Bishops hear reports on CRS, disability partnership, World Youth Day November 18, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News “The church did not close during the pandemic,” Sean Callahan, president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, told the U.S. bishops during their Nov. 14-17 general assembly in Baltimore.
Advisory council suggests bishops guide ministries on gender dysphoria November 18, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News An advisory body to the U.S. bishops has called for the development of practical and pastoral guidance on gender dysphoria to help laypeople and clergy in their ministries in parishes, schools and other settings.
Vatican will do whatever possible to broker cease-fire, pope says November 18, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The Vatican is willing to do whatever it takes to broker a cease-fire and bring an end to the war on Ukraine, Pope Francis said.
Defend the country, defend your hearts, cardinal says at Mass for Ukraine November 18, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Ukraine, like any nation under attack, has a legitimate right to self-defense and to seek justice, but great care also must be taken to defend the hearts of Ukrainians from hatred and a desire for vengeance, said the Vatican secretary of state.
In immigration update, bishop says there’s little progress on reform front November 18, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News Even though pushing for reforms in the U.S. immigration system has been a priority, “as we know, not much has happened,” Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington said Nov. 16.
Baltimore native Pelosi to step away from party leadership post in House November 18, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, U.S. Congress, World News House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced that this was the time for her to step away from the top leadership of the Democratic Party in the legislative chamber.
Pope taps layman as new secretary of Laity, Family, Life November 17, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has named a Brazil-born husband, father of two children and teacher of religion in an Italian school to be the secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life.
Bishops set plan on ‘Faithful Citizenship’ document for 2024 elections November 17, 2022By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News The U.S. bishops’ quadrennial document on Catholic participation in public life will get a tweaking rather than a wholesale update, but will be supplemented with a new introductory note, parish bulletin inserts, additional social media and video components.
Pace of preparations is quickening as synod on synodality approaches November 17, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News Work is proceeding — and quickly — on next October’s synod on synodality, according to Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, in a Nov. 15 report to his fellow bishops.
Pandemic, inflation, communications shakeup alter USCCB budget picture November 17, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News The coronavirus pandemic, combined with inflation and a reorganization of the U.S. bishops’ communication arm, have altered the budget picture for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in the 2020s.
Bishops give their OK to advance sainthood causes of three U.S. Catholics November 17, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News The U.S. bishops gave their consent for the advancement of the sainthood causes of three U.S. Catholics at the local diocesan level.
Eucharistic revival has ‘incredible momentum,’ bishop says November 17, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News, Worship & Sacraments The U.S. bishops’ three-year eucharistic revival, which will culminate in a National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in 2024, is in full swing, according to Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn.
