The U.S. Catholic bishops voted to accept the first pastoral letter against racism in almost 40 years.
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Bishops’ abuse response must trump all other issues, advisory group says
A group that has been advising the U.S. bishops for 50 years on multiple issues chose to speak to the bishops in Baltimore Nov. 13 on just one issue: the clergy sexual abuse crisis itself and ways to move forward from it.
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How the Great War gave us the U.S.C.C.B.
The “war to end all wars,” whose armistice took effect at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, was a global conflagration that birthed the modern world — but it also gave birth to the national Catholic hierarchy charged with raising the place and the power of Catholics in America.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Bishop McElroy: ‘Compromised’ bishops contributed to U.S. church’s sex abuse crisis
“This hypothesis—that the reality of personal sexual misconduct by bishops…was a factor which inclined some bishops not to vigorously pursue allegations of abuse among their clergy—I believe that this is a valid hypothesis.”
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Exclusive: Should U.S. bishops speak out on politics—or stick to religion?
U.S. bishops tell the authors of a groundbreaking new book that they feel a duty to speak out on issues of the day, but they must tread carefully with a secular press and fallout from the sexual abuse crisis.
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Newspapers examine U.S. bishops’ responses to abuse allegations
The nearly 6,000-word article examines allegations of bishops covering up sexual abuse by priests in their dioceses or their own reported sexual misconduct.
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In Buffalo, a deacon’s quest to hold his bishop accountable
Deacon Paul Snyder will tell his story on “60 Minutes” this Sunday.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
In the midst of the sex abuse scandal, what do the People of God want from church hierarchy?
Further rounds of “apologies” and requests for prayers are inadequate. We have heard all that before. The resounding theme at my parish event was that it is now time for the church to act.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Cardinal Nichols: The synod on young people ‘unlike any other I have attended’
There is “a wonderful spirit” at the synod and Cardinal Nichols thinks this is due to the fact that “we’ve gone from talking about young people and from talking to young people, to talking with them. In a strange sort of way it’s become what Pope Francis means by synodality.”
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It’s time for the U.S. bishops to revise their Catholic voting guide
The U.S. bishops need to revise—or replace— “Faithful Citizenship” in order to better reflect the teaching of Pope Francis and to respond to the authoritarian populist nationalism of Donald Trump and his administration.