Archbishop Chaput Talks Politics ... and Philadelphia

Catholics need to be more involved in politics, Philly archbishop says.

Really, Macy’s? Men in women’s fitting rooms?

Evangelicals and Religious Liberty

As some ask why Catholics seem to be the only ones fighting for religious freedom, a high-profile theological group prepares to issue statement in early 2012.

Ad Targets Obama on Religious-Liberty Issues

Catholic Vote TV spot seeks to influence direction of Health and Human Services mandate.

Bishop Lori: Religious Liberty: 'The Pre-Eminent Social Justice Issue' of Our Time

A new game plan for defending the free exercise of religion in the public square.

Will U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Continue?

Congress votes to keep commission through Dec. 16. But what about after that?

Feasts and Famines

How a look Eastward can make Americans more thankful — and vigilant

Defending Religious Freedom at Home — and Abroad

News Analysis: Church leaders discover that the ‘first freedom’ isn’t what it used to be.

The Supreme Court and Obamacare

As Catholics and pro-lifers welcome the news that the high court will take up the health-care issue, the future remains murky.

Register Radio: USCCB Meeting and Religious Freedom

Editor Joan Frawley Desmond and Belmont Abbey College President Dr. William Thierfelder

New Law Leads to Catholic Charities Casualty in Illinois

One agency breaks from diocese in order to continue adoptions and foster-care placement under civil union law, which prohibits discrimination against same-sex couples.

Archbishop Chaput: 'Religious Freedom Should Be an Election-Year Issue'

U.S. Bishops Establish Permanent Subcommittee on Health Care Issues

More on Nov. 14 USCCB vote.

Cardinal Wuerl on Religious Freedom, Threats to Marriage, and Welcoming Anglicans Into the Church

U.S. Anglican ordinariate will be official on Jan. 1.

More From Bishop Lori on Religious Freedom

Maryland Bishops: Thank God for Religious Liberty

'Everyone has the right to live in accordance with his or her particular religious beliefs,' they stated in recent letter.

Bishop Lori: 'Place of God and the Place of Organized Religion ... Has Begun to Erode'

U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty will meet for the first time Nov. 13.

Syriac Catholic Patriarch Warns West of Sectarian Violence in Middle East

Don’t be ‘naive’ about Arab Spring, says Ignatius Joseph III Younan of Antioch.

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Bishops Urge Senate to Reauthorize Religious-Freedom Commission

'Today the mission of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is more important than ever,' said Bishop Howard Hubbard of Albany, N.Y.