The crisis should inspire the U.K. to reflect upon the values upheld by figures in public life, said Bishop Egan.
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Our Sunday Visitor announces launch of new Catholic news service after U.S. bishops shutter CNS
Scott Richert, publisher of Our Sunday Visitor, said the Catholic publishing company would fill the void left behind by the closure of the domestic operations of Catholic News Service in January 2023.
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Pope Francis to give women a role in choosing bishops
Pope Francis said he plans to name two women to the committee that helps him choose bishops for the world’s Latin-rite dioceses.
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Cardinal Cupich urges unity to ‘build path to safety and peace’ after mass shooting
Cardinal Cupich, among others, expressed dismay at the recent mass shootings in Chicago and Philadelphia. Cupich repeated his call “to enact serious, broadly popular gun safety measures.”
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Bishop McElroy is the only North American among a new crop of cardinals
Cardinal-designate McElroy told reporters on May 31 that he believed the pope selected him because he wanted a cardinal on the U.S. West Coast and because of his support for the pope’s pastoral and ecclesial priorities.
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Why we need a eucharistic revival
The danger we face as a church is not so much hostility toward the church and its sacraments, but apathy.
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‘There is no way to sugarcoat it’: Record number of German Catholics left the church last year
“The figures for 2021 show the profound crisis in which we find ourselves as the Catholic Church in Germany,” said Bishop Georg Bätzing.
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Pope Francis and archbishop of San Antonio pray for 50 migrants who died in apparent smuggling operation
The archbishop of San Antonio offered prayers for 46 people found dead and another 16 survivors discovered June 27 in sweltering conditions in a semi-truck. Four more later died after being taken to hospitals.
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Interview: Cardinal Farrell on Pope Francis resignation rumors, reforming the Curia and promoting ‘Amoris Laetitia’
The Irish-born American cardinal and former bishop of Dallas, Tex., is considered a big hitter in the Vatican because of the many important responsibilities that Pope Francis has entrusted to him in recent years.
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Cardinal Kasper calls German synodal reform proposal an ‘outrageous innovation’
The shift of power away from the hierarchy of bishops “will break the neck of the church,” the cardinal said.