WASHINGTON -- Several American bishops responded quickly upon hearing of the charges leveled by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the former Vatican ambassador to the United States, that church leaders -- including Pope Francis -- had been told years ago...
MEDELLIN, Colombia — The Catholic Church in Latin America must return to the principles of a 1968 conference that shifted the church’s emphasis toward the poor majority, said participants in a four-day meeting in Medellin, Colombia.
“If we don’t capture...
WASHINGTON -- More committees are not the answer to stop the abuse of children and vulnerable adults by clergy, said an Aug. 28 statement by the National Review Board, which is charged with addressing clerical sexual misconduct in the...
Bishop Malooly spent part of the day Aug. 28 touring facilities in Wilmington sponsored by the Ministry of Caring.
The bishop started the morning with a trip to the Child Care Center on N. Jackson Street where he was greeted...
WILMINGTON – Wilmington is not Worcester, Mass., but Yachira Torres sees similarities between her hometown and her new city. Torres relocated to Delaware this summer to take over as principal at Nativity Prep.
She will be in a familiar environment....
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said he was "eager for an audience" with Pope Francis to gain his support for the bishops' plan to respond to the clergy sexual abuse crisis.
In an Aug. 27 statement,...
The concept of "synodality," originally applied to bishops meeting together to discuss church teaching, has become increasingly important and extended since the Second Vatican Council.
St. John Paul II emphasized that "a synodal assembly cannot be reduced to a consultation...
The topic of "synodality" has generated rich conversation in recent years, especially since the election of Pope Francis. This term can seem foreign or technical, but in reality it refers to a practice that is both ancient and fundamental...
By GREG ERLANDSON
People ask how I can do my job as a Catholic editor and journalist these days without being depressed.
Actually, it is depressing. How could it not be? The church I was baptized into when I was two...
WASHINGTON – As the Sunday Mass crowd left the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle Aug. 26, Judy Lorenz held a large poster board just outside its front steps, imploring Washington's Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl to resign.
"I know it's...