A Catholic bishop has condemned the harassment of staff from a Church-run school, including a priest and two nuns, while they were on a picnic, by alleged Hindu activists in the central Indian state ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has laid off staff members from a department specializing in social justice initiatives that has been at the center of controversy over the years ...

In a June 25 email to NCR, Chieko Noguchi, executive director of the Office of Public Affairs at the bishops' conference, said, "Staff were notified of changes to the structure of the USCCB's ...

The claim: Bishop who asked Trump to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ community is Catholic. A Jan. 22 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims a religious leader who addressed President Donald ...

Erie Catholic Bishop Lawrence Persico, holding cup, was photographed in September 2015 in Rome with then-Bishop Robert Prevost, right, who became Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025.

The secretariat, which was announced in a short video statement on Tuesday, will operate under the purview of the U.S. bishops and consists of 13 staff members led by executive director Jill Ruah.

East Syracuse, N.Y. -- Bishop Grimes is closing and merging with Bishop Ludden in Geddes, Roman Catholic Diocese officials said this afternoon. A letter from the Diocese went out to faculty ...

Atoyebi, former Bishop of Kwara Diocese of the Catholic Church, died on Saturday at the age of 80 years. Saraki, in a statement by his Press Officer on Local Matters, Abdulganiyu Abdulqadir, in ...

Cardinal Adam Maida handed Vigneron a shepherd's staff, symbolizing the transfer of power. ... There are 33 archdioceses in the U.S., according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

A bitter public battle between the bishop of the Fort Worth Catholic diocese and a group of secluded Arlington nuns is again escalating.. Calling the nuns “scandalous,” Bishop Michael Olson ...

Bishop Robert Barron, founder of Catholic media organization Word On Fire, is coming to the Tuesday night speech as a guest of first-term Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va.

A high-ranking official in the Catholic Diocese of Worcester has been appointed by Pope Francis as the next bishop of Norwich, Connecticut. Monsignor Richard F. Reidy, 66, who is vicar general and ...