Catholic bishops
US prelate McCarrick resigns from College of Cardinals
By Frances D'Emilio — July 28, 2018
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Holy See's announcement about McCarrick said that Pope Francis was taking action by isolating McCarrick and ordering penance even before 'accusations made against him are examined in a regular canonical trial.'
As McCarrick scandal spreads, top US cardinal urges stricter abuse policies
By Yonat Shimron — July 25, 2018
(RNS) — 'A major gap still exists in the Church’s policies on sexual conduct and sexual abuse,' wrote Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston, in a statement.
Catholic-heavy Supreme Court moves right as the church moves left
By Jacob Lupfer — July 11, 2018
(RNS) — The confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would drive the ideology of the Catholics on the court further to the right and exacerbate the already heightened angst about the institution’s ever more conservative Catholic majority.
Catholic bishops side with labor unions in Supreme Court case
By Jack Jenkins — January 20, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops equated the effect of a potential ruling against public sector unions' rights to collect fees from nonmembers to landmark decisions that legalized abortion and same-sex marriage.
Thank you, Steve Bannon
By Thomas Reese — September 13, 2017
(RNS) — In attacking the U.S. Catholic bishops, Steve Bannon is giving their call for immigration reform the kind of publicity they seem incapable of getting themselves.
The Catholic bishops’ honeymoon with Trump is over
By Thomas Reese — August 24, 2017
(RNS) — Since in the bishops’ minds this marriage never took place, it may be easy for them to quietly climb out of bed and disappear into the night. They have gotten most of what they wanted out of the liaison; it is time to move on before it is too late.
Why this Catholic will not join the March for Life
By Jon O'Brien — January 26, 2017
(RNS) The extreme agenda of the Catholic bishops and their allies neither values nor uplifts the lives of millions of women.
Bishops admit: We don’t know much about sex, need married advisers
By Rosie Scammell — October 16, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Fourteen married couples and other lay people have been brought in to fill the gaps in the churchmen's knowledge, advising the 270 bishops as they discuss family issues.
Women hope their voices are heard at bishops’ family synod
By Rosie Scammell — October 6, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Some critics say that more women should have been included in the process.
Kenya’s Catholic bishops: Tetanus vaccine is birth control in disguise
By Fredrick Nzwili — November 11, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Catholic bishops said they had tested the vaccine privately and were shocked to find it was laced with a birth control hormone called beta human chorionic gonadotropin.
Bishops object as Catholic universities offer same-sex benefits
By David Gibson — October 30, 2014
(RNS) Twenty-two Jesuit universities now provide benefits to same-sex partners.
Pope Francis seeks input on pastoral care for gays, remarried Catholics
By Michael J. O'Loughlin — November 1, 2013
The Vatican is asking Catholics in the pews about their thoughts on pastoral care for gays, divorced and remarried Catholics, and single parents. It's revolutionary.
COMMENTARY: Immigrants Are Us
By Kevin Appleby — August 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Some have questioned the Catholic bishops’ involvement in the national debate over immigration, perhaps wanting the church to stay neutral. But if they did so, they’d be untrue to their roots.
Catholic hospitals at odds with bishops over birth control mandate
By David Gibson — July 9, 2013
(RNS) The organization representing Catholic hospitals across the country says it no longer objects to the Obama administration’s mandate that all employees receive free birth control coverage. The decision by the Catholic Health Association puts the hospitals at odds with the Catholic hierarchy, which last week rejected the White House’s final regulations.
Candida Moss debunks the ‘myth’ of Christian persecution
By Lauren Markoe — May 14, 2013
(RNS) Growing up Catholic in England, Candida Moss felt secure in life, yet learned in church that Christians have been persecuted since the dawn of Christianity. As an adult and a theologian, she wants to set the record straight.
