Essay: Entering Jubilee 2025 with hope for our common home
Bishop JOSEPH J TYSON, of the US Catholic Diocese of Yakima, says when we are tempted to lose hope, we must remember that it is not a feeling or an emotion but a virtue…
“A shining example”: Religious leaders praise the late former President Jimmy Carter
Washington DC, US RNS A broad array of religious and political leaders across the country issued outpourings of support for former President Jimmy Carter following news of his death, heaping praise on the evangelical Christian Democrat known for teaching Sunday School and being unapologetic about his faith. Among the first to mourn the passing of […]
Chair of US bishops’ ‘pro-life’ committee wants Catholics to see abortion’s impact on families
Baltimore, US RNS Ever since the 2022 Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court case struck down the national right to abortion, anti-abortion advocates, including the Unites States’ Catholic bishops, have struggled to gain voters’ support in limiting access to the procedure at the state level. On Election Day, abortion rights amendments passed in […]
Abuse survivors urge the Vatican to globalise the zero-tolerance policy it approved in the US
Rome, Italy AP Survivors of clergy sexual abuse urged the Vatican on Monday to expand its zero-tolerance policy that it approved for the US Catholic Church in 2002 to the rest of the world, arguing that children everywhere should be protected from predator priests. The US norms, adopted at the height of the abuse scandal there, […]
Essay: How will the Catholic bishops deal with the new Trump administration?
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that a look back at the last one may give us a clue…
Catholic bishops urged to boldly share church teachings – even unpopular ones
Baltimore, US AP Several US Catholic bishops on Wednesday encouraged the church to boldly share Vatican teachings on a range of hot-button issues, including the condemnation of abortion, euthanasia, surrogacy and gender-affirming surgery. The prelates acknowledged theirs is often a countercultural view. US Catholic bishops gather for their annual fall meeting at the Marriott Waterfront […]
A quarter of US Catholic parishes have a Spanish Mass, bishops’ survey says
United States RNS More than a quarter of US Catholic parishes have at least one Spanish Mass and another 17 per cent have a Latino presence or ministry, according to a new survey released by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. The survey, conducted between April and August of this year, revealed significant diversity […]
US Catholics: Tim Busch and Jim Martin bring left and right together over dinner and wine
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports that the unlikely duo of conservative businessman and Jesuit priest hope to bridge the divide in the church…
In surprise appointment, Bishop Henning to replace Cardinal O’Malley in Boston, US
United States RNS In a surprise announcement, Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Richard G Henning, of the Diocese of Providence, as Archbishop-elect of Boston. Henning, who has only been a bishop since 2018, will replace 80-year-old retiring Cardinal Seán P O’Malley, who has served as one of Francis’ closest advisers since the beginning of his […]
Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in US Government boarding schools
Billings, Montana, US AP At least 973 Native American children died in the US Government’s abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by Interior Department officials who called on the government to apologise for the schools. The investigation commissioned by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland found marked and unmarked graves at […]