Leadership Conference of Women Religious Meet Amid Vatican Dialogue

Sisters promise to 'proceed with these discussions ... but will reconsider if LCWR is forced to compromise the integrity of its mission.'

Paul Ryan, Catholic Who Looks to Church's Social Teaching, Tapped as Romney Running Mate

Wisconsin congressman cheered by some as strong pro-lifer, criticized by others as wanting to reduce deficit ‘on the backs of the poor.’

Reflections on the LCWR Assembly

LCWR assembly Day 3: High Expectations

Day 2 of the LCWR Assembly: Contemplating a Response to the Vatican

Obama, in Denver Campaign Stop, Reaffirms Support for Mandatory Contraception Coverage

Time's Up: Catholic Business Owners Weigh Moral Options in HHS Mandate

National Catholic Bioethics Center issues guidelines for navigating First Amendment threat.

Bishop Leonard Blair Takes on the LCWR

Commentary: What's going on with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Part 3

Pope Benedict Picks 'Father of Prop. 8' for San Francisco Archdiocese

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone moves to major center of homosexual-rights movement as supporters of traditional marriage face pushback.

U.S. Bishops' Relief Agency Defends Alliance With Aid Organization

'All of the CRS programs and all of the funds used by CRS are entirely consistent with Church teaching.'

Battling for the Church's Universities

Report calls for renewing mandatum implementation.

'Breakthrough' Effort to Secure Conscience Rights in HHS Mandate Fight

U.S. bishops welcome inclusion of conscience provisions in a House subcommittee appropriations bill for Health and Human Services funding.

Archbishop-Designate Aquila Prepares to Take the Reins in Denver

The fifth archbishop of the ‘Mile High Archdiocese’ will be installed July 18.

Canadian Bishop Under Fire for Opposing HPV Vaccine

Calgary spokeswoman urges Catholic school board to disobey the Bishop Fred Henry.

Co-Responsibility and Coherent Lives of Faith

July 15 issue editorial

True Freedom

Saturday Book Pick: Cardinal Dolan's first e-Book takes up a timely topic: religious liberty.

Fortnight for Freedom in Boston: Cardinal O'Malley and Catholic Leaders Educate on the Issues

Town hall panel includes head of Knights of Columbus and president of Catholic University.

Archbishop Chaput: 'It's Going to Be a Long Fight'

Archbishop of Philadelphia, in Rome to receive a 'sign of embrace' from the Pope, regrets not being with his flock on day Supreme Court rules on health-care law.

How to Protect Your Religious Freedom with One Simple Action a Day

Archbishop Lori Opens Fortnight for Freedom at Baltimore Basilica

More than 1,000 people throng historic church to hear a rousing sermon on religious liberty.