The agency says it will take enforcement action if states refuse to comply with federal conscience protections.

The popes of the last two centuries have sought the protection and intercession of St. Joseph in times of personal and societal need, elevating his status as a patron for all Catholics.

In a video message addressed to the sixth assembly of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon, Pope Leo XIV highlighted environmental deterioration, synodality, inculturation, and evangelization.

The bill would tighten prescription requirements, requiring an in-person exam and requiring the doctor to be present during the abortion.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a lawsuit that challenges the revocation of temporary protected status (TPS) for migrants from Haiti and Syria.

The dispute involves apparent similarities in two decades-old songs.

Catholic moral theologians say Church teaching supports Anthropic’s refusal to allow its AI systems to be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.

The USCCB has expressed solidarity with the Church in South Sudan following the reported killing of at least 170 people in two separate incidents in the country.

More than 3,800 children, including 20 infants, were detained by U.S. immigration authorities from January to October 2025, according to data shared by the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic.

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations, laid out the economic reasons surrogacy exists, the harm it does, and why it is wrong.