Christopher White

Church leaders uncomfortable with Pope Francis' emphasis on mercy and an attentiveness to the voices of those on the peripheries should reexamine their skepticism, according to Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey.

Amid conservative Catholics' growing calls to deny President Biden Communion, San Francisco Archbishop Cordileone has released a letter calling for public figures who support abortion to be barred from the sacrament.

One of the U.S. Catholic Church's most infamous agitators, Gary Michael Voris, may soon face a reckoning in court as a result of a rare lawsuit against Church Militant, which he founded and is being accused of defamation.

Panelists for "Taking Measure of the 'Biden Effect' " joined the intensifying debate within the U.S. church about whether the Catholic president should be barred from Communion over his support for legal abortion.

Vaccines are just one of many concerns of the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Board member McElroy emphasizes its approach to economic and environmental issues: "They're all related."

Following the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, Black Catholic leaders say it's a "small start" in both the country and the church's long overdue efforts for racial justice.

As Biden searches for his new Vatican diplomat, experts say the world's smallest state and one of the world's last superpowers are well-situated to have a relationship marked by collaboration, rather than contention.

Catholic refugee resettlement groups hoped that on day one in office, President Biden would officially authorize increasing the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. Eighty-six days later, they're still waiting.

A former campus minister at Franciscan University of Steubenville has been charged with rape and sexual battery against an individual with mental illness placed under his care for mental health treatment.

Conservative Catholic philanthropists and pro-life leaders are key players behind efforts that could obstruct the right to vote for economically marginalized populations and racial minorities for years to come.

In a statement provided to NCR, Boston College said the accusations against Richard Gaillardetz "are not only not credible but are also false," according to the law firm of DeMoura Smith LLP, which was retained by the Jesuit-run institution to investigate the allegations

A new poll shows that most U.S. adults know President Joe Biden is Catholic, but like members of his own church, those surveyed are divided along party lines over just how authentic his faith is.

Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement, received an earthly accolade March 26, when one of the iconic orange ferry boats that travel between Staten Island and Manhattan was named in her honor.

In an effort to reject any legislation that acknowledges the category of LGBTQ persons, the U.S. bishops' conference has refused to support not only the Equality Act, but also the compromise Fairness for All Act.

Mary Novak, lawyer, chaplain, activist and associate of the St. Joseph Sisters, will succeed Social Justice Sr. Simone Campbell as head of Network, the Catholic social justice lobby announced March 22.

Catholic leaders in California fear a U.S. Supreme Court case on March 22 could overturn a fundamental 45-year-old regulation that allows union organizers access to farm workers to talk to them about their rights.

More than 20,000 individuals are calling for Archbishop Joseph Naumann to be removed from his post as chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee after comments signaling hostility towards President Biden over his position on abortion.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sat down with a full delegation of religious leaders in a meeting that Catholic participants described as one that reflected many of the priorities of Pope Francis.

Explainer: A new instruction has banned the practice of individual Masses inside St. Peter's Basilica and places strict limits on the use of the Latin rite. What does this new decision mean and whom will it affect?

Explainer: A Vatican decree saying priests can't bless same-sex unions is another tricky move in Francis' tightrope walk of upholding church teaching while also trying to extend a warmer welcome to LGBTQ persons.