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Washington, D.C. (CNA) – The local Catholic community is ministering to the victims of the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school. The Archbishop of San Antonio, along with priests in that archdiocese, sprang into action as soon as they learned of the tragedy.

The amazed joy of Simeon and Anna at encountering and embracing Christ at the Temple is a virtue that consecrated religious should remember and imitate, the pope said in a homily addressed to religious brothers and sisters. 

Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, and the leaders of five Catholic medical or professional associations on Jan. 20 founded the Catholic Health Care Leadership Alliance, meant to support the reception and provision of health care in accord with church teaching.

Father Mike Schmitz recently marked two major milestones, on consecutive days.

Pro-life leaders praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Dec. 10 that Texas abortions providers can legally challenge the state’s ban on most abortions but the justices did not issue a stay, thus allowing the current law to remain in effect.

For the past 16 years, Elf on the Shelf has become a tradition, both hated and loved, for families in the days leading up to Christmas.

Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale is relying on his Catholic faith and the power of prayer to help him through his battle with cancer.

The wait has begun for a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that ultimately would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortions nationwide. 

BALTIMORE ‑ The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops voted overwhelmingly to accept the document “The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church" during the morning session of the fall USCCB meeting on Nov. 17.  The vote, which is held in a secret electronic ballot, was 222 in favor to eight against, with three abstentions.

According to multiple news reports, President Joe Biden said that Pope Francis told him to “keep receiving Communion.”

A divided Supreme Court on Sept. 1 declined a petition to block Texas’ “heartbeat” law, allowing the law to stand for now.

ROME (CNA) - Pope Francis, along with six cardinals and archbishops from North, South, and Central America, worked in collaboration with the Ad Council to produce a public service announcement promoting COVID-19 vaccines.  The announcement is the first Ad Council campaign designed for a global audience and will be distributed in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

WASHINGTON D.C. (CNA) - The organizers of an Aug. 14 Tridentine Mass in Washington, D.C. – canceled per new papal restrictions on traditional liturgies - asked the archbishop of Washington this week to reinstate the Mass. In response, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington reaffirmed his original decision to rescind permission for the Mass.

(CNA) - A growing number of bishops in the United States, including Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, have issued guidance regarding groups celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass in their dioceses, after a new document from Pope Francis on Friday imposed restrictions on the use of the traditional liturgy.  The pope's document, a motu proprio entitled “Traditionis custodes,” made sweeping changes to his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 apostolic letter “Summorum Pontificum,” which acknowledged the right of all priests to say Mass using the Roman Missal of 1962, which is in Latin.

VATICAN CITY (CNA) - Pope Francis is scheduled to lead the Angelus from his hospital room July 11 as he recovers from intestinal surgery, the Vatican said. The pope was at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital after undergoing a July 4 operation to remove part of his colon.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA) – The U.S. bishops are seeking to deepen “awareness” of the Eucharist with their new teaching document, the president of the U.S. bishops’ conference stated June 21. 

The foster moms at the center of the Supreme Court case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia celebrated the high court unanimously siding with them June 17. 

WASHINGTON D.C.  Dozens of Catholic members of Congress issued a statement June 18 claiming that denial of Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians is a “weaponization of the Eucharist.” In a “statement of principles,” 60 House Democrats – led by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) – claimed their Catholic faith influences their actions in Congress,and that denial of Communion for their support of legal abortion would be “contradictory.”

Pro-life supporters fear that repeal of the Hyde Amendment, a cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s federal budget proposal, will spark a dramatic increase in the number of abortions nationwide.