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It was an all too familiar scene in Starke during the March 20 execution of Eddie James. Two groups trying to make sense of proper punishment of a man who murdered two people — a grandmother and a child.

More than 230 people attended "Signs of the Times: Interdisciplinary Responses to Religious Nationalism" March 20-22 at the University of Notre Dame.

A multistate effort is spitting out legislation and lawsuits aimed at testing the Supreme Court justices’ commitment to Obergefell v. Hodges.

Some clutched rosaries, others took selfies or touched the protective glass in front of the seemingly sleeping young man, who died of leukemia at 15 in 2006 and is generating a devotion that astonishes even Assisi's bishop.

Representatives of Catholic and immigration advocacy organizations, and Washington's new Cardinal Robert McElroy, grappled with the need to send a clear moral message on the dignity of migrants amid the "uncertainty" of the political moment at a recent event in the nation's capital.

The U.S. should not retreat from its vital role in defending and promoting religious freedom around the globe, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom urged in a March 25 event unveiling its 2025 annual report. The cover of the report featured Bishop Rolando Álvarez, a Catholic prelate imprisoned and later exiled by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, whose regime has targeted Catholic and other faith communities who voiced opposition to his dictatorship.

The firings that began in February are taking a significant toll on federal employees' mental health. Workers said they feel overwhelmed, demoralized and anxious, and have obtained or considered seeking psychiatric care.

The Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington hosted a Mass for federal workers. Msgr. W. Ronald Jameson said he planned the Mass because he wanted federal workers to know that hope exists.