We say: An intruder broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home and assaulted her husband, Paul. But outrage over political violence is replaced with misinformation. Catholics must oppose both violence and lies.
A new poll found 63% of U.S. Catholic adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, and 68% say Roe should be left as is. Those views were in line with the overall American public on the issues.
Fr. Daniel Horan: To paraphrase one of Jesus' teachings, you cannot serve both God and guns. To those trying to square the circle of their demonstrated love of guns and alleged love of God, I ask: What is your true religion?
Michael Sean Winters: San Francisco's Salvatore Cordileone is a bomb thrower of an archbishop and he has thrown a bomb all right. But the real damage will not be done to the halls of government.
The U.S. Supreme Court has not yet overruled Roe v. Wade, but that did not stop some Catholic bishops, priests and activists from reacting with hope to a leaked draft decision — while others condemned it.
Michael Sean Winters: While the dynamics are different in each party, religion is likely to play a role in determining the outcomes in both the Democratic and Republican races in the midterm primary season.
There will be no public session for the June 2022 meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Instead, bishops will focus on prayer, reflection and episcopal fraternity.
Phyllis Zagano: Three Arizona men, congressional candidate Ron Watkins, Senate primary candidate Jim Lamon and Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmsted, are causing a lot of headshaking in the Grand Canyon State and beyond.
After more than a year of intense debate on a document originally intended to target pro-choice Catholic politicians like President Biden, the U.S. bishops approved a milquetoast text summarizing teaching on Communion.
