The bishop who chairs the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism gave a sobering assessment of U.S. Catholics’ treatment of blacks, from the laity to the hierarchy.
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Catholics Are Witnesses, And Not Social Workers
Echoing Pope Francis’ plea that the Church not become an NGO, Bishop Eusebio Elizondo kicked off the 2018 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering by urging those in attendance not to see themselves as social workers, but instead as “Catholic witnesses of Jesus’ love.”
Charity, Cheesesteaks and Lobster: Clergy Make Friendly Super Bowl Wager
Ahead of Super Bowl LII the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles, Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston and Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, placed a friendly wager on the game’s outcome.
Trump’s First State of the Union Elicits Partisan Reactions
In his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump declared this to be a “new American moment,” in a speech he described as a bid for bipartisanship, but which elicited reactions that broke along largely predictable partisan lines – a split that also characterized immediate Catholic reaction.
Bishops Share Pro-Life Commitment, See Signs Of Hope for the Future
As Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York prepares to hand over the reins of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee to Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., both men are in agreement that the pro-life work of the bishops’ conference serves as the cornerstone of its public policy work.
Francis’ Papacy: Promise or Peril for the Church?
Ross Douthat and Austen Ivereigh, two of the most prominent commentators on 21st century Catholicism, shared a stage for the first time to engage in a high-level conversation on the Francis papacy.
Grassroots Effort Allows Michigan Catholics to Spiritually ‘Adopt’ a Local Priest
Parishioners need their priests. But priests need their parishioners. That’s the spirit behind Parishioners for Priests, a grassroots movement that encourages Catholics to give local priests the one thing they need most: prayers.
US Bishops Support Moves To Protect Conscience Rights
New policies put in place by the civil rights office of the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) won praise from two former presidents of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Trump Encourages Pro-Life Marchers
Speaking to tens of thousands of predominantly young people gathered in the nation’s capital on Friday, Jan. 19, U.S. President Donald Trump pledged that “we will always defend the very first right … to human life.”
Pro-Lifers Share Same Quest For Civil Rights as MLK, says Cardinal Dolan
“We will not give-up,” said Cardinal Dolan, “that reason and the grand American tradition enshrined in our foundational documents are on our side, and that our love for babies, their struggling moms and dads, and our passion for a society to assist and protect all vulnerable life will keep us at it, because, to borrow my brother pastor’s refrain, ‘We shall overcome!’”