After a swastika was found painted on the doors of the cathedral of the diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bishop Frank Caggiano blasted the “brazen and disgusting display of ant-Semitism,” adding that it is “morally abhorrent and an affront to our Catholic faith.”
Six months after the scandal surrounding former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick first came to light, The Tablet has learned that the Vatican is now investigating a total of three cases of abuse against the former archbishop of Washington, one of which has yet to be publicly reported.
With the release of his 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’,” Pope Francis has brought ecological concerns to the forefront of Catholic social teaching — something that resonates with vegetarian Bishop Gerald Kicanas.
Justice is a word that creates so many emotions and reactions. Merriam Webster has named the noun its Word of the Year for 2018. The word saw a 74 percent spike on the company’s website from the previous year.
Both of these books feel necessary and needed. They also feel, through no fault of their own, of slightly of a different time, given how much the ground has shifted since their writing. Outreach to young adults is a challenge even in the best of times – and these are far from the best of times.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced Dec. 18 the annual “9 Days for Life” prayer and action campaign will run Jan. 14 to Jan. 22.
Nativity scenes on display at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Ga., feature a multitude of colors and sizes, reflect various cultures and are crafted from materials such as ceramics, shells, pewter, paper-mache, alabaster, corn husk and wax, to name a few.
In the final months of Father Arne Panula’s illness, Mary Eberstadt spent time with him, chronicling his thoughts on everything from classical music to the clerical sexual abuse crisis.
While all eyes are on the critical February 2019 Vatican summit on clergy sex abuse, the U.S. bishops will anticipate that meeting by kicking off the New Year with a week-long spiritual retreat at Mundelein Seminary in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
A preliminary report released Dec. 19 by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan shows clergy sexual abuse of minors in the state to be “significantly more extensive” than what the state’s dioceses had previously reported, it said.
