Work is proceeding — and quickly — on next October’s synod on synodality, according to Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, in a Nov. 15 report to his fellow bishops.
Pandemic, inflation, communications shakeup alter USCCB budget picture
The coronavirus pandemic, combined with inflation and a reorganization of the U.S. bishops’ communication arm, have altered the budget picture for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in the 2020s.
Bishops give their OK to advance sainthood causes of three U.S. Catholics
The U.S. bishops gave their consent for the advancement of the sainthood causes of three U.S. Catholics at the local diocesan level.
Bishops approve new Mass texts for St. Paul VI, Our Lady of Loreto
The U.S. bishops took on the task during their fall general meeting in Baltimore of considering proposed Mass texts for the feasts of Our Lady of Loreto and the recently canonized St. Paul VI.
Bishops approve English, Spanish documents on lay ministry to the sick
The U.S. bishops agreed to consider revised texts, in both English and Spanish, for the anointing of the sick.
Analysis: Even if you’re getting TV for free, you’re paying for it somehow
Our latest advance is streaming TV. For those unclear on the concept, you pay a monthly fee in exchange for everything in that streamer’s library of titles and episodes.
NCEA reports quicker academic recovery from pandemic for Catholic schools
The National Catholic Educational Association says Catholic schools have recovered more quickly from the pandemic than their public school counterparts.
Abortion-related questions take center stage in new American Values Survey
Abortion-related questions — and Americans’ responses to them — were front and center in the new American Values Survey issued Oct. 27 by the Washington-based Public Religion Research Institute.
Bishops wrestled with possibility of nuclear annihilation in pastoral letter
Over the course of three years, the U.S. bishops not only wrestled with the specter of nuclear Armageddon in writing a pastoral letter, but how to convey that teaching effectively.
‘The Challenge of Peace’ 40 years later: Durable principles, changed world
Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of the U.S. bishops’ landmark pastoral letter “The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response.”
Advocates already pushing for a satisfactory farm bill in 2023
The current farm bill doesn’t expire until 2023, yet already advocates are lining up their arguments to assemble the kind of farm bill they want to see next year.
Seminar panelists: Clergy abuse has scarred minority Catholic communities
The image of a white victim does not tell the complete story of clergy sexual abuse in the United States, according to a number of panelists during an Oct. 5 online forum titled “Neglected Voices in the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis.”