Wisconsin Judge Finds McCarrick Not Competent to Stand Trial in Abuse Case
January 11, 2024
A Wisconsin judge on Jan. 10 suspended a sexual assault case against Theodore McCarrick after a court-appointed psychologist found the...
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Michigan Report: No Priests Facing Abuse Charges, but Three With Misconduct Complaints
January 10, 2024
A new report on clergy sexual abuse in the Diocese of Gaylord, Michigan, found that there are no priests or...
Bishops Urged to Back Campaign to Shift Defense Spending to Social Programs
January 8, 2024
A campaign to encourage Congress to redirect military spending toward helping the nation’s poor and marginalized has gotten support from...
Ex-Alabama Priest Who Fled Country With a Teenage Girl Is Laicized
January 8, 2024
A Mobile, Alabama, priest who left the United States with a teenage woman last summer under murky circumstances, and who...
Newark Cardinal ‘Deeply Distressed’ by Violent Death of Local Imam
January 5, 2024
In response to the violent death of a local imam, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark has said he is “deeply...
Texas Bishops Welcome Ruling Blocking Requirement for Emergency Abortions
January 4, 2024
After a federal appeals court ruled Jan. 2 that emergency room doctors in Texas are not required to perform abortions,...
Miami Prelate: Nicaragua’s Dictatorship Has Gone ‘Off the Rails’
January 4, 2024
Following the latest round of arrests of Catholic leaders in Nicaragua and the continued imprisonment of Bishop Rolando Álvarez of...
NY Gov. Hochul Signs Bill Establishing Panel to Examine Slavery Reparations
December 20, 2023
PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Entering 2024, New York state will create a commission to consider reparations for African American residents. Up...
Vatican Note on Blessing Same-Sex Couples Draws Mixed US Reaction
December 19, 2023
In the hours that followed release of a Vatican note outlining the pastoral grounds for same-sex blessings, reactions among American...
Bishop Brennan, Cardinal Dolan Reach Out to Support Victims of Oct. 7 Hamas Attacks
December 18, 2023
Bishop Robert Brennan and Cardinal Timothy Dolan were part of an interfaith leadership group that recently met with survivors of...