O’Malley: Vatican may ‘soon’ release details of McCarrick investigation
Boston's Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley told the bishops gathered in Baltimore the Vatican may publish what it knows about the ascent to power of now-disgraced former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick by Christmas.
Fairbanks bishop hopes move will help priest shortage
Not many may notice the Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska, is being removed from the list of missionary dioceses around the world dependent on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
In final presidential address, Cardinal DiNardo urges new beginning
In his final address as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston told his fellow bishops that it has been "an honor to serve you, even in the difficult times."
Ministry, mission, communion key points in nuncio’s talk to U.S. bishops
The bishop's ministry and mission, and how he forges communion, was the message in Archbishop Christophe Pierre's address to the U.S. bishops Nov. 11 in Baltimore.
Religious vocations endure despite distractions, scandal
Despite decades of declining numbers, religious life continues to attract young people who view God's call as "not limiting, but freeing," say several men's and women's vocation directors in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
13th-century encounter points way to greater Christian-Muslim understanding
Eight centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi took a risk when he crossed the battlefield between Crusader and Muslim forces near Damietta, Egypt, desiring to meet Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil and preach his faith in Jesus Christ.
English cardinal: Priests would die rather than break seal of confession
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster told the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse that the English and Welsh bishops would reject any attempts to compel priests to report Catholics who admit to committing sexual abuse during confession.
Fearlessness and the American bishops in Rome
The U.S. bishops visiting Rome can begin to correct a prevailing cartoonish view of American Catholics so that a serious conversation between Rome and America about the Catholic future in the U.S. can begin.
Archdiocese breaks ground, blesses site of Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine
Blessed Stanley Rother was a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and beginning in 1968, he served the faithful at a mission in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, sponsored by the archdiocese. He was brutally murdered there in 1981.
Religious vocations endure despite distractions, scandal
Despite decades of declining numbers, religious life continues to attract young people who view God's call as "not limiting, but freeing," say several men's and women's vocation directors in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.