Bishops

Ousted Texas bishop attacks Pope Francis, accuses U.S. bishops of silence amid ‘false messages’

November 13, 2024
By 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?”

Archbishop Lori says church will continue to minister to migrants, listen to the people

November 13, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024

Archbishop William E. Lori said Nov. 13 that the church will continue to minister to migrants and immigrants “as if we were ministering to Christ himself.”

U.S. bishops approve new ‘mission directive’ to guide conference work

November 13, 2024
By 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.

U.S. bishops to consider creating task force for synodal implementation

November 13, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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.

U.S. bishops elect Archbishop Hebda as treasurer-elect, five new committee chairs

November 12, 2024
By OSV News
OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, Uncategorized, World News

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis was elected treasurer of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 12 in Baltimore, bringing valuable experience from his own archdiocese to the conference post.

Nuncio, USCCB president reflect on Eucharistic congress, synodality, duty to proclaim Gospel

November 12, 2024
By OSV News
OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News

The public session of the fall plenary assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened Nov. 12 with remarks from Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, USCCB president, and Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the papal nuncio to the U.S.

Bishops urged to beg for wisdom as USCCB meeting begins in Baltimore

November 11, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024

As the U.S. bishops began their fall general assembly Nov. 11, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio urged his brother bishops to beg for wisdom.

U.S. bishops’ conference president calls for prayer, unity following the 2024 election

November 6, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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.