Brian Fraga

In Ohio's race for the U.S. Senate, voters will choose between two Catholics: Tim Ryan, a Democrat backed by Catholic social justice movements, and J.D. Vance, a Trump-supported Republican backed by pro-life activists.

Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio hosted a two-day conference in which influential speakers in the national conservative movement declared that America's "liberal consensus" has come to an end.

Worried about a backlash from voters after the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, Republican politicians this midterm season are moderating their opposition to abortion.

Catholic groups are among state social service agencies, attorneys and others working to provide legal services, medical care, clothes, food and shelter for 48 migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard with no advance warning.

Over 100 non-diocesan groups submitted their own synodal "synthesis" reports to the U.S. bishops. These Catholics participated in their own listening sessions for the grassroots consultation ahead of the 2023 Synod of Bishops in Rome.

A review of more than a dozen synodal reports from U.S. dioceses participants appreciate the opportunity to be heard, even if they harbor misgivings about what the Synod on Synodality will ultimately accomplish.

At the Napa Institute's 12th annual summer conference, held July 27-31, speakers bemoaned the wider culture as hostile to authentic Catholicism, but celebrated the Supreme Court's recent overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The resolution of Kelly Easter's legal case could signal an opening for single LGBTQ people to foster children through religiously affiliated child welfare agencies.

Parishioners, students and alumni of Ohio State University's St. Thomas More Newman Center have called on Bishop Earl Fernandes to reconsider his decision to remove Paulists from their longtime campus ministry assignment.

A clash with Bishop Michael Olson, who raised questions about the event's compatibility with Catholic teaching, doomed the Women's Empow[her]ment Summit, which Catholic Charities Fort Worth had scheduled for April 28.

Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell, the former executive director of the Catholic social justice lobby Network, will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden at the White House July 7.

A new initiative informs clerics of their canonical rights when they are accused of misconduct, including sexual abuse. But survivor advocates say it could help cast accused priests in an overly sympathetic light.

Catholics responded with joy, anger and trepidation to the U.S. Supreme Court's June 24 decision that overturned its earlier 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that had guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion.

Bishop Robert McManus of Worcester, Massachusetts, has stripped a Jesuit middle school for disadvantaged boys of its official Catholic status, after the institution flew flags representing the Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ pride movements.

Msgr. Jeffrey Burrill has returned to parish ministry in the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin. He resigned July 20, 2021, as U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops general secretary after allegations of improper behavior.

With Catholic News Service slated to cease U.S. operation at year's end, Catholic media observers raise questions about conflicts of interest, the U.S. bishops' plan to evangelize, and journalistic standards.  

Abuse survivors, their loved ones, advocates and others gathered June 4 to listen to talks and presentations that reflected on two decades of scandals and what the future may hold for the abuse crisis and reforms.

The image of multimedia nonprofit Word on Fire, and that of founder Bishop Robert Barron, have taken hits amid the organization's handling of allegations of sexual misconduct outside the workplace against a former employee.

Speaking to NCR, Catholic media professionals — as well as some Catholic bishops and communications officials — lamented the pending loss of Catholic News Service, the U.S. bishops' century-old wire service.

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.