Dennis Sadowski

Catholic bishops are looking to "transform" Catholic schools in response to decades of declining enrollment that has forced hundreds of schools to close since 2005.

A trust fund that supports a Catholic school network in inner-city Memphis, Tennessee, is running dry, forcing diocesan officials to announce that the schools will close.

In Puerto Rico, Texas, Florida, California and Mexico City, recovery was slow and deep pain remained from a string of natural disasters as 2017 ended.

Republican lawmakers cheered passage of an overhaul of the federal tax system even as Bishop Frank Dewane expressed concerns about its effect on low income families.

In a new letter to members of Congress, Bishop Frank Dewane of Venice, Florida, outlined a sweeping package of changes in pending tax reform legislation to ensure the final bill is "morally acceptable."

Mexican and American bishops called on negotiators working to overhaul a 23-year-old trade agreement to ensure that any changes keep the needs of poor people foremost.

Acknowledging wide divisions in the country over many issues, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called for civility to return to the public debate.

Tax policy is not a simple matter.  Still, Congress is trying to simplify the tax code to deliver on President Donald Trump's campaign promise to cut taxes for the middle class.

Supporting refugees and migrants can take many forms, and Pope Francis is hoping Catholics around the world will act over the next two years to encounter people on the move.

Every person "must do something," whether big or small, to address racism in the United States, Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville, Illinois, told an audience at The Catholic University of America.

Religious freedom requires tolerance of differing viewpoints in addition to the free practice of faith to assure civility in American society, speakers said during a Brookings Institution program.

People from all across the country came to Hopkinsville, Kentucky — aka, "Eclipseville" — for a chance to see the celestial event.

A total solar eclipse is a rare event, something to appreciate and enjoy in the mind of Jesuit Br. Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory.

Writing Aug. 10, Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces, New Mexico, chairman of the bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, echoed a recent call from the Korean bishops' conference to support talks to secure the peaceful future of the Korean Peninsula.