Abraham Bonowitz, co-director of Death Penalty Action, speaks during the organization's news conference outside the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., July 13, 2020. Also pictured are Priscilla Hutton,…

Young people wait to go to confession outside St. Anthony's Catholic Church in North Beach, Md., April 1, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. CNS photo/Bob Roller CLEVELAND (CNS) -- Nearly…

A woman in Louisville, Ky., votes during the primary election June 23, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, Reuters. WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The combination of concern over government…

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (CNS) -- A Benedictine priest asked by a death-row prisoner to minister to him prior to his execution has filed an intervention pleading to join a lawsuit…

A man works with a laptop in this 2017 illustration photo. CNS photo/Nguyen Huy Kham, Reuters. WASHINGTON (CNS) -- U.S. Catholic college and university leaders have joined the nation's higher…

A locked fence is seen at St. Mel's Catholic Academy in the Flushing section of the Queens borough of New York July 9, 2020, the day the Diocese of Brooklyn,…

In this 2016 file photo, Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, mother provincial of the Denver-based Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to the media outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington.…

Demonstrators in Washington hold a large cross outside the U.S. Supreme Court July 8, 2020. In a 7-2 ruling July 8, the Supreme Court said the California Catholic schools sued…

Father Augustine Tolton, also known as Augustus, is pictured in an undated photo. Born into slavery in Missouri, he was ordained a priest April 24, 1886, in Rome, and said…

The U.S. Capitol in Washington is seen March 18, 2020. CNS photo/Tom Brenner, Reuters WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Three dozen faith-based organizations, including Catholic Relief Services, have asked Congress to immediately…