According to Vatican News, the official Vatican website, this decision by the Pope 'concludes the Holy See's mediation work among the Syro-Malabars.'

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has confirmed that the Catholic Church will not endorse political candidates for public office, despite a tax code change that has allowed for houses of worship to make such endorsements.

The Catholic Church will continue to allow blessings for same-sex couples — but not recognition for their unions as “marriages” — under Pope Leo XIV, a Vatican official said this week, continuing a precedent set by the late Pope Francis.

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

About six months into the second Trump presidency, Republicans are charting a collision course with the Catholic Church. Stark and growing differences between their views on migrants, the poor, technology,

Although the IRS recently allowed religious organizations to address their faithful about electoral politics, the Church will not speak on specific candidates.

As the so-called One Big, Beautiful Bill made its way toward congressional approval last month, U.S. Catholic bishops signed their names to not one but two letters to senators on the same day, both airing misgivings.

The American Humanist Association, which has a chapter in West Virginia, sued its water authority for awarding a $5 million grant to an Ohio Catholic college.