In the late fifth century, St. Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland, wrote a letter to the army of the British warlord Coroticus, condemning the practice of slavery. He did so not because condemning the ...

Father Miguel Silvestre explains his role in facilitating the bishops’ ad limina visits to the Holy See and what they entail, with a focus on the recent visit by the bishops of Puerto Rico. The ...

As the Trump administration escalated its assault on human dignity, many Catholics have wondered: Where are our bishops? Why don't they do something? Where were their voices when cuts to USAID ...

BALTIMORE - U.S. Catholic bishops elected Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley as their new president on Tuesday, choosing a conservative culture warrior to lead during President Donald Trump's ...

In a rare group statement, America’s Catholic bishops voted nearly unanimously Wednesday to condemn the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants as an attack on “God-given human ...

(RNS) — Over nearly the last year, the bishops have gradually ramped up a forceful and united defense of the American pope’s ...

Standing at 6 feet, 2 inches, Cardinal Joseph Tobin is a big, burly guy. When he arrived in Newark back in 2017, it was reported that he rises early, grabs his workout bag and heads to a local gym ...