In sunrise walk, bishops, survivors seek day of prayer to end sex abuse November 18, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021 The sun barely had peaked over the horizon, ending the darkness and bringing light into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, where two U.S. cardinals, six bishops and prominent leaders of various faiths clasped hands with a group of about 20 men and women Nov. 18, praying for an end to the “evil” that brought them together.
U.S. bishops approve document on Eucharist and investing guidelines in Baltimore meeting November 17, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, Year of the Eucharist “The document is meant to be a resource,” Archbishop Lori said. “It’s meant to emphasize points of eucharistic doctrine and practice that may have been neglected over time – that needs, in our times, fresh emphasis.”
Bishops affirm dioceses’ sainthood causes for three U.S. laypeople November 17, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, World News The U.S. bishops agreed Nov. 17 that the sainthood causes for three laypeople from the United States should be advanced by their respective dioceses.
U.S. bishops approve Communion statement that aims to ‘retrieve and revive’ understanding November 17, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, World News, Year of the Eucharist The U.S. bishops approved their statement on the Eucharist with 222 “yes” votes Nov. 17, the second of two days of public sessions during their Nov. 15-18 fall general assembly.
Bishops agree to begin review of charter earlier than planned November 17, 2021By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, World News On Nov. 17, the second of two days of public sessions during their fall general assembly Nov. 15-18 in Baltimore, the bishops voted to begin the process of updating the charter in 2022 rather than in 2025. The vote was 230 bishops in favor of the plan and five bishops against it.
Bishops approve new socially responsible investment guidelines November 17, 2021By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, World News Bishops approved new guidelines governing financial investments of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that include wider limits on where money would be invested and advance a policy of engagement on corporate practices that impact human dignity.
In-person meeting finds bishops more reflective on meaning of Eucharist November 17, 2021By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, World News, Year of the Eucharist Coming together for the first time in two years has been good for the bishops of the United States, in the judgment of Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Papal nuncio urges U.S. bishops to closely listen to the church November 17, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, World News Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, spoke to the U.S. bishops Nov. 16 about the importance of listening to people in the church and being open to the work of the Holy Spirit.
Church’s evangelizing mission can heal division, archbishop tells assembly November 17, 2021By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, World News “People are starting to examine what they truly believe and what they value most deeply in their lives,” said Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez, who spoke Nov. 16 during the opening public session of the USCCB’s Nov. 15-18 general assembly in Baltimore.
Sex abuse survivors urge bishops to denounce Church Militant’s agenda November 17, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021 On the first of two days of public sessions during the U.S. bishops fall general assembly, a group of sex abuse survivors in a Nov. 16 news conference called on the prelates meeting in Baltimore to focus less on who can take Communion and instead do more to end sex abuse and other abuses by clergy.
‘Enough is enough’ rally challenges bishops to ‘see the light’ November 16, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021 As more than 200 U.S. bishops met Nov. 16 at the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront hotel for the annual fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a series of speakers castigated them from across the street at a waterfront pavilion during a rally sponsored by St. Michael’s Media, a conservative media organization.
Baltimore archbishop, in homily for bishops’ opening Mass, says synodality should not avoid problems November 16, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Synodality, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, Video More than 200 bishops and archbishops and six cardinals concelebrated the opening Mass for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops fall assembly, as the prelates gathered in person for the first time since November 2019.
