Joseph Kurtz
Seeing threat to religious freedom, Jeff Sessions announces special task force
By Yonat Shimron — July 30, 2018
(RNS) — Sessions said the task force was needed because a dangerous movement was 'eroding our great tradition of religious freedom.'
Applause, dismay, confusion over pope’s words
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — April 8, 2016
(RNS) “Joy of Love” is getting a mixed reaction from U.S. Catholics and others.
Top US Catholic bishop denounces anti-Islam backlash to shootings
By David Gibson — December 14, 2015
(RNS) Archbishop Joseph Kurtz also laments the Planned Parenthood attack and violence "in the name of God," and calls for stricter gun control.
Some fans hope Pope Francis can boost US Catholic schools
By Lauren Markoe — September 23, 2015
(RNS) Catholic school enrollment has fallen drastically over the decades -- but not everywhere.
Pope’s encyclical is call to conversation, not political directive, say bishops
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 18, 2015
(RNS) But politics aren't forgotten. Top Catholic leaders are briefing Congress and the White House on Pope Francis' moral frame of reference for confronting climate change.
U.S. Catholic bishops grapple with adapting their agenda to Pope Francis’ priorities
By David Gibson — November 10, 2014
BALTIMORE (RNS) Pope Francis' change in focus has unsettled a number of American bishops more used to a hierarchy oriented toward hot-button culture war issues. Adapting to a new agenda is the focus of this week's bishops' meeting.
US archbishop urges both sides to cool down at Vatican
By Josephine McKenna — October 15, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, stressed that a working document on family issues released on Monday (Oct. 13) is simply that -- a draft.
Catholic bishops, Becket Fund slam newest HHS contraception mandate rules
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — August 22, 2014
(RNS) The newest revision by the Obama administration still doesn't satisfy some religious groups' objections.
Catholic bishops’ new president can help hierarchy pivot toward Pope Francis
By David Gibson — November 13, 2013
BALTIMORE (RNS) Archbishop Joseph Kurtz' wide-angle lens directly reflects Francis’ own approach.
“One of the major challenges is what, really, our Holy Father has said over and over again: How can we warm hearts and heal wounds?”
Catholic bishops stick to safe choices, middle ground in electing new leaders
By David Gibson — November 12, 2013
BALTIMORE (RNS) The real debates were expected to go on behind closed doors in sessions that will last through Thursday as the bishops are expected to have frank talks about contentious issues like their stance against the Obama administration’s contraception mandate.
As Catholic bishops meet, the ‘Francis Effect’ changes everything
By David Gibson — November 5, 2013
(RNS) On issues from the U.S. bishops' campaign against the Obama administration’s contraception mandate to high-profile battles against gay marriage, Pope Francis’ new marching orders have scrambled what had been a fairly predictable routine.
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