In a brief interview with America, Archbishop Lucas shares his personal perspectives and spiritual insights with our readers.
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‘I always knew Jesus’ love to be real and personal’: Q&A with Bishop Andrew Cozzens
In a brief interview with America, Bishop Cozzens shares his personal perspectives and spiritual insights with our readers.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Q&A with Bishop Robert Barron: Understanding ‘the reality and importance of God’
In a brief interview with America, Bishop Robert Barron shares his personal perspectives and spiritual insights with our readers.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
‘God never leaves us, even when we depart from him’: Q&A with Bishop Michael Burbidge
In a brief interview with America, Bishop Burbidge shares his personal perspectives and spiritual insights with our readers.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Synodality, abortion and education: What to watch for at the U.S. bishops’ meeting
The bishops’ vote for the head of the education committee could be crucial, as Catholic schools around the nation struggle with changing societal norms around sex and gender.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Interview: If the synod is done right, it will strengthen bishops’ authority
In a wide-ranging interview, synod member Catherine Clifford discusses seminary formation, the authority of bishops and what’s needed to move beyond the ‘divergences’ that emerged at the synod.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Cardinal Pierre on why the U.S. bishops are struggling to connect with Pope Francis
“We cannot say there are bishops who are on the left and ones that are on the right. This is a false analysis,” said Cardinal Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
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Podcast: Does the synod threaten bishops’ authority?
Catherine Clifford, an ecclesiologist and North American voting member in the Synod on Synodality, joins Colleen Dulle, the host of “Inside the Vatican,” in Rome to discuss the synod’s implications for church structures and hierarchy.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Cardinal McElroy: There should never again be a synod without lay people as voting members
“We can’t go backward,” Cardinal Robert McElroy told America’s Vatican correspondent Gerard O‘Connell at the end of the first session of the Synod on Synodality.
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Cardinal Cupich on the synod, women deacons, giving bishops job reviews and why ‘LGBTQ’ was left out of the final doc
Exclusive interview: Cardinal Cupich on the end of the first session of the Synod on Synodality.