Pew Research Center found that warmer feelings toward various religions were expressed by people in all of the participating major religious groups.
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US bishops urge Trump administration to issue executive order on religious freedom
Those opposing the order say it would legalize discrimination and was too far-reaching
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Vatican official explains how desire to change could allow access to the Eucharist
The intention to change “is exactly the theological element that allows absolution and access to the Eucharist as long as there is the impossibility of immediately changing the situation of sin.”
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Local phase of Fatima visionary’s sainthood cause completed
Father Romano Gambalunga said that while “Lucia is already a saint in the eyes” of many people, “the prudent path of the church is that she is proposed to all, not just those who believe.”
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Judge denies tribes’ request to halt pipeline on religious freedom grounds
The company called the religion argument a “last-minute delay tactic.”
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Council of Cardinals publicly expresses support of Pope Francis
The statement came after a handful of public challenges to Pope Francis’ teaching and authority
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North African bishops: Migrants must be heard
In North Africa, migrants from sub-Saharan Africa now make up a large proportion of Catholic communities.
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Catholics keep low profile during anniversary of the Russian Revolution
Russian and Polish studies indicate that 422 Catholic priests were executed, murdered or tortured to death, along with 962 monks, nuns and laypeople.
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Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem denounces West Bank settlements
“Such a law undermines the two-state solution, further eliminating hopes of peace,” the patriarchate said.
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U.S. bishops welcome court decision to reject Trump’s travel ban
In a rebuke to the Trump administration on Feb. 9, the three federal appellate judges sided with the states of Washington and Minnesota on nearly every matter, opening the possibility that the case could shift to the U.S. Supreme Court.