Republican lawmakers in Florida are crusaders for religious freedom — until it interferes with riling up the MAGA base. Why else would they criminalize pastoral outreach as a means to
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (OSV News) The Catholic leadership of both Philadelphia and Kansas City, Missouri, went the whole nine yards with their Super Bowl wager this year but Catholic Charities has scored the most.
In what has become a tradition between bishops when their hometown teams face off at the Super Bowl, Bishop James V. Johnston Jr. of Kansas City-St. Joseph and Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia kicked off the weekend of Super Bowl LVII with a friendly wager. Depending on the
Many living in the Tampa Bay and Fort Myers area are still dealing with the damage and devastation left in its wake, but much needed help is on the way just in time for Christmas.
BALTIMORE (CNS) The coronavirus pandemic, combined with inflation and a reorganization of the U.S. bishops communication arm, have altered the budget picture for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in the 2020s. The year-over-year challenges, beginning in the spring of 2020 with the pandemic, continue, wrote Bishop Gregory L. Parkes of St. Petersburg, Florida, USCCB treasurer and chairman of its Committee on Budget and Finance, in an introductory message to his fellow bishops prior to