Bishop Brennan was one of nearly 40 bishops in Rome for a regularly scheduled series of meetings with the pope
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March for Life theme borrows page from suffragist centennial
The March for Life, the annual march in Washington to protest legalized abortion in the United States, is tying itself in 2020 to the women’s suffrage movement for the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
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Myanmar cardinal: Don’t punish people for crimes of country’s leaders
Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon has appealed to the international community not to punish the people of Myanmar as it faces genocide charges over the military’s 2017 crackdown on Rohingya.
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Pope Francis demands action for failing fight against climate change
Despite growing recognition of climate change as a legitimate and looming threat, current commitments to mitigate its effects and alter human behavior fall short of those needed to resolve the crisis in time, Pope Francis said.
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Buffalo’s Bishop Malone, under fire for handling of sex abuse, resigns
For more than a year, he has faced questions about how he has addressed the clergy sex abuse crisis.
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Catholic leaders urge Israel to investigate hate crimes in Arab villages
Graffiti was scrawled in Hebrew on a wall and a car was burned in the Palestinian town of Taybeh
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U.S. bishops discuss varied concerns with Pope Francis during ‘ad limina’ visits
Archbishop William E. Lori called the meetings “providential.”
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Updated: Beatification for Archbishop Sheen postponed
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria said Vatican officials have told him that the upcoming beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has been postponed.
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Middle East Catholic leaders call for peace and stability in region
Amid deadly protests in Iraq, a people’s uprising in Lebanon and continued suffering in Syria, Catholic leaders of the Middle East called upon officials of their homelands to “ensure safety, peace and tranquility and stability for their citizens.”
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Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick faces new sex abuse lawsuit in Newark
In February, McCarrick was dismissed by the Vatican from the clerical state.