Catholic Church
A group of Catholic bishops issues statement condemning bullying of LGBTQ youth
By Jack Jenkins — January 25, 2021
(RNS) — The signers also directed part of their comments directly to LGBTQ people, saying, ‘know that God created you, God loves you and God is on your side.’
Top German Catholic bishop urges shift on women’s ordination, homosexuality
By Jack Jenkins — December 29, 2020
(RNS) — Limburg Bishop Georg Bätzing referred to ‘well-developed arguments in theology in favor of opening up the sacramental ministry to women as well.’
2020 has tested the heart and soul of America
By Thomas Reese — December 17, 2020
(RNS) — The year was horrible, but we who lived through it haven’t been perfect either. We must become better or we will be worse.
Adam Taylor succeeds Jim Wallis as Sojourners president
By Bob Smietana — November 19, 2020
(RNS) — Founder Jim Wallis will step away as the organization's president and take a new role at Georgetown University.
Five charged in toppling of Junipero Serra statue in northern California
By Alejandra Molina — November 16, 2020
(RNS) — Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said protesters who have toppled Serra statues 'will be held accountable' for the first time.
For many who lost loved ones to COVID-19, this Day of the Dead will be a time of healing
By Alejandra Molina — October 29, 2020
(RNS) — As COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted U.S. Latinos, many will be celebrating the virus’ victims on Day of the Dead altars.
Amy Coney Barrett nomination fight leaves progressive Catholics feeling unseen
By Alejandra Molina — October 12, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — This week's Senate hearings may center Barrett's conservative faith, which is strongly anti-abortion and opposed to same-sex marriage, as ‘true Catholicism.’
Head of Federal Election Commission calls separation of church and state a ‘fallacy’ and 2020 election a ‘spiritual war’
By Jack Jenkins — September 17, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Another FEC commissioner disputed many of the chairman’s comments, saying, ‘My colleague is not correct.’
Mark Galli, former Christianity Today editor and Trump critic, to be confirmed a Catholic
By Yonat Shimron — September 10, 2020
(RNS) — Galli, who bucked prevailing evangelical sentiments when he penned an editorial in December denouncing the president, says his faith decision has nothing to do with politics.
After pushback, US Navy agrees to retain contracts with civilian Catholic priests at California naval bases
By Alejandra Molina — September 9, 2020
(RNS) — This announcement came days after a Sept. 5 report by The San Diego Union-Tribune that Catholic Masses at San Diego Navy bases had ended because the Navy, as part of a cost cutting move, declined to renew contracts with Catholic priests.
Pope Francis encourages nun helping trans community in Argentina
By Claire Giangravé — August 25, 2020
(RNS) — The home, called The Coast of Limay, has been described as the first permanent residence in the world dedicated to vulnerable transsexual people.
What the far-left might learn from Cardinal Bellarmine’s view of science
By Charles C. Camosy — August 14, 2020
(RNS) — Progressives’ use of quasi-religious language has been noted in quarters critical of ‘wokeism’ — a term that expresses how much it looks and acts like a religion in the middle of an awakening.
Patriotic, Catholic and queer: Rebecca Parson’s unorthodox run for Congress
By Simran Jeet Singh — July 31, 2020
RNS — Parson, who would be the first woman and the first LGBT person to represent her district, is also a practicing Catholic who considers her faith an important aspect of her political views.
COVID-19 crisis provides opportunities and grace
By Thomas Reese — July 22, 2020
(RNS) — The coronavirus is wreaking havoc, but it’s also creating opportunities we shouldn’t miss to deepen family bonds and refocusing on the parts of faith that happen away from church on Sunday.
Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B
By Reese Dunklin and Michael Rezendes — July 10, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used an unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with millions going to dioceses that have struggled financially because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups.
