Timothy Dolan
ANALYSIS: Can gay Catholics find a home in the Catholic Church?
By David Gibson — May 23, 2013
(RNS) As U.S. Catholics grow increasingly accepting of homosexuality, there's going to be inevitable conflict as an uneasy “Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell” policy clashes with gay Catholics' increasing visibility in the form of marriage licenses or wedding announcements.
“We are not dirty.” (Updated).
By Michael J. O'Loughlin — May 3, 2013
A group of LGBT Catholics plan to respond to what they describe as being called dirty by a prominent Cardinal.
Religious leaders push for kidnapped bishops’ release
By Michele Chabin — April 30, 2013
JERUSALEM (RNS) Religious leaders are pressing for the release of two Orthodox bishops who were kidnapped outside war-torn Aleppo, Syria, saying their plight reflects the insecurity of Syria's Christian population.
ANALYSIS: Will former Palin adviser help or hurt bishops’ media woes?
By David Gibson — April 29, 2013
NEW YORK (RNS) The nation's top Catholic bishop has said the hierarchy would benefit from hiring an “attractive, articulate, intelligent” laywoman to present their message because, as he put it, “In the public square, I hate to tell you, the days of fat, balding Irish bishops are over.”
Catholic bishops: Don’t let Boston attacks derail immigration reform
By David Gibson — April 22, 2013
(RNS) Leading U.S. Catholic bishops on Monday (April 22) denounced efforts to use the Boston Marathon bombings to derail the push for immigration reform, saying it is wrong to brand all immigrants as dangerous.
Gay Catholic delivers 18,000 signatures to bishop asking to be reinstated
By David Gibson — April 11, 2013
(RNS) The gay man ousted from posts at his New York parish after a critic complained that he had married his partner delivered a petition with more than 18,000 signatures on Thursday to Bishop William Murphy asking to be reinstated.
Longtime gay parishioner booted from church posts
By David Gibson — April 3, 2013
NEW YORK (RNS) As Catholic leaders signal a new tone of welcome for gays in the church, a Long Island parishioner was booted from his church posts after an anonymous letter writer told the bishop the man had married his partner.
ANALYSIS: Are Catholics shifting tone or substance on gay issues?
By David Gibson — April 2, 2013
(RNS) Catholic leaders appear to be adopting a more positive tone, if not policies, on gays and lesbians. But the new rhetoric may also be an acknowledgment of the huge shift in the court of public opinion, and maybe soon at the Supreme Court.
Cardinal Dolan: Catholic Church could do better on gay outreach
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — April 1, 2013
(RNS) New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan says the Catholic Church needs to do a better job on not demonizing gays and lesbians, and a gay Catholic leader calls it an "Easter miracle."
Pope Francis signals new course for the papacy
By David Gibson — March 18, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Ahead of his formal installation on Tuesday, Pope Francis is continuing to send clear signals that he intends to lead a papacy markedly different from his predecessor’s reign -- and perhaps different from that of any other pope in modern times.
Pope Francis has a long to-do list, and it starts with the Curia
By David Gibson — March 14, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Naming yourself after St. Francis of Assisi is one thing. Running the Vatican is another. And taming the Vatican bureaucracy is likely to be one of Pope Francis' most difficult assignments.
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected as Pope Francis
By Alessandro Speciale — March 13, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis on Wednesday after only two days of voting in the conclave tasked with choosing a successor to Pope Benedict XVI.
Habemus Papam: Idiot’s Guide to Latin
By Kevin Eckstrom — March 11, 2013
The new pope's first name is actually announced in Latin (this is the Vatican, after all), so if you want to be fully prepped, our friends at Catholic News Service have prepared a list of all the cardinals' names in Latin.
Cardinal Dolan in Rome: popular if not papabile
By David Gibson — March 10, 2013
ROME (RNS) If ordinary Romans still had in a say in selecting their bishop – also known as the pope – the way they did in the early centuries of the church, then Cardinal Timothy Dolan might already be pontiff.
Meet the US cardinals who will vote for the next pope
By Sally Morrow — February 13, 2013
