Catholic bishops
What Catholic bishops are actually saying about denying Communion to politicians
By Jack Jenkins, Claire Giangravé, and Alejandra Molina — June 11, 2021
(RNS) — A rapidly escalating theological debate is liable to yield few clear answers.
Catholics are asking for bread. Their bishops are giving stones.
By Marianne Duddy-Burke — June 10, 2021
(RNS) — A push to deny Communion to pro-choice Catholic politicians is symbolic of denial of care in other forms.
The Biden Communion stories are stupid
By Thomas Reese — May 4, 2021
(RNS) — The bishops’ conference denying Communion to Biden is about as likely as the National Governors Association impeaching the president.
We need more from the Catholic bishops than a mixed response to racism
By Thomas Reese — April 28, 2021
(RNS) — Catholics deserve better leadership from the bishops in the struggle against racism.
US Catholic bishops may press Biden to stop taking Communion
By David Crary — April 28, 2021
(AP) — At issue is a document coming from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Doctrine clarifying the church’s stance on an issue that has repeatedly vexed the bishops.
Biden signals willingness to dialogue with bishops and other faith leaders
By Thomas Reese — February 17, 2021
(RNS) — Melissa Rogers, restored to the White House faith partnerships office, listens to all sides of a dispute.
Yes, the Catholic Church benefitted from federal PPP loans. Good for them.
By Thomas Reese — February 12, 2021
(RNS) — If I were a bishop, pastor or president of a school, I, too, would have gone after every penny I could legally get.
COVID vaccines are moral to use, say ethicists, Catholic bishops
By Bob Smietana — November 25, 2020
(RNS) — ‘We have seen the polls looking at how many people are willing to take the vaccines and we’re very concerned the number is much lower than it should be,’ said an ethicist at the Christian Medical & Dental Association.
Trump or Biden? What’s a Catholic voter to do?
By Thomas Reese — August 27, 2020
(RNS) — In order to be totally in line with Catholic social teachings, you would have to be a pro-life liberal Democrat. These unicorns have a hard time winning elections.
Catholic bishops reprimand Trump as often as they praise him
By Thomas Reese — August 4, 2020
(RNS) — The country's bishops take social justice issues more seriously than the president does, a fact that's often overshadowed in the media by attacks on Biden for his positions on abortion.
Yes, Catholic Church got billions in federal coronavirus aid — and thank goodness
By Charles C. Camosy — July 13, 2020
(RNS) — The AP's criticism of the Catholic Church's decision to apply for PPP loans misses the fact that many local Catholic organizations are staffed by essential workers.
Religious conservatives have lost LGBTQ rights battle. It’s time to surrender.
By Thomas Reese — June 25, 2020
(RNS) — Jesus recommended negotiation when the odds are against you, and St. Thomas Aquinas said legislating morality is a losing proposition.
Celebrating Mass safely — but pastorally — during a pandemic
By Thomas Reese — May 8, 2020
(RNS) — American Catholic bishops have received two sets of recommendations on how to proceed once churches begin to meet again. Either way, they should go slow.
Little Sisters of the Poor return to court to fight birth control mandate
By Thomas Reese — January 23, 2020
(RNS) — In a rerun of a 2016 case, the Supreme Court shouldn't be required to settle what the parties ought to have settled themselves.
Abortion preeminent issue, global warming not urgent, say bishops
By Thomas Reese — November 13, 2019
(RNS) — Breaking with tradition, the meeting did not include a report on the recently concluded Amazon synod.
