The agency's domestic (United States) service shut down on 30 December 2022, but CNS continues to function and provide reports concerning world events and Catholic news.

He was removed in April 2016 after a number of Catholics criticized his posts on Twitter that favored LGBT rights.

[6][7] On 4 May 2022, Catholic News Service announced that it would cease its operations in the United States on 31 December 2022 due to a decision of the USCCB; CNS added that its Rome bureau would continues to operate and "continue to report on Vatican and related international events".

[9] CNS describes itself as the primary source of national and global news that the US Catholic press reports.

[10][11] The documentary service of CNS, Origins, "publishes texts from the Vatican, [P]ope, bishops, Congress, Senate, Supreme Court and church leaders around the world".