Supreme Court justices rule that for-profit, "closely held" companies don't have to comply with the Department of Health and Human Services' contraception mandate.

  

  

The justices' 5-4 ruling gives reason for optimism in other cases, including for nonprofits like the Little Sisters of the Poor.

  

  

Ahead of October's extraordinary Synod on the Family, Archbishop Thomas Collins outlines the family challenges facing the Church.

  

  

As 'the Francis effect' prompts more people to inquire about the Church and its beliefs, are you ready to respond?

  

  

The instrumentum laboris sets the agenda for October's meeting of bishops on the pastoral needs of the family.

  

  

Participating in the sacrament of reconciliation is a first step in going beyond being just a "good person."

  

  

While this was an important victory for religious liberty, we must not relax our resolve, for the struggle is far from over.

  

  

  

-- Bishop James Conley, of Lincoln, Nebraska, during a June 27 prayer service for religious liberty.

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