The ministry of a Catholic bishop must reflect the Catholic Church’s commitment to Christian unity and must give ecumenical engagement the same kind of attention as work for justice and peace, said a new Vatican document.
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Pope Francis names new bishop to Buffalo diocese facing hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits
The Buffalo diocese sought bankruptcy protection in February, citing hundreds of lawsuits filed against it since August 2019 over its handling of sexual abuse allegations.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Can the Catholic Church find a better way to choose bishops?
The Vatican’s report on Theodore McCarrick is an indictment of institutional knowledge and decision-making in the Catholic Church.
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U.S. bishops’ internal memo: Catholics can take Covid-19 vaccines
An internal memo corrects “some confusion in the media regarding the moral permissibility of using the vaccines.” But at least two bishops have cast doubt on the moral permissibility of the vaccines.
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Bishop Flores evangelizes on Twitter. Now he is in charge of doctrine for the U.S. bishops.
The Most Rev. Daniel Flores, Bishop of Brownsville, Tex., since December 2009, was elected head of the Committee on Doctrine of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Nov. 16.
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The U.S. bishops need a better public response to the McCarrick Report
The bishops have failed to find a public way to communicate to American Catholics that they are taking this report seriously and are ready to make changes in response to it.
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U.S. bishops express concern over a having a Catholic president who is pro-choice
The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference said that the election of Joe Biden, who speaks regularly about his Catholic faith, “presents certain opportunities but also certain challenges.”
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I forgave my abuser. But I will never forget his abuse.
Forgiveness must not mean perpetuating secrecy and avoiding accountability. It means owning up to the truth.
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U.S.C.C.B. president to bishops: Take the Gospel to troubled people during pandemic
Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called on his fellow bishops to take the news of the Resurrection and the triumph of life over death directly to people to help them navigate the pandemic and economic turmoil.
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The U.S. bishops should find ways to collaborate with Joe Biden (and not alienate him)
As only the second Catholic president, Joe Biden can renew communication and collaboration with church leaders, writes J. Kevin Appleby. But only if mutual respect prevails.