MacArthur genius fellowship winner and well-known social justice advocate Rev William J Barber II has rebuked President Donald Trump for what he described as heresy and war on divinity, for sharing
No one ever said gathering constructive input from the world's 1 billion Catholics was going to be easy. But a tweet from the U.S. bishops about the upcoming Synod on Synodality backfired in a big way.
Faculty members at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore announced Monday that they successfully transplanted a genetically-modified pig heart into a human in a “first-in-the-world surgery,” giving hope as thousands are stuck on a transplant waiting list annually and die in the process.
According to reports from major cities across the U.S., murder rates rose from coast to coast in 2021. Experts say the spike in homicides began at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The disturbing trend continues to grow driven by restrictions and a host of other factors.
There is hope that legal protections for unborn children “which we have advocated for decades will soon become a reality,” Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago told a pro-life rally.
Catholic and pro-life leaders in Michigan expressed disappointment that a coalition of abortion rights supporters are planning a petition drive to protect abortion access in the state constitution.
The surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the omicron variant is hardly affecting plans for local marches, rallies, Masses and prayer events to mark the 49th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion.
Years after Michael O’Loughlin began reporting on the Catholic Church and LGBT issues a priest friend suggested he jump back a few decades, and explore the intersection through the United States HIV and AIDS crisis in the 1980s and ‘90s.