Letter signed by 18 bishops urges U.S. to redirect military spending to fund human needs January 23, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News At least 18 Catholic bishops have signed on to a call by PAX Christi USA for the U.S. government to redirect military spending to fund human need.
New US bishops’ report identifies 5 top areas of religious liberty concerns January 16, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News – A new annual report by the U.S. bishops’ conference identifies five top threats to religious liberty in the United States, including a federal regulation it says could impose mandates on doctors to perform objectionable procedures and threats to the church’s service to people who are migrants.
USCCB’s Bishop Barron joins pope in calling ‘surrogate motherhood’ a grave injustice January 11, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, the head of the U.S. bishops’ committee dealing with family life, voiced support Jan. 10 for Pope Francis’ recent remarks condemning gestational surrogacy as “a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child” and calling for a worldwide ban.
USCCB affirms pope’s description of surrogacy as turning a child into ‘an object of trafficking’ January 9, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Pope Francis told diplomats Jan. 8 that he finds surrogacy “deplorable” and would like to see the practice universally banned.
Bishop O’Connell of Trenton, N.J., undergoes emergency heart surgery in Rome January 5, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News Bishop David M. O’Connell of Trenton, 68, suffered a heart attack Jan. 4 while in Rome and was taken to Santo Spirito hospital where he had emergency surgery to open a completely closed artery, according to a Jan. 5 diocesan statement.
U.S. bishops asked to hold new rounds of Synod on Synodality listening sessions January 5, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Synodality, World News Dioceses across the U.S. are asked to hold additional listening sessions in the next few months, following a request from the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops which is preparing for the second session of the global Synod on Synodality in October.
U.S. bishops issue flurry of responses to Vatican blessings document December 22, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Following the Dec. 18 release of the Holy See’s declaration permitting blessings of those in irregular relationships, and the ensuing reaction from media and Catholics around the country, U.S. bishops have been responding with their own statements supporting and/or clarifying the document, known as “Fiducia Supplicans.”
Pope gives Philadelphia three new auxiliary bishops known for humble, ‘zealous hearts’ December 8, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is welcoming three new auxiliary bishops — all of whom, as Philadelphia priests, are already home.
U.S. bishops: COP28 must heed ‘cry of the earth’ and ‘cry of the poor’ December 1, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Environment, News, World News Efforts to meet climate goals must heed both the “cry of the earth” and the “cry of the poor,” said two U.S. Catholic bishops leading committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
German bishop denounces Polish archbishop for letter to pope protesting Germany’s reform course November 27, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Synodality, World News Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, Germany, has written a letter to his Polish counterpart, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan, accusing him of “unbrotherly behavior” and of an “enormous overstepping of his authority.” The Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita published Bishop Bätzing’s letter, dated Nov. 21, on Nov. 27.
Parishes play ‘vital role’ in bringing Christ to the world, say bishops November 21, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Social Justice, World News Parishes play a “vital role” in bringing Christ’s transformative love to the world, said two U.S. bishops as a key document on social ministry marks its 30th year.
Archbishop Lori says new meeting format fostered bishops’ dialogue November 17, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2023 During the U.S. bishops’ 2023 fall general assembly in Baltimore Nov. 13-16, they heard reports on the recent World Synod on Synodality in Rome and the National Eucharistic Revival and 2024 National Eucharistic Congress.
