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February 2014

February 19, 2014

Japanese bishops respond to Vatican survey, saying Church “often falls short”

From NCR: Japan's bishops have publicly responded to a Vatican survey of global Catholics' views...

February 17, 2014

New York bishops release pastoral letter on mental illness

From Zenit: The bishops of New York State have published a pastoral letter regarding people...

February 17, 2014

Newark’s archbishop building large addition to his retirement home

photo: Mark Mueller/The Star-Ledger From The Newark Star-Ledger: The 4,500-square-foot home sits on 8.2 wooded...

February 16, 2014

Catholic group petitions pope to discipline Kansas City’s Bishop Finn

Details: A group of Roman Catholics based in Kansas City has taken the rare step...

February 12, 2014

Wheel faith: Miami bikers raise funds for Catholic charity

Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski sports his custom riding vest - a gift from the Florida...

February 11, 2014

Brooklyn’s Msgr. Edward Scharfenberger named bishop of Albany

And there's news this morning for Rockville Centre, too... This just in: Ed Scharfenberger is...

February 09, 2014

O’Malley on Francis: “I don’t see the pope changing doctrine…”

Photo: Essdras M. Suarez / Boston Globe From The Boston Globe: Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley...

February 08, 2014

American bishop on contraception: “That train left the station long ago”

The German bishops have weighed in on their survey results for the upcoming synod, and...

February 08, 2014

“This is going to be the most important decision by Pope Francis for the U.S. church…”

From The Wall Street Journal: The biting winter in Chicago has been especially cold for...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

German cardinal under fire for comment about Muslims

Details: Archbishop Joachim Meisner of Cologne, a German cardinal of the Catholic Church, landed in...

January 21, 2014

Adorable: pope blesses lambs

A tradition continues. Watch below, courtesy Rome Reports: A couple years ago, CNS described some...

January 20, 2014

Cardinal O’Malley: “Baptism is one of the elements of our faith that we share in common…”

The cardinal describes last week's ecumenical service in Boston on his blog: The celebration was...

January 18, 2014

O’Malley and the minister: a shot that shocked—UPDATED

This picture has been around the world a few times now—and it's continuing to spark...

January 14, 2014

Thomas Aquinas on correcting bishops

Some insightful and important words from Diane over at Te Deum laudamas: If all of...

January 14, 2014

Dolan meets with new mayor, vows to work with him to bring Pope Francis to NYC

Details: Mayor Bill de Blasio and Cardinal Timothy Dolan today met for the first time...

January 04, 2014

Archbishop Chaput writes: “I understand and accept the anger felt by many of our people and priests…”

The text of a letter issued yesterday to the clergy and faithful by Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput:...

December 2013

December 17, 2013

BREAKING: Archbishop Nienstedt steps aside from public ministry after allegation

The announcement from the Archdiocese: The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis today announced...

December 16, 2013

Curia shakeup: Burke out, Wuerl in

From David Gibson: After last month’s annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops,...

December 04, 2013

Dutch bishops give bleak report to Pope Francis

Details: Dutch bishops visiting Rome this week have given Pope Francis a dramatic snapshot of...

December 03, 2013

Michigan woman sues U.S. Catholic bishops over medical treatment of miscarriage

I've never heard of a case quite like this. From The Chicago Tribune: A Michigan...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Dolan: Catholic Church “out-marketed” and “caricatured” as anti-gay

Details: A top Roman Catholic cardinal says he regrets that the church is portrayed as...

November 15, 2013

Bishop to perform “exorcism” over gay marriage law

From The Chicago Tribune: Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield said...

November 13, 2013

Kurtz speaks

Check out this video here, from Catholic News Service. The freshly elected president of the...

November 12, 2013

On Archbishop Kurtz: “He’s very deacon-friendly”

Hearing the news this morning about the election of Louisville's Archbishop Joseph Kurtz as USCCB...

November 12, 2013

BREAKING: Bishops elect Kurtz and DiNardo

Details: U.S. Catholic bishops on Tuesday elected Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, as president...

November 11, 2013

At annual meeting in Baltimore, bishops invited to Catholic Worker dinner for peace

Details, from the National Catholic Reporter: Tomas Murray, a member of a Catholic Worker community...

November 11, 2013

The pope’s new BFF?

From Amy Sullivan in the National Journal: Stephen Colbert may be—as he bragged in character...

November 06, 2013

Archbishop: Boring sermons are “unfair to God, unfair to the people”

When was the last time you heard an archbishop discuss preaching this way: Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates...

November 05, 2013

Vatican releases full text of document and survey questions for 2014 Synod of Bishops on the Family

From News.va: The preparatory document for next year’s Synod of Bishops on the Family was...

October 2013

October 27, 2013

Cardinal: “The ‘Italianation’ of the church has always been tied to power”

Photo: Kye R. Lee/Dallas Morning News A member of the "Super 8" cardinals takes...