Bishops throughout the United States reconsecrated the country to Mary as the nation continues to struggle in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Bishops in Canada also used May 1 to rededicate their country to the Blessed Mother. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez
As the world continues to face the ongoing effects of the global pandemic of the coronavirus, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the USCCB has announced that the U.S. bishops will join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
The latest editorial from Our Sunday Visitor notes that as the bishops of the United States and Canada prepare to consecrate their countries to Mary, Mother of the Church, on May 1, all of the faithful are called to honor Our Lady
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. bishops, under the leadership of Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, will consecrate the United States to the maternal care of the Blessed Virgin
On Easter Sunday, a day when churches are typically full and congregations are more dressed up than usual, bishops and priests around the country celebrated Masses in empty cathedrals and churches looking out to rows of vacant pews and a phone or
In dioceses big and small across the country, public Masses are being cancelled because of public health concerns over the novel coronavirus. In other dioceses, parishes will be open for Sunday liturgies, but a growing number of local bishops are telling the
Pope Francis has appointed Father Ramon Bejarano, a priest of the Diocese of Stockton, California, to be an auxiliary bishop of San Diego. He also has named three New Jersey priests -- Msgr. Gregory Studerus, Benedictine Father Elias Lorenzo and Father Michael
Bishops from throughout the world gave high marks to Pope Francis' new apostolic exhortation "Querida Amazonia," taking note of the care with which it was crafted to include the Amazon region's distinct characteristics and its message for the worldwide church. "Today our
Talking about debates, differences and discernment, Pope Francis told a group of U.S. bishops that people focused on the possibility of ordaining some married men and women deacons for service in the Amazon will be disappointed in his apostolic exhortation. The Vatican
Investigation of Bishop DiMarzio just the latest probe of a U.S. bishop; here’s where they stand now
It was announced Jan. 18 that Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, would begin an investigation into allegations that Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio abused an 11-year-old altar boy more than 40 years ago. The investigation is one of several the Church