Faith groups reacted to the historic, and for many unexpected, milestone of a potential breakthrough on climate legislation with a mixture of joy, shock and cautious optimism after years of prayer and advocacy.
A Roman Catholic bishop in Rhode Island responded to the controversy created by a priest who said he'd deny communion to state legislators who support abortion and then defended his stance by saying abortion is worse than pedophilia.
A Dallas law firm and a Rhode Island parishioner alleged in a federal lawsuit that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops misled donors nationwide regarding the purposes of the annual Peter's Pence collection.
If Catholic bishops hope to reclaim their moral credibility after revelations about covering up clergy sexual abuse, church leaders should take a year of abstinence from preaching about sex and gender.
On March 21, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican, signed into law S.B. 2116, a "heartbeat bill" which will prohibit abortions in the state after the point a fetal heartbeat is detected.
Republican leaders in the House are calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and other House Democrats "to stop blocking" a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
The latest news on active nonviolence: Activists protest nuclear weapons in Kansas City, Missouri, and D.C.; Chicago pastor spends birthday protesting NRA; Plowshares activists begin home confinement
The Field Hospital: Parishes may not be doing required paperwork that complies with norms to combat sex abuse; Why Fr. James Martin was disinvited from NJ speaking event; Priest's attacker makes ugly accusation
