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February 2019

February 25, 2019

This Bishop Gets It: ‘Our Moral Credibility Has Been Shot to Pieces’

From the BBC's Martin Bashir, check out this brief but potent interview with the Archbishop...

February 23, 2019

Wow: A Journalist Tells Bishops to Clean Up Their Act or ‘We Journalists Will Be Your Worst Enemies’

The Catholic Herald dubbed this the one speech from the abuse summit you should read,...

January 2019

January 25, 2019

Portland archbishop issues pastoral letter on sacred music, mandating more Gregorian chant, Latin

This popped up on the archdiocesan website this morning: "Sing to the Lord a New...

January 16, 2019

Vatican releases details of February abuse meeting

From Vatican Media: The Director ad interim of the Holy See Press Office, Alessandro Gisotti, on Wednesday...

January 03, 2019

Germany’s Cardinal Marx: ‘Further adaptations of church teachings are required’

Details from CNS: German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising called for change in...

December 2018

December 20, 2018

For 13 years, they knew: why are we only hearing the story of this L.A. bishop now?

The Los Angeles Times has the details: The Archdiocese of Los Angeles knew for at...

December 20, 2018

Bombshell: Illinois AG says Catholic Church failed to disclose hundreds of abuse allegations against priests

Via The New York Times: The Catholic Church in Illinois withheld the names of at...

November 2018

November 25, 2018

Madison’s Bishop Robert Morlino has died

The official release from the diocese: The Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison,...

November 17, 2018

Must read: Bishop writes of ‘cowards,’ ‘episcopal arrogance,’ ‘insular’ hierarchy, need for lay involvement

From the superlative Bishop Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, writing to his flock after the...

October 2018

October 31, 2018

New York bishop accused of sex abuse

Cardinal Timothy Dolan made the announcement this morning: Dear Member of the Family of the...

October 30, 2018

Is the Vatican getting ready to censor Catholic sites online? — UPDATED

One passage in the final document of the recently-completed Synod of Bishops is raising eyebrows: ...

October 23, 2018

U.S. bishops to gather for retreat in Chicago in January

From the USCCB website: At the invitation of Pope Francis, the Bishops of the United...

October 23, 2018

At the Synod: ‘The impression that the Church is ultimately a male Church must be overcome…’

From Reuters: They want to vote in major policy meetings. They want Pope Francis to...

October 22, 2018

Eastern prelate on married priests: ‘To remove celibacy will not resolve the problem’

From Crux: So far there really haven’t been any great political battles during this month’s...

October 15, 2018

What’s the best/worst thing the Catholic Church has done? Listen to what youth in Rome have to say

This is worth your time, via Word on Fire. If bishops aren't listening to voices...

October 14, 2018

‘Rather than listening, too many in our world have perfected the art of being deaf…’

From Bridgeport's Bishop Frank Caggiano, writing on Facebook yesterday. He is taking part in the...

October 12, 2018

Cardinal Wuerl’s letter to the faithful: ‘In sorrow for my failures…’

He posted this today on the archdiocesan website: Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Archdiocese...

October 11, 2018

Bishop at Synod: Some married men would answer the call to the priesthood

Some, of course, are already answering the call. The story, from CNS: Speaking to the...

October 10, 2018

Could a Buffalo TV reporter bring down a bishop?

Maybe. Here's a remarkable example of investigative journalism having an impact: Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley...

October 09, 2018

The Synod, the crisis, and a question: What about deacons?

Over the summer, as the news broke about the Grand Jury report from Pennsylvania and...

October 03, 2018

Abuse victim sues 11 California dioceses, seeking just one thing: the truth

From The Los Angeles Times: Earlier this year, Ventura County resident Tom Emens called a...

September 2018

September 21, 2018

Archbishop to priests: ‘Our people still believe in God, but they don’t believe in us’

From the homily delivered by Miami's Archbishop Thomas Wenski at the opening of the convocation...

September 20, 2018

Auxiliary bishop voluntarily withdraws from public ministry ‘for what I failed to do’

Details: The Catholic Diocese of Green Bay has approved a request by retired auxiliary Bishop...

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

BREAKING: Pope calls world-wide meeting of bishops on abuse crisis

Details, from CNA: Pope Francis has called for all the presidents of the Catholic bishops’...