U.S. bishops’ conference president calls for prayer, unity following the 2024 election November 6, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Bishops, Feature, News, World News The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is calling for prayer and unity, following the nation’s general election that saw Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump defeat Democratic nominee and current Vice President Kamala Harris to win another term as president.
Boston’s new archbishop introduces himself November 5, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Commentary The historic mother church of America’s fourth largest diocese was the setting for the installation of its new archbishop, Richard G. Henning.
Milwaukee archbishop retires; pope names Chicago auxiliary as his successor November 4, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki, 75, and has named Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Jeffrey S. Grob of Chicago as his successor.
Pope offers Mass for cardinals and bishops who died in past year November 4, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News Remembering the cardinals and bishops who died in the past year, Pope Francis prayed that after their loving service to the Catholic Church “they may exult in eternal communion with the saints.”
St. Mary’s Seminary faculty member named coadjutor, future bishop of Oslo, Norway November 1, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Sulpician Monsignor Fredrik Hansen, who also serves as assistant professor of pastoral studies at St. Mary’s Seminary, said he’s excited to return home and that his time in Baltimore has served him well.
Faithful urged to pray for religious liberty with novena ahead of Nov. 24 feast of Christ the King October 27, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News The U.S. bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty is encouraging Catholics to take part in a Nov. 15-23 novena ahead of the feast of Christ the King, celebrated this year on Nov. 24.
Archbishop Lori invites Catholics to pray, join in novena before heading to the polls October 25, 2024By Zoey Maraist OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Bishops, Feature, Local News, News Ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, who is also the vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is urging Catholics to pray before casting their ballots.
‘Respect Life’ novena highlights gift of life, need for protection October 22, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The nation’s Catholic bishops are inviting the faithful to join in a novena highlighting the gift of human life, while praying for its protection.
Cardinal says bishop’s conference isn’t place for ‘doctrinal teaching’ October 18, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News While some media reported a move at the Synod of Bishops to allow every national bishops’ conference to make Catholic doctrine, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., said that was not precisely what he heard.
U.S. bishops’ upcoming assembly in Baltimore expected to look at lay ministries, hold key committee elections October 18, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News The U.S. bishops will gather in Baltimore Nov. 11-14 for their 2024 fall plenary assembly, which takes place just weeks after the conclusion of the second session of the Catholic Church’s synod on synodality in Rome.
Archbishop calls for ‘fervent prayer’ for peace in Holy Land, says ‘compassion is not zero-sum game’ October 10, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for “fervent prayer” to end the violence in the Holy Land, as the Israel-Hamas war reached its first year while threatening to expand into a wider regional conflict.
Synodal leadership can ease a bishop’s burdens, speakers say October 10, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News A bishop who runs his diocese like a “monarch” is not only not acting synodally, but he probably is lonely and stressed, said theologians advising the Synod of Bishops.
