Bishop Howard Hubbard admitted that he consistently transferred abusive priests without informing local police, families of abuse victims, or Catholics in parishes where the men were reassigned.
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Bishops have frank conversations with lay theologians about Pope Francis, U.S. Church and Vatican II in semi-off-the-record meeting
Last week in Chicago, bishops from throughout the United States and a few from other parts of the world engaged in dialogue with theologians, scholars and journalists about the state of the church.
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Top U.S. bishops’ committee says Russia’s ‘unprovoked war on Ukraine’ must end now
The Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops March 16 called for “the immediate cessation of Russia’s armed aggression and unprovoked war on Ukraine.”
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
What’s Religious About Being Woke?
The church’s passion for justice arises not only from its moral certainty, but even more from its solidarity with those who are suffering.
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Should there be a pope emeritus? What Pope Benedict’s retirement says about future former popes
On this deep dive episode of “Inside the Vatican,” we examine the lessons from Benedict XVI’s post-papacy—and what needs to change to protect future popes who retire.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
It’s time for the bishops to speak up again about the threat of nuclear war
In 1982, the U.S. bishops released a pastoral letter calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. The Ukraine crisis underscores the need for a new statement on the madness of such weapons.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Bishop Shelton Fabre to Black Catholics: Don’t let the church’s sins keep you from Christ
“Do not allow the humanity, the human sin of the church to blot out who it is that we believe in and who [it is that] comes to us, Jesus Christ,” Bishop Shelton said in a recent conversation with Gloria Purvis.
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Archbishop Shelton Fabre on wokeness and the prophetic anger of Black Catholics
A conversation with Pope Francis’ pick to head the Diocese of Louisville on having courageous conversations about race and the Catholic Church.
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Father Jacques E. Fabre to be Charleston’s first Black bishop
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone of Charleston, South Carolina, and named as his successor Scalabrinian Father Jacques E. Fabre.
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Kentucky’s new archbishop has led the Catholic Church’s fight against racism
A Louisiana bishop who has led efforts against racism was named on Tuesday as the archbishop for the Archdiocese of Louisville in Kentucky.