The U.S. House rejected a proposal to investigate the ouster of Patrick Conroy, S.J., by Speaker Paul Ryan, and one Republican calls for a chaplain with children.

Plans to halt a Bush-era legal program have been suspended, at least for the moment.

Patrick Conroy, S.J., submitted his resignation earlier this month. The Hill reports that a prayer seen as critical of the Republican tax bill may have been a factor.

A new Pew Research Center poll finds that 87 percent of U.S. Catholics believe God is "all-loving," but only 67 percent say God is "all-powerful."

Digital meets print in the retooled Catholic Book Club.

A human rights attorney in the United States believes that the upcoming canonization of Blessed Oscar Romero in October has been a factor in a decision to revisit the 1989 Jesuit massacre at the University of Central America.