Analysis: Major changes in store for Latin Church in US as bishop appointments stall March 17, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News Change looms on the horizon for the American hierarchy. And the anticipation continues to build as the appointment of Latin Church bishops in the United States has seriously stalled out over the last year or so.
Ukrainian human rights advocate calls for synod on just defense March 13, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The Catholic Church should hold a Synod of Bishops devoted exclusively to defining just war, just defense and just peace, said the president of the Institute of Religion and Society at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv.
Catholics must have religious liberty to ‘meet migrants’ basic human needs,’ bishops say February 27, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The ability of Catholic and other faith-based groups to “meet migrants’ basic human needs” at the U.S.-Mexico border is a religious liberty issue and must be defended, U.S. bishops said in recent statements.
Bishop Dorsonville, who once served at Maryland parishes, dies unexpectedly at age 63 January 23, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Houma-Thibodaux, La., passed away unexpectedly late Jan 19 due to complications from recent health problems, according to a post from the diocese. He was 63.
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.
