As rising costs have placed many Pennsylvanians out of reach of adequate health care, one organization is lending a helping hand by providing services free of charge. Since 2007, the Catholic Charities Free Health Care Center has provided free medical and dental services for thousands

From the Beaver County Times Twenty-six voices echoed the Lord’s Prayer in the gym of the Beaver County Jail as Bishop David Zubik delivered Mass Wednesday night. “I think it’s just so important to put ourselves in the shoes of another person,” Zubik said of visiting the inmates

From Bishop Zubik of the Diocese of Pittsburgh – With my fellow Bishops throughout the United States I urge our representatives in Congress to consider the moral and human consequences of their decisions concerning the most vulnerable among us, especially unemployed workers and

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports, “The right of church-related organizations to keep a clear conscience trumps the federal government’s desire to improve access to contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Thursday in a preliminary decision that could set the tone in a legal figh

The public is invited to join Bishop David Zubik in praying for immigration reform Sunday, Nov. 24, at 3 p.m. at St. Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. “Bishop Zubik will preside at a holy hour to include a rosary for the intention of comprehensive immigr

Speaking on the Catholic Church’s role in the public square, Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik told a group of state legislators and his fellow bishops of Pennsylvania that religious freedom has never been understood in such a restrictive fashion as it is today. “You and I face a highl

A Call for Fair and Realistic Immigration Reform A Statement from Pennsylvania’s Catholic Bishops Most Pennsylvanians have immigrant roots. Each family has a unique story, but so many stories include hard working, faith-filled ancestors who came to America to pursue a dream and

Here is a round up of the Pennsylvania Bishops’ reactions to Pope Francis. Click on the links to read their statements in full. Archbishop Chaput of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia said, ” I first met our new Holy Father at Rome’s 1997 Synod for America, and still ha

The lawsuit filed by the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Inc. and the Catholic Cemeteries Association of Pittsburgh against the Department of Health and Human Services mandate that threatens religious freedom was “dismissed without prejudice” by

Bishop Zubik of the Diocese of Pittsburgh issued a post-election statement. Here is an excerpt: “It has been a distinctly difficult and at times a very harsh campaign. We cannot put aside our serious commitment to the critical issues of our day, particularly the sacredness and d