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February 2012

February 29, 2012

The USCCB on communion: “We should be cautious when making judgments…”

Someone reminded me of this document, put out by the USCCB in 2006, which states:...

February 28, 2012

Nevermind: priest who lost job over Mass language retracts resignation

The saga in Belleville continues: The Rev. William Rowe may not always go by the...

February 21, 2012

For only the second time, the son of a deacon becomes a bishop

Whispers has the scoop on Bishop-elect George Sheltz: His father a permanent deacon, according to...

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 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...

November 2011

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...

October 2011

October 17, 2011

Never try to hide from the deacons…

...they'll find you every time. Saw this on a friend's FB page.

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...

September 2011

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...

September 18, 2011

Schonborn on protesting priests: "I'm not ready for schism"

Austrian priests who have issued a "Call to Disobedience" have gotten an answer, and it...

September 08, 2011

"Faithful Citizenship"? What's that?

With another presidential election year looming, a new poll suggests most Catholics are unaware that...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

Bishops: "An economy that cannot provide employment…is broken"

The United States bishops yesterday released their annual statement for Labor Day: “This Labor Day,...

July 2011

July 28, 2011

Bishops to Congress: protect "the least of these"

As Washington confronts a potential economic catastrophe, two bishops sought to keep attention on those...

July 20, 2011

"Incandescent with rage": priest close to pope calls for mass resignation of Irish bishops

This should have a lot of people sitting up and taking notice. From the Catholic...

July 10, 2011

The accountant who became a bishop

The Cincinnati Enquirer (via USA TODAY) has an interesting look at Ohio's new auxiliary, and...

June 2011

June 15, 2011

Bishops ready document on preaching for next year

Interesting development from the USCCB confab in Seattle: Following a lively debate on the first...

June 06, 2011

"Clearly, we have to do more…"

"We are assessing what went wrong and applying our analysis as we move forward. This...

April 2011

April 19, 2011

Meet the man who will be America's youngest bishop

He will be ordained an auxiliary bishop for Detroit next month. Details, from the Detroit...

April 14, 2011

Former Belgian bishop on his abuse: "a little piece of intimacy"

The mind boggles. Why is this man still a priest? From the Associated Press: A...

April 14, 2011

Quote of the day

“The moral measure of this budget debate is not which party wins or which powerful...

April 13, 2011

Fun fact to share at Friday's fish fry: half of our bishops are Benedict's

From the USCCB: This month brings the sixth anniversary of the pope's election -- a...

April 10, 2011

A mitre in the marathon: meet the bishop who's also a runner

St. Paul famously compared his faith to a race. Well, here's a disciple who takes...

April 01, 2011

"Married clergy is not why we have so many young priests…"

The Eastern church's new young archbishop sat down for a chat with CNS this week....