Controversial German bishop will not seek reelection as bishops’ conference president January 22, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Synodality, World News Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, president of the German bishops’ conference, who spearheaded the controversial Synodal Way during his six-year term, announced that he will not seek reelection when the bishops meet for the spring assembly in February.
U.S. cardinals call for ‘genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation’ January 19, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Conflict in the Caribbean, Feature, News, World News Three U.S. cardinals have issued a joint statement urging the creation of a “genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation,” as the U.S. faces “the most profound and searing debate about the moral foundation for America’s actions in the world since the end of the Cold War.”
USCCB president exhorts faithful to heed MLK’s call to be ‘a drum major for justice’ January 18, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Marking the Jan. 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, urged Catholics to reflect on how they are called to be “drum majors for justice” in their own communities.
Rev. King, a Baptist, lived Catholic social justice in ‘extraordinary fashion,’ says cardinal January 15, 2026By Tony Gutierrez The Catholic Sun Filed Under: Bishops, News, Racial Justice, World News The history-making prelate will concelebrate and preach at the Diocese of Phoenix’s annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mass Jan. 17 at Xavier College Preparatory High School’s Chapel of Our Lady in central Phoenix.
Trump scheduled to meet with U.S. bishops’ president at White House January 12, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News President Donald Trump was scheduled to meet with Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Jan. 12, according to the White House schedule.
Pope accepts resignation of Rochester Bishop Matano, names Bishop Bonnici as successor January 7, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Salvatore R. Matano of Rochester and named as his successor Bishop John S. Bonnici, currently auxiliary bishop of New York.
U.S. bishops underscore virtue of hope as 2025 Jubilee Year closes in dioceses December 30, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Jubilee 2025, News, World News Amid poinsettias and sparkling Christmas trees, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis told Catholics gathered Dec. 28 at the Cathedral of St. Paul that the promise of the 2025 Jubilee of Hope did not disappoint, as the church focused on mercy and conversion.
In pastoral on Communion norms, Bishop Martin emphasizes Eucharist is communal act of worship December 23, 2025By Patricia L. Guilfoyle OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Eucharist, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Bishop Michael T. Martin, a Baltimore native, has established guidelines for the reception of holy Communion in the Diocese of Charlotte to strengthen unity in worship, uphold the church’s liturgical norms and encourage active participation by the faithful.
New archbishop of Krakow tells faithful that without them he ‘doesn’t make sense’ December 22, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Entering the centuries-old Royal Wawel Cathedral in Kraków on Dec. 20, Cardinal Grzegorz Rys opened a new chapter of one of the oldest archdioceses in Catholic Poland, telling the faithful that without them he “doesn’t make sense.”
Pope names vicar general Diocese of Austin, Texas, as bishop of Tucson December 22, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father James A. Misko, vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Diocese of Austin, Texas, as the bishop of Tucson, Arizona.
A new rider at the helm: Bishop Richard Moth named archbishop of Westminster December 19, 2025By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News An avid horseback-riding Pope Leo XIV has appointed a bishop who shares his passion as the new leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Bishop Richard Moth of Arundel and Brighton was named Dec. 19 as the 12th archbishop of Westminster.
Pope Leo appoints Queens pastor as Palm Beach bishop, and Vietnam-born priest as auxiliary in Phoenix December 19, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito of Palm Beach, Florida, and named as his successor Father Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, currently pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Corona (Queens), New York.
