The “first and most important thing” is “getting out in the field and meeting the people,” Archbishop Gregory said.
News
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
U.S. bishops ‘gravely disappointed’ with House passage of Equality Act
Five U.S. bishops, chairmen of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees or subcommittees, said May 17 they were “gravely disappointed” with the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the Equality Act.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
The Vatican and Catholic colleges are weighing-in on the emerging AI ethics debate
The Marquette students are part of a growing movement of tech sector professionals, religious leaders and Silicon Valley workers wrestling with profound questions about whether future technologies will be used for good or evil.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Poland’s Catholic leader says sex abuse reports not an attack on the church
The head of the Polish Catholic church, Archbishop Wojciech Polak, has said that the recent revelations in the film called “Tell No One” about sex abuse of minors, is not an attack on the church or of the country (as the Polish Prime Minister has alleged) but it is an instrument to help cleanse the church.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Gomez: Forcing priests to break seal of confession is no solution to abuse
Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez is calling on Catholics to tell their state senators to vote “no” on a bill that “would order priests to disclose information they might hear in confession concerning the sexual abuse of minors.”
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis to health care workers: Conscientious objection must be respectful
When doctors, nurses and health care workers conscientiously object to a procedure to protect the life and dignity of their patients, they must do so respectfully, Pope Francis said.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Conservationists at Vatican conference call for protecting biodiversity
“We can learn how to take care of the world. And we must use all our strength to find ways of making the world more human, giving people the possibility to live their lives so that we may share the richness and the resources given to us in a way that could never be possessed or owned by us.”
Posted inFaith, News
Jean Vanier’s funeral highlights God’s love for each person
Gathered in a makeshift chapel around a simple pine casket, members of L’Arche communities and Faith and Light groups from around the world mourned the passing of Jean Vanier and celebrated his life, his wisdom, his holiness and humanity.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic leaders: Trump’s merit-based immigration plan is ‘anti-family’ and ‘disturbing’
President Donald Trump announced new priorities for immigration reform from the White House Rose Garden on Thursday, underscoring the need for border security, limiting asylum cases and merit-based immigration over family-based immigration.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
California ‘confession bill’ viewed as violation of religious liberty
A bill making its way through the California Legislature would make the state the first since 1999 to require priests to choose between violating the law or violating the seal of the confessional.