The U.S. bishops Nov. 15 were urged to remain focused on the church's missionary role of spreading the Gospel message and to know that despite a growing secularism in the U.S., "the vast majority of our neighbors still believe in God."
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services was elected Nov. 15 to a three-year term as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the bishops' fall general assembly in Baltimore.
In a Mass Nov. 14 to mark the opening of the 2022 fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles called on his brother bishops to take time for self-examination and to renew
Catholic church leaders are taking a new approach to passing on the faith, saying they recognize a pressing need to do this in a way that adapts to the modern world.
This new outreach, called the Institute on the Catechism, is not a
The fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will find the bishops voting on a new president and vice president and how to proceed in disseminating their quadrennial document on Catholic participation in public life.
During the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ fall general assembly, which will take place from November 14th to the 17th, the bishops will elect a new president of the conference. “Whichever bishop is elected will face a daunting set of challenges that
As the U.S. bishops prepare to gather for their fall assembly in Baltimore in mid-November, Russell Shaw writes about their decision to close more of their meetings to the media. “Open, honest and full communication is required for the good health of
Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore said President Joe Biden’s was “gravely wrong” in his recent comments pledging to make it a top priority to codify a national right to abortion. The archbishop, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee
A reader asks: “I am writing in response to and requesting an update from you on the Our Sunday Visitor article published two years ago, ‘Should pro-abortion politicians be excommunicated?’ You concluded that there was a need for bishops to issue comprehensive
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Archdiocese for the Military Services have filed a joint statement objecting to a rule proposed by the Biden administration to allow abortions to be performed on demand in health programs administered by the Department