Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, is warning that U.S. and Israeli bombings against Iran — and Tehran’s ensuing military response — could trigger a global spiral of violence with unpredictable consequences. In an interview with Vatican News, the Holy See’s official news outlet, on March 4, Parolin lamented what he described as…

U.S. Vice President JD Vance this week admitted that he could have spoken “more carefully” when he suggested that American bishops were more concerned with finances than immigrants amid budget cuts in 2025. Speaking on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” in January 2025, Vance had suggested that the bishops who were objecting to aggressive immigration…

The Citizens’ Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion in El Salvador announced its legal dissolution, stating that its work is “no longer compatible” with the country’s current legislation for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The decision has been met with caution among pro-life advocates in El Salvador. In a Feb. 23 statement, the abortion advocacy group stated…

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to protect birthright citizenship, warning that abandoning the long-standing practice would be “immoral.” On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to prevent children from automatically receiving United States citizenship at birth if their parents entered the…

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha on March 4 released a long-awaited report on child abuse in the Diocese of Providence, one that the diocese says reveals little new and is meant to function instead as a political document. The investigation, which began in 2019 and culminated in January when Neronha announced its completion, reveals…

The Pew Research Center released a report examining religious groups’ levels of education in the United States. The report “Which U.S. religious groups are most highly educated?” found that 35% of U.S. Catholics have received a bachelor’s degree or higher education. The report was based on Pew’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS). The RLS is…

The General Secretariat of the Synod has published a preliminary report urging that women’s “views and assessments” be given due weight in the discernment of candidates for priesthood and warning against seminary models that separate future priests from the ordinary life of the people of God. The text gathers conclusions from a synod study group…

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is urging the State Department to add Turkey to its “Special Watch List” due to “severe violations of religious freedom.” The Feb. 26 recommendation, which USCIRF also made in 2025, follows moves by the European Parliament and European Court of Human Rights in the past month to…

The International Theological Commission has released a new document arguing that “the life of the human being is vocation,” while warning that unprecedented scientific and technological developments must be matched by a corresponding growth in responsibility so that progress is directed toward the good of the person. The text, titled “Quo vadis, humanitas? Thinking Christian…