Bishops say Advent During Pandemic Can Be a Time to Draw...
By Dennis Sadowski
CLEVELAND (CNS) — The pandemic and new limits on daily activities present a special time for a renewal of faith and the...
In Washington, with New President, Cardinal-Designate Hopes for Dialogue
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As Washington’s new cardinal and with a Catholic soon to be living in the White House, Cardinal-designate Wilton...
Religious Freedom Advocates: Will New Administration Continue Support?
By Kurt Jensen
WASHINGTON (CNS) — One of the most frequently expressed questions during an international religious freedom symposium Nov. 19 was whether the attention...
Virtual Bishops’ Meeting: More Efficient, Less Personal, Some Bishops Found
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a year when most meetings have switched to an online format, the fall assembly of the U.S. bishops...
Pandemic Opens the Way to New Possibilities of Evangelization, Bishops Say
By Dennis Sadowski
CLEVELAND (CNS) — The coronavirus pandemic may have led to debilitating isolation among Catholics, but it has not lessened people’s hunger for...
Working Group Formed to Deal with Conflicts Between Biden Policies, Church...
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit will head up a special working group of the U.S. bishops to address...
Hope Can Overcome the Most Painful Experiences, Msgr. Bransfield Tells USCCB
By Dennis Sadowski
CLEVELAND (CNS) — Suffering, physical or otherwise, “never cancels hope” no matter the circumstances, Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield told the bishops gathered...
Pope Francis Appoints Diocese of Pittsburgh Pastor David Bonnar as Bishop...
Father David Bonnar, pastor of Saint Aidan Parish in Wexford, PA will become the new Bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown. The announcement was...
USCCB President to Bishops: Take Gospel to Troubled People During Pandemic
By Dennis Sadowski
CLEVELAND (CNS) — Admitting that people’s faith in God “has been shaken” by the pandemic and related economic turmoil, Los Angeles Archbishop...
McCarrick Report Called Needed Step Toward Accountability, Transparency
By Dennis Sadowski
CLEVELAND (CNS) — Prelates in the archdioceses and the diocese where Theodore McCarrick worked during his rise through the church’s hierarchical structure...
