Ousted Texas bishop attacks Pope Francis, accuses U.S. bishops of silence amid ‘false messages’ November 13, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, whom Pope Francis removed from pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, in 2023, read an open letter Nov. 13 in Baltimore asking “what it will take for more than a few bishops to finally speak up against the false messages constantly flowing from the Vatican under the leadership of Pope Francis?”
Biden meets with Trump, his predecessor and successor, at White House November 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News President Joe Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House Nov. 13 for an Oval Office visit, a ritual part of the U.S. tradition of a peaceful transfer of power between presidents, and one that Trump declined four years earlier.
British Catholics react to Anglican archbishop’s shock resignation November 13, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News Leading British Catholics have urged their church to avoid involvement in the resignation of the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury, who quit Nov. 12 after being implicated in a large-scale abuse cover-up.
U.S. bishops approve new ‘mission directive’ to guide conference work November 13, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted Nov. 13 in Baltimore to approve a new “mission directive” for 2025-28, a new way that the conference is presenting its strategic vision for the next four years.
Perpetrators of abuse are clever; vigilance is critical, speakers say November 13, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church needs decisive leadership in creating a safe, caring and welcoming environment for everyone, and it needs constant vigilance against complacency, said several speakers at a Vatican-sponsored safeguarding conference.
Republicans secure majority of U.S. House seats and expected to control U.S. Senate November 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Republicans secured a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a Nov. 12 projection by data provider Decision Desk HQ, giving President-elect Donald Trump GOP majorities in both chambers of Congress as he begins his second term in January.
U.S. bishops to consider creating task force for synodal implementation November 13, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Synodality, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News The discussion on the floor in Baltimore followed reflections on the recent Synod of Bishops on synodality held in Rome offered by Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, two of the bishop-delegates from the United States.
Traditional Latin Mass will no longer be celebrated at cathedral in Tyler, Texas November 13, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Mass according to the 1962 Missal will no longer be celebrated at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler, Texas, after Nov. 30, but it will continue at a nearby parish in care of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.
Bishops stress standing for dignity of human life following presidential election November 13, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News The Catholic Church “always insists on the dignity of the human person from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death, and we continue to insist on that,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services said Nov. 12.
Devotion to Mary leads people to Jesus, to helping others, pope says November 13, 2024By Cindy Wooden OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, an openness that allowed her to say “yes” to God’s plan for the salvation of the world, Pope Francis said.
Sainthood causes for Benedictine sister and disabilities education advocate get U.S. bishops’ approval November 13, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News During their fall plenary assembly in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops voted 206 to 7, with 11 abstentions, to support the local advancement of Sister Annella’s cause, and 205 to 6, with 19 abstentions, to support the same for Gertrude Barber’s cause.
Federal judge blocks Louisiana law requiring public schools to post Ten Commandments November 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Nov. 12.
