At the start of their meeting Nov. 11, the bishops raised pressing issues that included the priesthood shortage, gun violence and the need to provide support services for pregnant women.
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Bishop DiMarzio, appointed to investigate sex abuse, is accused of sex abuse
Bishop DiMarzio said there is no truth to the accusation.
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Pope Francis denounces increasing violence against Jewish people
The pope’s warning came as more countries have reported an escalation in anti-Semitic violence and vandalism across Europe.
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On World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis provides free medical aid for the disadvantaged
“The marginalization painfully experienced by millions of persons cannot go on for long,” wrote Francis.
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Supreme Court divided over future of DACA
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said more explanation was needed about ending DACA because she said it was “a choice to destroy lives.”
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DACA’s uncertainty prompts Catholic Charities employee’s move to Canada
Because of the future of the DACA program is so uncertain, an immigration counselor for Catholic Charities in Wisconsin has decided to move her family to Canada.
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Hong Kong bishop urges independent inquiry into student’s death
A student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology was found injured in a parking lot Nov. 4 as police clashed with protesters. He fell into a coma while being treated at the hospital and died four days later.
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Australia’s highest court agrees to hear Cardinal Pell’s appeal in sex abuse case
The decision by the High Court of Australia comes nearly a year after a unanimous jury found Pope Francis’ former finance minister guilty of molesting two 13-year-old choirboys in Melbourne’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral in the late 1990s.
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U.S. bishops: ‘The threat of abortion remains our preeminent priority.’
U.S. bishops: “The threat of abortion remains our preeminent priority because it directly attacks life itself…. At the same time, we cannot dismiss or ignore other serious threats to human life and dignity such as racism, the environmental crisis, poverty and the death penalty.”
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Bespoke silk robes await Pope Francis on Thailand visit
In a Catholic preparatory school, seamstresses from the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sisters of Bangkok are studiously snipping and sewing. They’ve been working tirelessly, running up the ceremonial garments Pope Francis will wear during his four-day visit to Thailand later this month.