional education."

Hundreds of faithful were also present at the ordination Mass, which was more subdued than past years because of travel restrictions and limited seating due to the pandemic.

Here is my confession: I am a real Catholic, and I am not going to vote for Donald J. Trump.

Domenico Sorrentino speaks to America about Pope Francis' deep devotion to St. Francis of Assisi. The pope will sign his new encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti," in Assisi on Saturday, Oct. 3.

Vatican officials did not appreciate Secretary Pompeo's public pressure when a meeting was scheduled just two weeks later; some saw the move as political tactic during Donald Trump's campaign for reelection.

The pope said Christ came to heal both the physical and "social" ailments that plague the world and gave the "necessary gifts to love and heal as he did, in order to take care of everyone without distinction of race, language or nation."

How much time does one need to prepare? How much labor does it involve? More than we realize.

"Any religious adherent can be a victim," he said, and the oppressor can be "whoever has the power of the state behind them."

"Our community cannot be indifferent to modern slavery and human trafficking or our responsibility to eradicate it," Archbishop Fisher said.

We are not contradicting Catholic doctrine in looking, with Pope Francis, to the full range of issues affected by our vote.

COVID-19 safety protocols and a new code of conduct have been developed. "There should be no problem for anyone who is generally healthy to take part in this year's Life Chain."

Both presidential candidates find themselves courting specific Latino constituencies in battleground states rich in electoral votes such as Arizona, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.

Our vote is but one expression of this all-encompassing commitment to the common good and the project of building up solidarity.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell discuss U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to the Vatican and Cardinal Angelo Becciu's sudden resignation.

The proximity of Pompeo's visit to the U.S. election, was "one of the reasons why the Holy Father is not receiving the secretary of state." 

Some media have suggested that Francis had asked Cardinal Pell to return to Rome, but there is no evidence for this assertion.

According to the Jesuit statement, both health disparities and the economic devastation of the pandemic have uniquely affected lower-income workers, people of color and immigrant people.

If you disagree with any of it, don’t worry. It probably just means you are a bad parent. And that’s O.K.! It makes the rest of us look good.

Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice told Breed that "San Francisco’s treatment of places of worship raises serious concerns about religious freedom."

"Pandemics and disasters are like springtime for phony priests," said Rodolfo Soriano-Núñez, a sociologist who studies the Mexican church.