Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco announced Aug. 21 the archdiocese has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization “to facilitate settlements” with survivors of clergy abuse.
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The wit and wisdom of John Tracy Ellis
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan reviews Msgr. Thomas Shelley’s ‘John Tracy Ellis: An American Catholic Reformer,’ calling it “a well-documented yet very readable biography of the ‘dean’ of American Catholic history.”
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Catholic schools in 2023 at a glance
Catholic schools have endured a whipsaw from the Covid-19 pandemic in recent years.
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Our readers on creating a church that welcomes L.G.B.T. Catholics
In her feature, Eve Tushnet describes a curriculum she is creating to welcome young L.G.B.T. Catholics. The article elicited numerous responses from our readers.
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Disgraced Alabama priest believes he is married to 18-year-old and their running away to Italy is ‘Jesus’ will’
An Alabama priest disgraced after abandoning his parish to travel to Italy with an 18-year-old woman described himself as “married” to her in a Valentine’s Day letter.
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‘It’s like a miracle’: Survival of Catholic Church seen as sign of hope amid Maui wildfire
“For us, it’s like a miracle,” Msgr. Terrence Watanabe said about Maria Lanakila Catholic Church in the town of Lahaina being seemingly untouched by the fierce Maui wildfires.
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What do U.S. Latinos want from the synod? We asked three who will be there.
Latino participation is important: Recent polling data suggests that more than half of U.S. Catholics under 30 are Latino. Overall, Latinos make up more than 40 percent of Catholics in the United States.
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The complicated legacy of state investigations of the Catholic sex abuse crisis
Parsing the numbers and understanding the implications can be challenging. Are we learning anything new?
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Meet the Black Catholic lay woman representing the U.S. at the synod
“I’m an African American woman in a space that is doing the kind of work that…Christ is calling us to do,” Cynthia Bailey Manns, who will participate in the Synod on Synodality as a voting member in October, said in an interview.
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Archbishop Cordileone: Bankruptcy ‘very likely’ as San Francisco settles abuse lawsuits
A Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization could be an inevitability for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, according to a statement released Aug. 4 by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone.