United States of America

America’s bishops and the birthright blind spot

By framing birthright citizenship as a matter of dignity alone, the USCCB sidesteps deeper questions about law, responsibility and the common good
Jacqueline O'Hara

US bishops warn of ‘tragedy of immense proportions’ as Middle East conflict escalates

Archbishop Paul Coakley, president of the USCCB, has urged diplomacy and prayer after coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran
The Catholic Herald

Dolan speaks on refugee funding disagreement with Vance

Cardinal Timothy Dolan has said US Vice President JD Vance apologised after suggesting Catholic bishops supported immigration for financial gain, describing the claim as “not only untrue – it was scurrilous”
The Catholic Herald

The emperor’s new clothes: Americans turn against transgender ideology

New polling suggests a marked shift in American attitudes to gender ideology, including among Democrat voters
Jacqueline O'Hara

Bishop Barron praises Marco Rubio’s Munich speech

The Word on Fire founder said the Secretary of State’s Munich Security Conference address rightly emphasised the shared Christian culture uniting Europe and America
Thomas Edwards

‘The mystic chords of memory’ in a divided America

Civil War rhetoric is returning to American politics, but without a Lincoln to summon the better angels of our nature
Ken Craycraft