In the final days of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, it’s a question on the minds of many a political pundit: Will Americans find themselves fixated on the economy, and how will they vote with their wallets and pocketbooks between now and Election Day, Nov. 5?

Catholic voters are among the key constituencies that candidates are seeking to win in 2024, as surveys and analysts indicate they are on track to be closely divided at the polls.

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Mo., has issued a decree prohibiting certain hymns due to theological error or their composition by persons credibly accused of abuse.

The archbishop of Valencia expressed “grave concern” and said Mass for those affected after at least 63 people are feared dead, and many more went missing amid torrential rains that caused massive flooding in southeastern Spain.

Members of a women’s religious community in Arlington, Texas, have been dismissed from the Carmelite order and Catholic religious life, according to Oct. 28 statements from Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth and Mother Marie of the Incarnation, whom a Vatican office appointed as the community’s major superior in April.

The Catholic Church must put more effort into ensuring that the sacrament of confirmation is not the “sacrament of goodbye” for young people, who receive it and then do not come to church again until they want to get married, Pope Francis said.

It’s a fundamental cornerstone of American personal freedom — that, according to the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.” And it’s not just for American citizens — the U.S. Supreme Court […]

Highlighting progress made in safeguarding and recommendations for rectifying ongoing gaps, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors dedicated its first annual report to all victims and survivors of sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church.

The archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico, Archbishop Roberto O. González Nieves, has written an open letter to former President Donald Trump, demanding the Republican presidential nominee personally apologize for racist remarks directed at Puerto Rico and others, that took place at his Oct. 27 rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Father Michal Olszewski, priest of the Polish branch of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, was released from his detention center on bail Oct. 25 after the order paid $90,000.