November 28, 2020 Pope elevates 13 new cardinals then puts them in their place Pontiff warned the cardinals against abusing their positions and power for personal gain.
November 26, 2020 Supreme Court rules against Cuomo's coronavirus limits -- with Barrett playing key role The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday night blocked New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo from reimposing strict attendance caps at worship services in areas hit hard by the novel coronavirus.
November 20, 2020 Some Roman Catholics sounding alarm about Biden administration, conflicts with moral teachings Some Roman Catholic groups and leaders are warning that President-elect Biden would, despite being a member of the faith, enact harmful policies and create confusion about church teachings.
November 20, 2020 Instagram helps Vatican trace bikini model 'like' that seemed to come from pope The Vatican and Facebook are working together to find the origins of a "like" on a bikini model's photo that appeared to come from Pope Francis' account.
November 18, 2020 Catholics divided as bishops examine Biden's abortion stance Catholics split almost evenly in supporting Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the presidential election. Now they're sharply divided over a declaration by the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that the president-elect's support for abortion rights presents the church with a "difficult and complex situation."
November 13, 2020 Gov. Cuomo slammed as 'Big Apple's biggest bigot' for coronavirus restrictions on houses of worship New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is discriminating against houses of worship with coronavirus restrictions, Montse Alvarado, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty executive director, told "Fox & Friends" Friday.
November 2, 2020 Vatican breaks silence on Pope Francis' gay civil union remarks The Vatican says Pope Francis’ comments on gay civil unions were taken out of context in a documentary that spliced together parts of an old interview, but still confirmed Francis’ belief that gay couples should enjoy legal protections.
October 30, 2020 Biden says Catholic faith guides policies but gets hit on abortion, religious freedom Joe Biden is touting his Catholic faith as groups are hitting him on issues held near and dear to the faithful and opposed by the church, including religious freedom for nuns and abortion.
October 29, 2020 Catholic school in Michigan sues state over mask mandate The Church of the Resurrection School sued the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services this week over its mandate that students wear masks at all times in school.
October 28, 2020 Pope Francis blames 'this lady called COVID' for distance from faithful Pope Francis has blamed “this lady called COVID” for forcing him to keep his distance again from the faithful during his general audience, which was far smaller than usual amid soaring coronavirus infections in Italy.