Media, especially those calling themselves Catholic, “must strive not to spread hate, but rather to promote a non-hostile communication,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin told employees of EWTN and its affiliated outlets.
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New study of priests shows a distrust of bishops, fears of false sex abuse allegations and widespread burnout
A new study on the well-being of U.S. Catholic priests found that most support a zero-tolerance policy against child sex abuse but do not trust that their bishop would support them in the face of a false allegation.
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Swiss cardinal apologizes for comparing German Synodal Path to Nazi ideology
Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch apologized for offending people and said he never intended to imply that supporters of the German church’s Synodal Path were acting similar to a group of Christian supporters of the Nazis in the 1930s.
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The U.S. bishops aren’t the extremists in the abortion debate.
Are there extremists on the fringe of the pro-life movement? Yes. But on the pro-abortion side, extremism is very much in the driver’s seat—and mainstream media protect it through bias and misinformation.
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The U.S. bishops’ president race is wide open. Here’s who’s in the running.
When the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meets this November to elect a new president, it will be the first time in several decades that the race is wide open.
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German bishops outraged after Swiss cardinal compares synodal path to rise of Nazism
The president of the German bishops’ conference demanded an apology from a cardinal who seemed to compare the German Synodal Path with a Nazi ideology.
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Catholic bishops ask for prayers and aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian has left many parishes in the the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Fla., devastated as the system continues to move north from the state.
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Podcast: Synod reports from all over the world are in. What happens next?
With reports from at least 112 of the 114 bishops’ conferences around the world, the Synod on Synodality has entered its next phase as 35 laypeople, priests and bishops meet to discern the outcome of the worldwide listening process.
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Vatican disciplined Nobel laureate bishop after child sex abuse allegations in East Timor
The Vatican said that it imposed disciplinary sanctions on Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo following allegations that he sexually abused boys in the 1990s.
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Catholic hospitals welcome transgender patients—and stand firm in their religious convictions
Cardinal Cupich and Cardinal Dolan on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Does objecting to performing gender transition procedures—but welcoming patients who identify as transgender—constitute discrimination? Of course not.