Catholic leaders are calling for calm, restraint, and respect for human dignity after federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents killed two citizens. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), officials have arrested more than 3,000 people...
“Consecrated men and women are a witness to the hope of a life lived in Christ that is awaited to be fully received in Heaven,” said Archbishop-designate Ronald A. Hicks, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and...
The Trump administration issued a new rule on Wednesday stating that religious workers in the country on R-1 visas would no longer be required to reside outside of the U.S. for a full year after the expiration of their visa. Until recently, priests and religious could...
The Catholic News Service has released its review of 2025, and it’s no surprise that the death of Pope Francis and the election of Pope Leo XIV are the primary events for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well. Pope Francis had...
On December 14, two men targeted an event during the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach, Australia, killing 16 people and injuring over 20 more. In the wake of news about the terrorist attack, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of...
Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of His Eminence Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, 75, from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of New York, and has appointed Most Reverend Ronald A. Hicks, currently Bishop of Joliet, as the Metropolitan Archbishop of New...