Religion News Service

The American Humanist Association, which has a chapter in West Virginia, sued its water authority for awarding a $5 million grant to an Ohio Catholic college.

As the so-called One Big, Beautiful Bill made its way toward congressional approval last month, U.S. Catholic bishops signed their names to not one but two letters to senators on the same day, both airing misgivings. The existence of dueling letters, church observers say, offered a rare public glimpse of a rift that's been years in the making.

The United States is beginning to look like a dictatorship seeking to divest itself of anyone who is poor and speaks Spanish. How a person reacts to the sight of armed, masked men assaulting immigrants in the United States defines a person’s character. Increasingly, the priority put on detaining people is defining the character of the government, if not the entire country. 

'I'm like, not again!' said one parishioner of the historic St. Teresa of Avila Church, who moved there after her previous church in the neighborhood was closed.

Acutis' "reputation of holiness," part of any saint's cause, has taken the church by storm. He is referred to by many names: the saint in sneakers, the patron of the Internet, God's jester or — as Francis described him — the saint next door.

Around the world, we are "witnessing an alarming rise in attempts to discredit, politicize or suppress scientific knowledge," the Vatican says in a new Pontifical Academy of Sciences document defending the freedom of science.

As the archbishop threads the needle between two leadership roles that have never been held by the same man, he has shied away from publicly criticizing President Donald Trump, even when issuing statements critical of Trump administration actions on Iran or mass deportations.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops took a firm but mixed approach to the bill, while other Catholic leaders signed an interfaith letter asking senators to oppose the bill.

The Eucharist is supposed to be the sacrament of unity, but sadly liturgy still divides Catholics, especially when it comes to the Traditional Latin Mass. Is compromise possible that can respect both unity and diversity in the church?

The Homeland Security Committee named the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Charities USA among those under scrutiny.

U.S. Catholic bishops are quietly criticizing Trump's budget policies in a letter to Capitol Hill. It's a good letter, but in today's media landscape, they need to do more than that, writes Fr. Thomas Reese.

At an event celebrating the city's native son, Cardinal Blase Cupich spoke on immigration and the undocumented in his "Sermon on the Mound."
 

At one demonstration, faith leaders spread out in front of the line of officers, held hands and occasionally burst into song.

The Trump administration, like barbarians and terrorists, is capable of destroying but not building, says Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese.

"It is the vocation of the prophet to keep alive the ministry of imagination," he wrote.

The church's concern about global warming cannot die with Pope Francis. The ball has been passed to Pope Leo XIV

"The Jesus I know never charged a leper a co-pay," said the Rev. William Barber II, president of Repairers of the Breach.

A partnership between St. John's University in Queens, New York, and United States Customs and Border Protection to inaugurate an immigration enforcement training center has sparked tensions among the university community.

Faith groups say thousands remain locked in limbo as the administration drags its feet.