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Pope Francis appoints men and women to build a synodal church
By Thomas Reese — July 10, 2023
(RNS) — These recent appointments show that Francis now understands that 'personnel is policy.'
PHOTO GALLERY: The history and diversity of African American religious rituals
By Adelle M. Banks — January 10, 2023
(RNS) — A new photo book from the National Museum of African American History and Culture explores Black history through its range of spiritual traditions.
Study: Black Catholics in US are a tiny minority increasingly drawing on immigrants
By Yonat Shimron — March 15, 2022
(RNS) — Only 68% of Black Catholics are U.S.-born. The rest are from Africa, the Caribbean or South America.
Eastern Orthodox patriarch meets with Biden, discusses climate change
By Jack Jenkins — October 26, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘The entire life of the church is a calling to ecological awareness,’ said Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew.
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.
With his inauguration, Biden makes his return to ‘Catholic Washington’
By Jack Jenkins — January 20, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Between the institutions representing conservative and liberal Catholic Washington is a thriving local community of ordinary Catholics living out their faith.
Catholic leaders, progressive and conservative, condemn the violence at the Capitol
By Claire Giangravé — January 7, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – ‘Those who resort to inflammatory rhetoric must accept some responsibility for inciting the increasing violence in our nation,’ said Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington.
DC’s Wilton Gregory, first African American cardinal, on Joe Biden, race and COVID-19
By Jack Jenkins — December 11, 2020
(RNS) — Asked why he won't deny Communion to a president-elect who supports abortion rights, Gregory said, 'I don't want to go to the table with a gun on the table first.'
After proving that a red hat isn’t forever, Pope Francis names new cardinals for new church
By Claire Giangravé — November 30, 2020
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Once a cushy reward, the position of cardinal under Francis comes with expectations of being less a ‘prince of the church’ than an exemplar of transparency.
Biden, second Catholic president, exacerbates US bishops’ divisions
By Mark Silk — November 25, 2020
(RNS) — A new working group takes the lead in taking on pro-choice Biden.
With 9 new electors, Pope Francis remakes the college of cardinals
By Thomas Reese — October 25, 2020
(RNS) Over seven years, Pope Francis has gradually remade the college of cardinals, making it less European and more African and Asian.
Pope names 13 new cardinals, includes Washington DC Archbishop Gregory
By Frances D'Emilio — October 25, 2020
(AP) — In the surprise announcement, made from his studio window to faithful standing below in St. Peter's Square, Francis said the churchmen would be elevated to a cardinal's rank in a ceremony on Nov. 28.
Conservative Catholic group denounced for calling black archbishop ‘African Queen’
By Jack Jenkins — June 11, 2020
(RNS) — ‘(It’s) a slap in the face to every black Catholic in America,’ said Anthea Butler, associate professor of religious studies and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
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