USCCB Director of Public Affairs Chieko Noguchi released a statement to announce that the Church will not endorse political candidates, even if the tax code allows it.

A Catholic priest has pleaded not guilty to 26 counts of child molestation. The alleged crimes are ones that San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow says happened decades ago in the county.

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith granted a nihil obstat of Marian devotion surrounding the alleged apparitions of ...

The diocese is the first in the nation to issue a special dispensation because of fears over immigration detentions.

A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their ...

Along with a Mass dispensation in San Bernardino, bishops in Southern California have begun to speak out about aggressive mass deportations that have terrified many immigrants, including many in the ...

The Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids is planning to close some churches and reorganize others because of a lack of priests to run the parishes.

San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas cited ‘concerns expressed by many of our brothers and sisters regarding fears of ...

The Archdiocese of Hartford has agreed to pay a former altar boy $2.4 million to settle his claim that a priest sexually ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom pointed to the decree to highlight the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement ...

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.