Church in the US Archives

Latest Pew survey a case of good-news, bad-news for American religious leaders

Sep 19, 2019

Results from the latest Pew Research survey on how much trust Americans have in those holding positions of power and responsibility offer both good and bad news for religious leaders, particularly those of the Christian faith.

By Elise Harris

A closer look at the Vatican’s would-be whistleblower

Sep 19, 2018

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vignao, the former Vatican ambassador to the United States who has accused Pope Francis of covering up for ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and called for his resignation, has a track record of controversey and attempted whistleblowing.

By Elise Harris

Bishop Bransfield dedicates altar at renovated West Virginia basilica

Dec 31, 2017

Bishop Michael J. Bransfield dedicated a new altar and blessed the renovated sanctuary at the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Charleston as he welcomed hundreds of people to what he called a “wonderful house of God.”

By Colleen Rowan

African-born clergy, religious ministering in U.S. gather in New Orleans

Aug 1, 2017

In the spirit of a Church that pushes evermore toward the peripheries, the 18th annual convention of the African Conference of Catholic Clergy and Religious in the United States met to address the upcoming concerns and hopes for the growing demographic.

By Catholic News Service

Bishops among first signatories to pledge to end to death penalty

May 11, 2017

U.S. Catholic bishops were among the first to sign the National Catholic Pledge to End the Death Penalty insisting that Christians and all people of good faith should stand against the death penalty and advocate for more humane conditions in prison.

By Mark Pattison

U.S. ‘Encuentro’ events plan on bridging the gap with Latinos

Mar 27, 2017

With the Latino Catholic population on the rise, the Church in the United States has launched a series of meetings that will take place over the next four years aimed at getting to know Latinos and producing more involvement in the church of its second largest and fastest growing community.

By Rhina Guidos