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December 2011

December 17, 2011

Bishops rebut governor’s account of meeting

It's turned into a he said/they said, with some disagreement about what actually happened at...

December 13, 2011

Bishops to undocumented immigrants: “You are not alone”

The message came in a pastoral letter released yesterday, the feast of Our Lady of...

December 10, 2011

Archbishop urges lapsed Catholics to just leave the Church

While dioceses in the United States are climbing aboard the "Catholics Come Home" bandwagon, at...

December 07, 2011

U.S. bishop heads to Afghanistan for Christmas

And he'll be confirming several U.S. soldiers while he's there, too. Details: Catholic Bishop F. Richard Spencer,...

December 05, 2011

Tweet, tweet: cardinals making themselves heard in digital media

A few of them are savvy about digital media and aren't shy about using it....

December 01, 2011

Detroit may close, consolidate nearly 50 parishes

That's according to recommendations presented to the bishop yesterday. Details: In a sweeping reorganization of...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

Bishop’s decree: stop holding hands

Hot on the heels of the new Roman Missal translation, the Bishop of Covington, Roger...

November 23, 2011

O’Malley’s message to lapsed Catholics: “We miss you, we love you”

"My dear brothers and sisters: please know that we miss you, we love you, and...

November 23, 2011

Update: German bishops to sell company that publishes porn

This caused a sensation when it hit the news a couple weeks ago. Now, something...

November 21, 2011

Cardinal O’Malley on controversial editor: “He has done an extraordinary job…”

The editor who pilots The Pilot -- the newspaper for the Archdiocese of Boston --...

November 21, 2011

Cardinal Law resigns Rome position

One of the most famous -- or infamous -- leaders of the American Catholic Church...

November 20, 2011

“What does an old, celibate, Catholic bishop have to say about marriage?”

If anyone was wondering about that when they attended a recent talk by Bishop R....

November 17, 2011

Bishops call for one date for Easter

The subject comes up periodically, and it was broached again during a meeting in Lebanon...

November 16, 2011

Bishops add two new memorials to U.S. calendar

Details: The U.S. bishops approved adding optional memorials for Blessed Pope John Paul II and...

November 16, 2011

Dolan on Obama meeting: “Extraordinarily friendly”

The head of the USCCB spoke with reporters the other day about his recent meeting...

November 15, 2011

Bishop Finn strikes deal, avoids indictment

Details from the Kansas City Star: Bishop Robert Finn on Tuesday avoided a possible criminal...

November 12, 2011

Three become one: historic merger of seminaries in New York

This ambitious move has been in the works for many months, but yesterday it became...

November 12, 2011

Dolan meets privately with Obama

I had gotten wind of this earlier in the week, but this is the first...

November 12, 2011

Doing a 180: Phoenix reverses communion decision

A surprising change of course, reported in the Arizona Republic: Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of...

November 09, 2011

“Communion under both kinds is…encouraged and is expected to be the norm”

That's the sentiment of Bishop Patrick McGrath of the Diocese of San Jose who, breaking...

November 04, 2011

What’s wrong with the American Church?

Bishop Howard Hubbard of Albany has been writing on the topic, and gotten some feedback...

October 2011

October 23, 2011

"All are welcome" — or are they?

Discussing notions of what is beautiful in liturgy, Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, Wisconsin used...

October 20, 2011

KC update: Bishop Finn not planning to resign

Details: Calls for Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Finn to resign started even before last week,...

October 19, 2011

Meet the new nuncio: Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano

This just in: Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, 70, to be the...

October 17, 2011

Coping in Kansas City: "Obviously, we're not O.K. with this…"

How does a diocese deal with having its bishop indicted? The New York Times visited...

October 14, 2011

Bishop on "Faithful Citizenship": "We felt it was important to keep it intact"

One of the bishops who worked on that landmark document explains why it was not...

October 06, 2011

Bishop Zurek on Fr. Pavone: "I am seeking clarification and answers…"

Bishop Zurek has posted a public statement on the Diocese of Amarillo website. Most important...

October 03, 2011

The hole in the floor: the burial of bishops in cathedrals

With Archbishop Philip Hannan's funeral set for Thursday in New Orleans, the local paper looks...

September 2011

September 29, 2011

Archbishop Philip Hannan dies

Another giant is gone. Details: Philip Matthew Hannan, the archbishop who built an ever-widening network...

September 19, 2011

Local boy makes good: New Hampshire gets a new bishop from Queens

Well, he was born in Queens, anyway. Details: New Hampshire's 300,000 Roman Catholics have a...