U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Pope Francis is asking the US bishops to listen to the people. Will they?
By Phyllis Zagano — December 3, 2021
(RNS) — Only half of the US bishops appear interested in what the people of God think.
At USCCB meeting, American bishops ignore real problems while debating minutiae
By Thomas Reese — November 18, 2021
(RNS) — The church and the world are on fire, but you would not know it watching the bishops’ meeting.
On first day of bishops’ conference, a spectrum of Catholic thought
By Jack Jenkins — November 16, 2021
BALTIMORE (RNS) — Inside — and outside — the first public session of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ fall gathering revealed increasingly politicized tensions between American clerics, the Vatican and lay Catholics.
Amid Black exodus, young Catholics are pushing the church to address racism
By Alejandra Molina — November 15, 2021
(RNS) — For many Black Catholics, there's a fundamental belief that you cannot be a Christian and a racist. 'We have a duty to preach the gospel to our white brothers and sisters,' said Byron Wratee.
Gomez, painting Catholics as victims, goes after his woke oppressors
By Thomas Reese — November 9, 2021
(RNS) — Archbishop Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, attacked movements of ‘social justice,’ ‘wokeness,’ ‘identity politics,’ ‘intersectionality’ and ‘successor ideology’ as pseudo-religions.
Bishops seek answers in vandalism of churches and Catholic symbols
By Alejandra Molina — November 8, 2021
(RNS) — 'Did they single out the Catholic Church, or is it simply that our symbols of religion are so visible that they make an easy target?' said Aaron M. Weldon, of the USCCB's Office of Religious Liberty.
Biden: Pope called me a ‘good Catholic,’ said to ‘keep receiving Communion’
By Jack Jenkins — October 29, 2021
(RNS) — The pope's alleged remarks are an apparent rejection of conservative Catholics who have suggested Biden be denied Communion because of his abortion stance.
Pope Francis wants every Catholic to have a say. Why haven’t US Catholics heard about it?
By Phyllis Zagano — September 22, 2021
(RNS) — The nation’s bishops don’t seem to care.
Six suggestions for the Catholic bishops’ document on the Eucharist
By Thomas Reese — September 7, 2021
(RNS) — The U.S. bishops’ document on the Eucharist could be helpful — if they do it right.
Who is behind The Pillar, the newsletter rocking the Catholic Church?
By Jack Jenkins — July 29, 2021
(RNS) — Why is a Catholic Substack causing so much controversy?
Catholic bishop of Syracuse decries Doctrine of Discovery, suggests pope do the same
By Jack Jenkins — July 1, 2021
(RNS) — Bishop Douglas J. Lucia said he hopes to meet with the Vatican to discuss a series of 15th-century papal proclamations used by European Christians to rationalize the subjugation of Indigenous peoples.
US Catholic bishops pledge to assist country’s review of past Indigenous boarding schools
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 30, 2021
(RNS) — ‘By bringing this painful story to light, may it bring some measure of peace to the victims and a heightened awareness so that this disturbing history is never repeated,’ said Chieko Noguchi, spokesperson for the USCCB.
Who are the Catholic bishops drafting the controversial Communion document?
By Jack Jenkins, Alejandra Molina, and Claire Giangravé — June 25, 2021
(RNS) — A look at the clerics tasked with penning a document many see as a rebuke of President Joe Biden.
Catholic bishops publish Q and A clarifying controversial Communion document
By Jack Jenkins — June 23, 2021
(RNS) — A new message from the U.S. Catholic bishops says that the debate at their spring meeting answered the Vatican’s wish for more dialogue on the topic.
After politically charged debate, bishops vote to draft controversial Communion document
By Jack Jenkins — June 18, 2021
(RNS) — Debate over the proposal involved calls to deny President Joe Biden the Eucharist.
