With more than 1,000 people watching from pews and seats in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland and many more watching via livestream in parish halls and homes, Bishop James T. Ruggieri, a priest of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Peter J. Jugis, 67, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, for health reasons and appointed Conventual Franciscan Father Michael T. Martin, 62, as his successor.
Bishop Jugis, who has headed
OSV News) -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the USCCB's Committee on International Justice and Peace called upon the faithful to renew prayers during Holy Week for an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
"As the
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.
With Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki turning
Controversy sparked by a recent document from the Holy See on blessings for people in "irregular situations," including same-sex relationships, "gives all of us an opportunity to go deeper in our concern and outreach to individuals who are living in irregular/sinful relationships,"
The U.S. Catholic bishops are united in the belief that abortion is “our preeminent priority,” their pro-life chair said after they decided to continue using that language in a guide to political life. “It is our preeminent priority,” Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
For two days, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met in plenary assembly in Baltimore advancing key issues related to liturgy, living out the faith, including in the public square, and retooling the conference to better serve the church's mission.
However, the bishops'
U.S. bishops support request for pope to name St. John Henry Newman Doctor of the Church
The U.S. bishops voted almost unanimously (with two "no" votes) Nov. 15 to support of a request by the the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales that Pope Francis name St. John Henry Newman, the 19th-century British cardinal, a doctor of
As the U.S. Catholic bishops begin to tackle the issue of mental health amid a national crisis, parishes can ease the pain of mental illness by "helping people to be together" in community and solidarity, said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of
Excitement about the impacts of the National Eucharistic Revival in local dioceses, support for the nomination of St. John Henry Newman as a doctor of the church, and the approval of supplements to the bishops' teaching document on "Faithful Citizenship" featured strongly