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The Vatican announced Sept. 15, 2026, that Pope Leo XIV appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael A. Saporito of Newark, N.J., as the new bishop of Metuchen, N.J. Bishop Saporito, 64, pictured in an undated photo, succeeds Metuchen's former Bishop James F. Checchio, whom Pope Leo named archbishop of New Orleans last year. (OSV News photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Metuchen)

Newark auxiliary Bishop Saporito tapped to lead Diocese of Metuchen, NJ

Courtney Mares|Sep 15, 2026|2 Min Read

A U.S. flag flutters outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington March 14, 2026. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled April 29 that a group of faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey can challenge in federal court an investigation by that state's attorney general alleging they misled people about their services and seeking information about their donors. (OSV News photo/Will Dunham, Reuters)

Supreme Court rules New Jersey pregnancy centers can challenge state probe in federal court

Kate Scanlon|Apr 29, 2026|3 Min Read

Coadjutor Bishop Joseph A. Williams of Camden, N.J., is pictured in an undated file photo. Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan of Camden, 80, and Bishop Williams, 50, immediately succeeds him as the ninth bishop of the diocese. The changes were publicized in Washington March 17, 2025, by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Camden)

Bishop Sullivan of Camden, NJ, retires, is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Williams

OSV News|Mar 17, 2025|3 Min Read

Transgender

Maryland, New Jersey cases on public schools' trans student policy, parental rights get day in court

Kate Scanlon|Aug 21, 2023|4 Min Read

Catholic School

New Jersey court rules Catholic school can require teachers to follow Catholic teaching

Peter Pinedo|Aug 15, 2023|3 Min Read

Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan of Camden, N.J., is seen in this 2017 file photo. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Diocese of Camden to pay out $87.5 million for sexual abuse claims

Catholic News Agency|Apr 20, 2022|2 Min Read

Pro-life advocates are seen near the U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 1, 2021, the day justices heard oral arguments in a case about a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of gestation. (Tyler Orsburn/CNS)

New Jersey bishops lament ‘inhuman and lethal’ abortion law

John Lavenburg|Jan 13, 2022|3 Min Read

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New Jersey lawmakers pass last-minute expansion of abortion access

Jonah McKeown|Jan 10, 2022|2 Min Read

Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick arrives at Massachusetts' Dedham District Courthouse for his arraignment, Sept. 3, 2021. (Andrew Bukuras/CNA)

Theodore McCarrick faces new sex abuse lawsuit in New Jersey

Christine Rousselle and Matt Hadro|Sep 16, 2021|6 Min Read

Bishop Edward T. Hughes, who served as the bishop of Metuchen, N.J., from 1987-1997, is pictured in an undated official photo. Bishop Hughes was one of four U.S. bishops who in 2000 replied to the Vatican's apostolic nuncio about former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick. Bishop Hughes died in 2012. (CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of Metuchen)

N.J. bishops' letters helped pave way for McCarrick, led to lack of trust

Barb Fraze|Nov 12, 2020|5 Min Read

The Camden Diocesan Center in downtown Camden, New Jersey. (Wikimedia Commons)

Majority of Camden diocese abuse claims left unprocessed amid bankruptcy filing

Catholic News Agency|Oct 5, 2020|2 Min Read

Retired Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, N.J., is seen in this undated photo. He died Sept. 24, 2020, at age 79. He headed the Newark Archdiocese from 2001 to 2016. (CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Newark)

Archbishop John Myers, 79, helped calm N.J. Catholics after 9/11 attacks

Catholic News Service|Sep 24, 2020|5 Min Read

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