Christopher White

What began last year as a debate among the bishops over what emphasis to place on abortion in their official voting guide continues to spill out into public — virtual conferences, newspaper columns and on social media.

"What's getting broadcast around the world is Pope Francis' opinion on this, and I think that is confusing and very dangerous," said the bishop of Tyler, Texas, in an hourlong webinar Oct. 21.

Pope Francis' comments in a new documentary have been hailed a major step forward by LGBT Catholics, while others note that there has been no actual change to church doctrine.

Looking back on her career, as she has become a fixture on Capitol Hill, Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell said the clear highlight was her work in helping secure the support for the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

A Wisconsin priest, whose viral video claimed "you cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat," continued his campaign with a live indoor speech in Chicago, where he appeared to violate quarantine orders.

"One very sad dimension of the election cycle we are witnessing," said San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy, is "the public denial of candidates' identity as Catholics because of a specific policy position they have taken."

The release of Pope Francis' latest encyclical has been greeted by a number of leading U.S. Catholics as a letter that speaks directly to a deeply polarized church and country.

Archbishop Allen Vigneron offered the opening prayer for a Sept. 30 virtual fundraising event for Right to Life of Michigan, during which the organization offered an endorsement of President Donald Trump.

A number of individual U.S. bishops are using the presidential election year to offer their own reflections on how Catholics should approach the ballot box, often doubling down on emphasizing abortion via letters and columns.

One night after the first presidential debate, Joe Biden's faith outreach team focused on the fight against racism, arguing that for people of faith, it should be the defining faith issue of the campaign.

A decision by the St. Louis Archdiocese's newly installed archbishop to suspend a webinar series on immigration and place one of its organizers on leave has led to backlash from area Catholics who allege he has capitulated to a campaign from fringe right-wing groups.

John Carr helped write the first voting guide adopted by U.S. bishops in 1975. Not once since then has the longtime bishops' adviser ever publicly said how he intends to vote. Until now.

President Donald Trump appeared at the conservative-run National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, held virtually Sept. 23, where he announced he was signing an executive order to protect all infants born alive.

Following the canonical visitation in June, a five-page report enumerates concerns about financial management and community life at the Benedictine monastery founded by Prior Mark Daniel Kirby in Ireland.

"Crisis," produced by The Catholic Project at Catholic University of America interviews more than three dozen individuals, including testimonials from abuse survivors, priests, bishops, lawyers and advocates.

As Joe Biden vies to become the second Catholic U.S. president, three dozen Catholic lawmakers, ambassadors, educators and nonprofit leaders will serve as national co-chairs of "Catholics for Biden" outreach.

A look at who is trying to mobilize U.S. Catholic voters for the 2020 presidential election, Part 2: Catholics for Biden, Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, Catholic Democrats and Vote Common Good

A look at who is trying to mobilize U.S. Catholic voters for the 2020 presidential election, Part 1: Catholics for Trump, CatholicVote.org, Susan B. Anthony List and Valor America.

Labor Day "calls us to deepened solidarity with those who have been labeled 'essential workers' but too often treated as expendable when it comes to the profit margin," Bishop John Stowe said at a virtual Labor Day Mass.