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WASHINGTON—Five committee chairmen of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) wrote a letter to members of Congress opposing the recent reintroduction of the Equality Act (H.R. 5), which is scheduled to be voted on by the U.S. House of Representatives this week.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Even with many recent hopeful signs on vaccinations and the reduction in the number of COVID-19 cases, there is no date certain at which the coronavirus pandemic will be declared over.

CHICAGO (CNS) — Catholic Extension has joined the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations to engage youth around the globe in raising awareness of religious freedom and cultivating interreligious respect through a campaign called #forSafeWorship.

The following priests have been added to list of priests with substantiated allegations of abuse of a minor while serving in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. All three cases came before the Archdiocesan Review Board, which recommended to Archbishop Coakley that these three be added to the priest abuse list as having substantiated allegations of sexual abuse of a minor.

As we move into the second year of the COVID pandemic with vaccinations underway, the guidelines for Mass, receptions and parish gatherings will begin to transition back to a more normal situation. Below are updated guidelines effective March 1.

On March 6, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City will host a Facebook Live event to raise money in place of their annual gala fundraiser.

The Stations of the Cross in the form most American Catholics know best are of comparatively recent vintage in Church terms, dating back to the year the U.S. Constitution was ratified. However, their history goes back well before that, to the days when pilgrims were first openly able to go to Jerusalem and walk in the footsteps of Jesus on Good Friday.

Just a few weeks after the opening of the Cherokee Strip in September of 1893, the new village of Perry welcomed a Belgian missionary priest, Father A.G. Borremans. Father Borremans was sent by Father Felix De Grasse, the pastor of Guthrie to whom he had been assigned. Speaking little to no English, the first Mass offered in Perry took place in the rear of a grocery store owned by Conrad Lindeman and thus the Catholic community in Perry began.

Mount Saint Mary Catholic High School in Oklahoma City has earned the College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP computer science principles. Schools honored with the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have expanded girls’ access in AP computer science courses.

Mount Saint Mary Catholic High School in Oklahoma City hosted their premier annual event, Magic at The Mount, online.

“Tolkien's Modern Reading: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle Ages” by Holly Ordway, is the first book published by Word on Fire Academic. The new arm of Word on Fire ministries (well-known from its association with Bishop Robert Barron) aims to publish books that raise the level of discussion within the New Evangelization to provide an outlet for scholars. This first book does not disappoint.

Monsignor Kevin Irwin is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, former dean of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America.

One of the most frequent questions I get about Hispanic Catholics is about the position of Hispanics on pro-life issues. Specifically, they ask me why Hispanics, if they claim to be pro-life, do not mostly support pro-life candidates when it comes to elections.

During “serious illness conversations,” some doctors will ply their patients with this question: “What is your minimally acceptable quality of life?”

Thirty years ago, on Jan. 22, 1991, Saint John Paul II’s eighth encyclical, “Redemptoris Missio” (The Mission of the Redeemer), was published. In a pontificate so rich in ideas that its teaching has only begun to be digested, “Redemptoris Missio” stands out as a blueprint for the Catholic future.

EASTON, Mass. (CNS) – "Try Prayer! It Works!" – an annual contest sponsored by Family Rosary – is now accepting entries from children in kindergarten through 12th grade who are enrolled in a Catholic school, religious education program, parish or other organizations, including home school.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Christians must never engage in dialogue with the devil, but instead must fight against temptations with the same spiritual weapons Jesus used in the desert, Pope Francis said.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Lent is a time to reconsider the path one is taking in life and to finally answer God’s invitation to return to him with one’s whole heart, Pope Francis said.

I was in the town of Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. With a backdrop of two volcanic mountains and facing one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, it was a picturesque place. It was also where, in 1981, Father Stanley Rother became the first American citizen to be martyred.

For the past 28 years, Rose Day has united pro-life men and women from across religious and cultural boundaries in their passion for defending the lives of the unborn.