Leaders & Institutions
TOP STORY: BISHOPS END MEETING: Spirit of Bernardin permeates bishops meeting
By Carl Anderson — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ From an opening prayer as he lay dying, to the meeting’s final debate on a restructuring plan he had overseen, the spirit of the late Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin hovered over this week’s sessions of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB). More than any other of the […]
TOP STORY: A DIVIDED CHURCH SEEKS COMMON GROUND: Cardinal Bernardin to launch major reconciliation e
By Carl Anderson — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Seeking to heal divisions among Roman Catholics in the United States, Chicago Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin will launch a new national initiative next week designed to find ways to overcome the divisions among the church’s feuding factions.”We must act today to prepare our church for the new millennium,”Bernardin said […]
NEWS STORY: GENDER ISSUES: Vatican sets review for gender-neutral versions of Scripture
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ In an effort to resolve one of the thorniest disputes between the American church and Rome, the Vatican agreed on Friday (Dec. 13) to speed up talks with the U.S. hierarchy on the use of”inclusive language”in the biblical texts read during Mass. The accord sets up a […]
TOP STORY: HIGH PROFILE CONFABS: Catholic bishops focus on young adults, colleges and economic justi
By Carl Anderson — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Reaching out to young Catholics _ and perhaps even interesting them in the religious life _ tops the agenda of the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops when they gather in Washington next week for their annual fall meeting. The Nov. 11-14 meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops […]
COMMENTARY: Even Jesus would have a hard time becoming a bishop
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.) UNDATED _ In an era when the human psyche is shaped by repeated free choices, […]
COMMENTARY: In memory of a friend, a mentor and a brother priest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.) CHICAGO _ He taught the whole country how to die. One hears that phrase over […]
COMMENTARY: Advice from the `real world’ for a bishop-to-be
By Tom Ehrich — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest, author and former Wall Street Journal reporter living in Winston-Salem, N.C. Contact Ehrich via e-mail at journey(at)interpath.com.) (UNDATED) A friend is a candidate for bishop in the Episcopal Church. He asked for my thoughts. Because I care for him, I told him the truth, […]
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