Washington D.C., Feb 16, 2019 / 09:32 am (CNA).- Bishops from across the United States have reacted to the news that Theodore McCarrick has been found guilty of sexual abuse and expelled from the...
A strong, determined, committed invitation to support the European integration process also through participation in the important election of May 23-26. In a message from COMECE, the Commission of...
Seoul, South Korea, Feb 14, 2019 / 12:54 pm (ACI Prensa).- The South Korean bishops’ conference has called for an end to the death penalty, and asked the nation’s Constitutional Court to consider...
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb 14, 2019 / 12:25 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Following deadly protests against Haiti’s president and the drowning deaths of at least 28 people in an illegal crossing to the...
Support Cdl. Müller's doctrinal manifesto amid Pope Francis' confusion. Sign the petition here. Sign the petition here. February 11, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – At least three bishops so far are publicly...
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — There’s nothing strange about a Roman Catholic bishop in this predominantly Catholic African nation calling for an end to the use of contraceptives.
It is a familiar story. The particulars are more radical this time. But it is essentially the same story. A Catholic politician commits some grave public violation of basic human rights.
Seattle, Wash., Feb 8, 2019 / 03:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Catholic bishops of Washington state are expressing support for a senate bill that would repeal the death penalty.
Abuja, Nigeria, Feb 6, 2019 / 10:01 pm (CNA).- In the face of Nigeria’s ongoing violence and political tensions, the country's bishops have promoted a fair and faith-filled electoral process.
Pope Francis confirmed to reporters Tuesday that nuns have and continue to suffer sexual abuse at the hands of male clergy in certain orders and regions. Investigative reports dating back to the...
Accra, Ghana, Feb 6, 2019 / 04:10 pm (CNA).- The Catholic bishops of Ghana are condemning the actions of those involved in a violent incident during a Jan. 31 local election.
Chicago, Ill., Feb 5, 2019 / 08:15 pm (CNA).- Citing “rampant” drug use in modern society and a commitment to the common good, the six Catholic bishops of Illinois are speaking out against the the...
Caracas, Venezuela, Feb 5, 2019 / 01:55 pm (CNA).- In a joint statement Monday, the Venezuelan bishops' conference, the Confederation of Religious Men and Women of Venezuela and the National Council...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis has for the first time publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns and says he is committed to doing more to fight the...
The Vatican Press Office on February 2, 2019, released the following article, which appears in the February 3, 2019, edition of the Vatican newspaper, Osservatore Romano.
Richmond, Va., Jan 31, 2019 / 02:45 pm (CNA).- Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington and Bishop Barry C. Knestout of the Diocese of Richmond issued statements Thursday condemning a...
New York state legislators yesterday passed the Child Victims Act. The new measure extends the period of time in which both civil suits and criminal charges can be brought in cases of child abuse.
New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo lashed out at Catholic bishops after state legislators passed the Child Victims Act, accusing them of protecting the church at children’s expense.
New York City, N.Y., Jan 29, 2019 / 09:35 am (CNA).- New York state legislators yesterday passed the Child Victims Act. The new measure extends the period of time in which both civil suits and...
FILE PHOTO - President Rodrigo Duterte speaks after his arrival, from a visit in Israel and Jordan at Davao International airport in Davao City in southern Philippines, September 8, 2018.
Caracas, Venezuela, Jan 29, 2019 / 12:43 am (ACI Prensa).- The Justice and Peace Commission of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference is calling for an end to violence surrounding protests after Nicolas...
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jan 28, 2019 / 05:56 pm (CNA).- Six bishops from the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have recognized the election of Felix Tshisekedi...
LEICESTER, United Kingdom - Over 50 Anglican and Catholic bishops gathered in Leicester to examine opportunities of closer collaboration at a regional and national level.
A survey of bishops in the US released this week found that among respondents, 41 percent believe it theoretically possible to ordain women as deacons, and only 33 percent believe this should be...
January 22, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – The fact that Pope Francis put pro-gay Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich in charge of next month’s Vatican summit of bishops on sexual abuse was a clue.
On January 22, the 46th anniversary of Roe V. Wade, the New York State legislature approved the so-called “Reproductive Health Act” (RHA), which effectively legalizes full-term abortions without...
What in the world is wrong with our leaders? This is a question twenty-first-century Americans must continually ask themselves. Since the officially hidden abuses of Cardinal Theodore “Uncle Ted”...
Panama City, Panama, Jan 24, 2019 / 10:37 am (CNA/EWTN News).- At World Youth Day Thursday, Pope Francis told the bishops of Central America to be close to the people, and to let their wounds and...
A new study released on Tuesday found that a high majority of U.S. Catholic bishops and deacon directors believe that if the Holy See gives the green light to ordination of women deacons, the United...
Albany, N.Y., Jan 23, 2019 / 01:30 pm (CNA).- Catholic leaders in New York have spoken out against the passage of an expansive new abortion law in the state. The Reproductive Health Act was passed...
Interesting news from the good people at Crux: A new study released on Tuesday found that a high majority of U.S. Catholic bishops and deacon directors believe that if the Holy See gives the green...
Vatican City, Jan 22, 2019 / 09:44 am (CNA).- Pope Francis appointed Tuesday two Navy chaplains, Fr. Joseph Coffey and Fr. William Muhm, as auxiliary bishops for the U.S.
Harare, Zimbabwe, Jan 22, 2019 / 12:16 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As political protests in Zimbabwe have turned violent and even fatal, reportedly leaving at least 12 people dead, the bishops of the...
Lagos, Nigeria, Jan 21, 2019 / 05:54 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As the Nigerian presidential election approaches, the Catholic Bishop’s Conference in the country emphasized the importance of electoral...
Tula de Allende, Mexico, Jan 21, 2019 / 03:46 pm (ACI Prensa).- The bishops of Mexico have offered prayers and condolences following Friday's explosion of a fuel pipeline which killed at least 79...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the thick of the clergy sex abuse crisis, thousands of American Catholics descended on the nation’s capitol in protest of abortion where Archbishop Joseph Naumann reminded them...
Albany, N.Y., Jan 19, 2019 / 03:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The bishops of New York decried Thursday the likely passage of the Reproductive Health Act, which would expand abortion access throughout the...
January 17, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Two recent stories have shocked Catholics in the United States and around the world. First, on December 4, Msgr. Edward Weber, “director of priest personnel”...
Mexico City, Mexico, Jan 17, 2019 / 03:19 pm (ACI Prensa).- Amid a crisis caused by the shortage of gasoline in Mexico and the government's fight against the theft and adulteration of fuel, the...
When a party widely seen as far-right entered one of Spain’s regional parliaments last month, it posed a dilemma for the Catholic Church during a time of tension over the Socialist government’s...
Pope Francis claims that his upcoming summit on sexual abuse prevention will ensure that bishops will punish abusers and never cover up allegations again. Francis and the presidents of every bishops...
Vatican City, Jan 16, 2019 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Just over a month ahead of the much-anticipated February meeting on sex abuse, the Vatican said the summit’s goal is for bishops to leave the...
January 14, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A group of German priests are calling upon Cardinal Reinhard Marx to resign as the head of the German bishops. Communio veritatis, a group of priests from the...
The meeting was requested by the conference. The delegation included Bishop Santiago Silva, military ordinary of Chile and president of the bishops’ conference; Bishop René Rebolledo of La Salinas,...
ROSARIO, Argentina - A day after the bishops of Venezuela declared the new presidency of Nicolas Maduro “illegitimate,” Pope Francis sent a Vatican representative to his inauguration.
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Peter Steinfels at Commonweal has a long article that needed to be written. It’s 11,700 words (none are wasted) on the sex-abuse scandals in the Catholic Church — specifically, on the Pennsylvania...
The Episcopal Church’s General Convention approved a measure last July that expanded the right for same-sex couples to marry in all dioceses, even ones where local bishops theologically object.
The Church of England's Oxford diocese is facing an uncertain future after a large group of its serving clergy publicly rejected their bishops' views on sexuality.
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jan 10, 2019 / 10:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The bishops of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among several major observers casting doubt on the...
Rev. Robert Sparkman is a graduate of the Candler School of Theology and an ordained minister in the North Alabama Conference, serving for over 40 years in pastoral ministry.