Joseph Bernardin
Catholic bishops punt again on ‘Faithful Citizenship,’ reflecting divisions on politics
By Thomas Reese — November 18, 2022
(RNS) — Nothing said at the bishops’ meeting indicated that they know how to deal with the post-Dobbs, post-election reality other than to say, 'more of the same.'
If we’d listened to Cardinal Bernardin, the Catholic Church would not be where it is today
By Steven P. Millies — November 3, 2021
(RNS) — Twenty-five years ago, a call for American Catholics to engage despite their differences was brushed aside.
Pope Francis remakes the American hierarchy, one bishop at a time
By Thomas Reese — January 28, 2020
(RNS) — In the appointment of a new archbishop for Philadelphia, the U.S. church has traded a longtime conservative intellectual leader for a pastoral bishop who is most comfortable being with his people.
Can a Catholic critique of ‘throwaway culture’ pull politics from the brink?
By Charles C. Camosy — May 15, 2019
(RNS) — The church’s Consistent Life Ethic, rightly understood, could challenge our impoverished and incoherent political imagination and let a new generation begin the hard work of laying out the foundational principles for what comes next.
Washington gets Wilton Gregory, a great bishop
By Thomas Reese — April 4, 2019
(RNS) — Washington should rejoice to have such a good bishop; too bad we may not have him very long.
‘Pro-life’ must encompass more than opposition to abortion
By John Gehring — January 17, 2018
(RNS) — Many Americans recognize the complexity of abortion should not be reduced to talking points or bumper stickers.
Chicago Cardinal Francis George dies at 78, an icon of a conservatism suddenly out of favor
By David Gibson — April 17, 2015
(RNS) Chicago's Cardinal Francis George thrived under Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Under the more progressive Francis, though, "I don’t yet really have an understanding of ‘What are we doing here?’ ”
Did Mario Cuomo pave the way for today’s conservative Catholic dissenters? (ANALYSIS)
By David Gibson — January 2, 2015
(RNS) As liberal Catholics eulogize the former New York governor, who famously elaborated a position by which Catholics pols could be “personally opposed” to abortion while still supporting abortion rights, it’s worth considering whether today’s conservative Catholics are benefiting from that same rationale when it comes to other policies.
Pope Francis breathes new life into Cardinal Bernardin’s contested legacy
By David Gibson — October 24, 2013
(RNS) “The point that (Bernardin’s) consistent ethic makes is exactly the same point that Pope Francis is making – let’s look at the whole picture and not just focus almost exclusively on three or so issues,” said Archbishop Michael Sheehan of Santa Fe, N.M.
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