Baltimore to pay $US275,000 in legal fees after trying to block far-right Catholic group’s 2021 rally
United States AP The city of Baltimore has agreed to pay $US275,000 toward the legal fees of a far-right Catholic media group to settle a lawsuit over the city’s unsuccessful attempt to block a rally in 2021. The agreement with St Michael’s Media, the parent firm of the Church Militant website, comes even as the […]
US Catholic bishops meet; leaders call for unity and peace amid internal strife and global conflict
Baltimore, USAP Catholic leaders called for peace in a war-torn world and unity amid strife within their own clerical ranks on Tuesday, as US bishops gathered in Baltimore for their annual fall meeting. The meeting came soon after two actions by Pope Francis that illustrated the divisive challenges facing the Catholic Church – removing one […]
‘Laudato Deum’: Environmental faith groups laud Pope Francis’ new climate exhortation
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports from the US on responses to Pope Francis’ new environmental encyclical…
Essay: The secret synod
US Catholic commentator PHYLLIS ZAGANO, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says too many US Catholics don’t know about the global discussion of the church’s future…
Catholic Church: Ideological rifts among US bishops are in the spotlight ahead of momentous Vatican meeting
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on divisions among US Catholics ahead of next month’s unprecedented synod…
US Catholic Bishop Strickland subject to Vatican investigation
United StatesRNS The Vatican subjected the Catholic Diocese of Tyler, Texas, to an apostolic visitation last week, a rare disciplinary investigation by the Holy See into the diocese overseen by Bishop Joseph E Strickland, a controversial firebrand conservative cleric who has publicly criticised Pope Francis. A representative for the diocese confirmed reports of the visitation […]
US Catholic bishops begin process that could ban gender-affirming care in Catholic hospitals
Orlando, Florida, US RNS The US Conference of Catholic Bishops voted on Friday to amend its directives for US Catholic healthcare organisations, setting in motion a process that could bar Catholic hospitals and other church-affiliated institutions from providing gender-affirming treatment to transgender people. The vote occurred during the USCCB’s spring meeting in Orlando. It passed […]
US Catholic bishops’ president calls for better border management, continued care for immigrants
Orlando, Florida, USAP The leader of US Catholic bishops weighed in on ongoing immigration issues Thursday, calling for effective border management while emphasising the church’s need to help migrants – and questioning political leaders who are transporting them to faraway states. “We strive to encourage those well-intentioned lawmakers who are seeking to enact effective and […]
Essay: What should the US Catholic bishops talk about at their meeting in Florida?
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says topics foremost in the public’s mind are not on the agenda at the bishop’s meeting in Orlando…
US Catholic bishops worry about abortion views in the pews
Baltimore, US AP Even as they signalled a continued hardline stance on opposing abortion and same-sex marriage, the nation’s Catholic bishops acknowledged on Wednesday that they’re struggling to reach a key audience: their own flock. The members of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops rounded out their leadership bench during the last day of public sessions of their fall annual […]