By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 29, 2023 / 15:55 pm Catholic priest and pro-life activist Father Fidelis Moscinski, CFR, has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for blocking access to a Planned Parenthood abortion facility by placing locks and chains on the gated entrance. Judge Steven Tiscione …

By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jun 30, 2023 / 08:50 am The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment’s free speech clause protects a Colorado web designer who feared she would be prosecuted under state anti-discrimination law for her faith-based objections to designing websites that promote same-sex marriage …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton Denver, Colo., Jun 29, 2023 / 10:45 am The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) has issued a strong response to a group of Catholic lawmakers who signed a letter citing Catholic teaching in support of abortion. The group of 30 Democrats, led by Connecticut Rep. Rosa …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Jun 28, 2023 / 12:48 pm “God, is this right?” Archbishop George Leo Thomas prayed when he was first appointed to lead the Church in Las Vegas in 2018. He was moving to the deserts of southern Nevada after 14 years in Montana’s Rocky Mountains and …

By Nicolás de Cárdenas ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 28, 2023 / 13:00 pm Nearly 100 young people from the parishes of St. Matthew and St. Raphael in the Guineueta neighborhood of Barcelona, Spain, will walk 1,276 kilometers (790 miles) over 40 days to reach Lisbon, the site of the 2023 World …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 29, 2023 / 08:47 am The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling Thursday in favor of a Christian postal worker who says he was targeted and disciplined by his employer for refusing to work on Sundays because of his religious beliefs. In its …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 29, 2023 / 09:24 am Archbishop George Leo Thomas of the newly created Archdiocese of Las Vegas formally received his pallium, a vestment symbolizing his authority in the Church, from Pope Francis in a solemn Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday. Thomas, 73, …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 28, 2023 / 07:00 am Although church attendance in the United States saw a slight uptick in 2023, fewer Americans are going to church than they did before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, according to a Gallup poll released June 26. Gallup …

By AC Wimmer ACI Africa, Jun 28, 2023 / 08:22 am The Catholic Church in Germany is facing an unprecedented crisis, with more than half a million baptized Catholics leaving the Church in 2022, according to figures released by the German Bishops’ Conference on June 28. This marks the highest number of departures …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 27, 2023 / 11:00 am Thirty Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter on the first anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision vowing to continue to support abortion despite the overturn of Roe v. Wade. The group of Democrats, …