The study found that a majority — 63% — of Americans said abortion should be legal in all or most cases, an increase of four percentage points from 2021, the year prior to the Dobbs ruling. That includes 59% of Catholics surveyed.
Word on Fire, a nonprofit founded by Bishop Robert Barron, has again threatened Commonweal magazine over an article that questioned how Barron and his organization have engaged with former President Donald Trump's political movement.
The Jesuit Antiracism Sodality will hold a retreat, "The God of Us All: Praying with Black Spirituality," this summer in Illinois, part of an effort to respond to African American issues within the Society of Jesus.
A first Communion Mass at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, was disrupted May 11 after a teenager attempted to enter the church with a rifle. Parishioners prevented the young man from entering the church where 60 children were preparing to receive their first Communion. Police took the suspect into custody and moments of chaos were caught on the church's live stream as they swept the premises to see if other threats were present.
In Haiti's capital city, "they are literally in hell," says Sr. Jaqueline Picard. The effects of rampant gang violence in Port-au-Prince reach the rural communities where she and other Religious of Jesus and Mary serve.
Explore the social justice and spiritual journey of Church of St. Francis Xavier, where inclusion, compassion and social outreach thrive, from celebrating LGBTQ lives to serving the homeless.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton revived his attempt to shut down El Paso's Annunciation House, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants, just a couple of months after his previous effort was blocked by a state judge.