Retired Oklahoma Catholic bishop Edward Slattery dies at 84
Edmond, Oklahoma, US AP Edward J Slattery, a retired Catholic bishop who apologised for reinstating a priest who later admitted to sexually abusing an Oklahoma boy, has died, the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma said Saturday. He was 84. Slattery died at his home in the Tulsa area late Friday following “a series of […]
US Catholics: Catholics pray for unity as the National Eucharistic Congress underway
ALEJA HERTZLER-MCCAIN, of Religion News Service, reports from the mass gathering of Catholics in Indianapolis…
Eucharist celebration: On heartland roads, and a riverboat, devout Catholics press on with two-month nationwide pilgrimage
PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, reports on the progress of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in the US…
US Catholic bishops’ conference announces major layoffs to department focused on social justice
United States RNS Less than two weeks after many US bishops made a strong show of support for the conference’s domestic anti-poverty initiative, staff members from that initiative and others were laid off on Monday as part of a restructuring of the wing of the conference that supports Catholic social teaching. Chieko Noguchi, the spokesperson […]
Ruing past boarding-school abuses, US Catholic bishops consider new outreach to Native Americans
Louisville, Kentucky, US AP US bishops want to assure Native Catholics that they don’t need to feel torn between their Native identity and their Catholic one. “You do not have to be one or the other. You are both. Your cultural embodiment of the faith is a gift to the Church,” according to a draft […]
Essay: US bishops’ report on the Synod on Synodality enumerates tensions but finds hope
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE says there was tension over adaptability and innovation in how the church evangelises and welcomes people…
Sight-Seeing: Three Catholic bishops and a nun walk into the White House. Here’s why it’s no joke.
US Catholic Archbishop JOHN C WESTER, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says we commit grave harm against ourselves through environmental destruction and we go against God’s plan for us…
US Catholic leaders, urging ceasefire, call on Biden to halt weapons shipments to Israel
United States RNS More than 200 US Catholic leaders, including a cardinal, an archbishop and numerous nuns, have put their names on a letter urging President Joe Biden to push for a ceasefire in Gaza, secure the release of Israeli hostages and halt the shipment of weapons to Israel. “We call on President Biden, a […]
Thomas Gumbleton, Detroit Catholic bishop who opposed war and promoted social justice, dies at 94
Detroit, US AP Thomas Gumbleton, a Catholic bishop in Detroit who for decades was an international voice against war and racism and an advocate for labour and social justice, died Thursday. He was 94. Gumbleton’s death was announced by the Archdiocese of Detroit, where he was a clergyman for more than 50 years. A cause […]
US Catholic bishops meet; leaders call for unity and peace amid internal strife and global conflict
Baltimore, US AP Catholic leaders called for peace in a war-torn world and unity amid strife within their own clerical ranks on Tuesday, as US bishops gathered in Baltimore for their annual fall meeting. The meeting came soon after two actions by Pope Francis that illustrated the divisive challenges facing the Catholic Church – removing […]