Dennis Sadowski

Advocates for survivors of clergy sexual abuse said it's time for Ohio's Attorney General Dave Yost to investigate the state's six Catholic dioceses.  

Among issues discussed during the June 12-15 assembly of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests was the call for women's ordination to both the diaconate and priesthood. Theologian Cecilia González-Andrieu told the hundreds of clerics gathered in San Diego for the event that the issue causes Catholic women "a level of grief that is difficult to describe."

In a recorded address to the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle suggested that resistance to the synod process is rooted in fear of change and insecurity about Catholic identity.

Questions about the future of humanities at two Catholic universities reflect those being confronted throughout higher education as officials weigh reshaping their academic offerings amid changing student interests.

Drawing on decades of papal teaching on peace, Cardinal Robert McElroy told an audience at Notre Dame that Catholics are facing a "new moment" in history, one that requires finding nonviolent alternatives to war.

Officials in Catholic higher ed have their eyes on two Supreme Court cases on affirmative action policies. The ruling likely will alter how schools admit students as they strive to build diverse learning communities.

Saying they are outraged by growing "antisemitic rhetoric" across the country, members of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs urged Christians to decry hate-filled statements and violence aimed at Jewish individuals, homes and institutions.

A new report issued by a Fordham University program, finds 26.2% of the world's population lives in poverty.

Praising clergy sexual abuse survivors for their courage in bringing their painful experiences to light, a panel of current or former diocesan victim assistance coordinators urged the Catholic community to enter into "radical accompaniment" with abuse victims to promote long-lasting healing.

Fr. Guillermo Treviño wasn't sure what to expect when Bishop Thomas R. Zinkula assigned him in 2018 to St. Joseph Parish in rural West Liberty, Iowa, population 3,808.

Universities around the world are taking steps alongside major technology companies to explore ways to bolster ethics education in the artificial intelligence field in line with an initiative supported by the Vatican.

Participants at a Catholic-led conference on peace on the Korean Peninsula said it might be time to rethink how to engage with North Korea, because economic sanctions and displays of military strength have not deterred the country from aggressively pursuing a nuclear weapons development program.

Catholics across the country continue to feel wounded by the clergy abuse crisis, seek a more welcoming church in which their "lived reality" is prioritized over rules and regulations, and desire lifelong spiritual, pastoral and catechetical formation as disciples, according to a report synthesizing the 10-month synodal process in dioceses.

Four weeks of debate -- during a review conference for a treaty widely viewed as a cornerstone of nuclear disarmament -- resulted in no consensus on how to move forward despite the efforts of the Holy See, disarmament advocates and non-nuclear nations.

Clergy in some U.S. parishes are leading efforts to create more awareness of Pope Francis' message on the moral duty to care for the environment during the ecumenical Season of Creation.

Catholic advocates hailed the landmark legislation, once thought dead but now on its way to President Joe Biden's desk after it passed the House on Friday, to address climate change, reduce prescription drug costs and establish a minimum tax on large corporations.

A New Mexico archbishop whose archdiocese is home to two major federal nuclear weapons research facilities and an Air Force base apologized for the atomic bombings of Japan and to Indigenous New Mexicans, uranium miners and scientists suffering from ill health related to the nuclear weapons industry.

During a Mass for peace, Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe decried the killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico since last November.

For more than 50 years, Marie Dennis has been asking herself how she could respond as a Catholic to the cries for justice of people around the world. On the eve of receiving Pax Christi USA's Teacher of Peace Award, she said she focuses on learning from the people who are struggling to overcome racism, poverty, war or environmental degradation.

Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, thinks it's time for serious conversations about how to achieve nuclear disarmament — not just for the United States but for all countries of the world.