Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

The Deacon's Bench

Home
Catholic
Religion News

Bishops

Select a Category "Mad Men" 9/11 advent All Things New Amazing video amazing videos amazon america Anglicans Anti-Catholicism art ascension thursday ash wednesday Atheists baltimore Bible Bishops Blogging bonnie engstrom Books bridgeport Brooklyn Chaplains children christian art christmas Church Churches CNEWA Converts criticism Deacons Death Penalty easter eastern christian Eastern Christians Ecumenism education Education Eucharist Europe euthanasia Evangelization Exorcism Family Feasts Gay rights Good Friday Great links Great Moments in Journalism Hanging with the saints heather renshaw Hispanic Catholics Hispanics History homelies Homilies Humor Hymn of the Week Immigration indianapolis Inspiration Interfaith news ireland Jesus Jews Journalism Judaism lent Liturgy logos Marriage Mary Media Medical news Mental health Middle East Monks Movies Music Muslims My world and welcome to it New Evangelization new york News Nuns Parenting Parish life peoria Persecution politics Politics Pope pope francis pope john paul Prayer Preaching Priests Pro-life Quote of the day radio rebecca frech ripp Ripped from the headlines rippred from the headlines Sacraments saints Scripture sex abuse Sex abuse crisis SEX ABUSE CRISIS TAGGED WITH: SEX ABUSE CRISIS The people in the pews the visitation project theatre This & that Thomas Merton Trappists TV Uncategorized uncategorized Vatican VATICAN vocation Vocations Voices & Views Women Worth a thousand words Writing Year of Faith year of mercy young people

Select a Month December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010

September 2018

September 17, 2018

Cardinal: ‘We need more women in the training of priests’

From AFP: Women should play a greater role in the training of priests to fight...

September 16, 2018

‘The country’s bishops need a new board, filled with people who eat thumb tacks for breakfast’

That's the assessment of former Governor Frank Keating, who chaired the first National Review Board...

September 15, 2018

A bishop’s act of contrition and humility — UPDATED

Photographer Michael Mickle captured this image and ones below, as Richmond's Bishop Barry Knestout took...

September 14, 2018

Cardinal Dolan adds St. Michael’s Prayer to Masses

The move appears to be for just nine days, but it's part of a significant...

September 13, 2018

Cardinal Wuerl writes: ‘The archdiocese would be well served by new leadership’

He posted this on his blog today: For my shortcomings of the past and of...

September 13, 2018

Bishop Bransfield resigns, Pope Francis orders investigation into allegations of sexual harassment

From The Washington Post: Pope Francis has ordered an investigation of Bishop Michael J. Bransfield...

September 12, 2018

Bombshell: German media reports on study citing thousands of abuse cases over decades

From Reuters: Roman Catholic clerics in Germany sexually abused thousands of children over a 70-year...

September 11, 2018

Wuerl tells priests he will meet with Pope Francis to discuss his resignation

From CNA: The Archbishop of Washington told priests Tuesday that he intends to meet with...

September 11, 2018

Gänswein on the abuse crisis: ‘The Catholic Church looks full of bewilderment at its own 9/11’

Details: The crisis of sexual abuse is “the Catholic Church’s September 11”. This was said by...

September 10, 2018

Cupich to seminarians: ‘We have a bigger agenda than to be distracted by’ sex abuse crisis

The Chicago Sun-Times reports: The young man studying at Mundelein Seminary to become a Catholic...

September 07, 2018

Confirmed: allegations about McCarrick were known by the Vatican in 2000

From CNS: A top official from the Vatican Secretariat of State acknowledged allegations made by...

September 06, 2018

Bishop: ‘We have to do what is right, even if it is not easy’

The following statement was released today by Albany Bishop Ed Scharfenberger: My Dear Brothers and...

September 06, 2018

‘Open your files’: Nebraska attorney general seeks abuse records from three dioceses

From The Omaha World-Herald: Open your files. This is the directive the Nebraska Attorney General’s...

September 04, 2018

Confirmed: Wuerl met with Pope Francis Thursday — UPDATED

From CNN: Pope Francis met with embattled Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington last Thursday in...

September 02, 2018

Bishop calls on his priests to make public restatement of promises

A powerful gesture, from Albany's Bishop Edward Scharfenberger: In a letter issued on Aug. 31,...

August 2018

August 31, 2018

Cardinal Wuerl to his priests: ‘I now ask myself what is the way I can best serve this Church that I, too, much love’

The embattled cardinal archbishop of Washington sent the following letter to his priests, which was...

August 31, 2018

Canadian archbishop: ‘The Church is not this, OK! The Church is not the sum of our faults.’

From Canada's The Catholic Register newspaper: Even as he faces another sex abuse case in...

August 30, 2018

Seminarians served as assistants to McCarrick after retirement

From CNA: The Archdiocese of Washington has confirmed that seminarians were permitted to serve as...

August 30, 2018

‘Love requires sacrifice. There are those among you who know the truth. Tell it now.’

Elizabeth Bruenig of The Washington Post describes her efforts to interview former Cardinal McCarrick—and says...

August 28, 2018

Carlo Maria Viganò: ‘The man who took on the pope’

That's how The New York Times describes Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò in a new report out...

August 28, 2018

Report: Gänswein denies that Pope Benedict confirmed Viganò’s allegations

The source is a German newspaper. Translation is below. Details: Archbishop Georg Gänswein, private secretary...

August 28, 2018

Tobin on Viganò: ‘I do think it’s about limiting the days of this pope…neutering his voice’

The New York Times has reaction to the recent bombshell—and some of the backstory behind...

August 27, 2018

Bishop: ‘I commit myself to a full day and night of public penance…’

This is something exceptional, from my longtime Facebook friend Bishop Robert Reed in Boston, a...

August 26, 2018

U.S. bishop: ‘They are still allegations but as your shepherd I find them to be credible’

Hours after the story broke, we now have the first significant episcopal response to the...

August 24, 2018

Buffalo public officials, Catholic radio station, deacon join call for bishop to resign

The calls for the bishop's resignation come in the wake of an investigation by TV...

August 23, 2018

Two Pennsylvania colleges will remove bishops’ names from buildings

First, there was this announcement from the University of Scranton: Dear Members of the University...

August 20, 2018

Sign of rage: Name defaced at Cardinal Wuerl High School in Pennsylvania

Details: As pressure grows to have Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s name removed from North Catholic High...

August 19, 2018

’This morning at Mass, I witnessed something I have never seen…’

This account appeared on Twitter Sunday, written by Catholic theologian Dr. Susan Reynolds. It’s quickly...

August 16, 2018

USCCB: ‘This is a moral catastrophe’

The latest, from the USCCB: Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, President of the United...

August 09, 2018

Bishop Barron speaks out on the ‘McCarrick Mess’

The American Church's most visible evangelist, Bishop Robert Barron, weighs in: Permit me to say...