Archive for June 11, 2019
Catholic 'gender theory' document: clarity for a wounded, oversexed culture?
Catholic commentators have welcomed a Vatican document warning that gender theory is a cultural and ideological revolution that undermines both... Read more
Lay advisers urge US bishops to press for release of McCarrick documents
Advisory bodies to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called Tuesday for the bishops to urge the Holy See to... Read more
Nuncio recommends synodality, 'walking together' to US bishops
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 2019 Spring General Assembly kicked off in Baltimore Tuesday with a brief address... Read more
US bishops open debate on abuse reforms
On the morning of the first day of the USCCB’s General Assembly in Baltimore, discussion began on three proposals to... Read more
Order of Malta leader restricts use of extraordinary form within order
The recently installed head of the Knights of Malta directed Monday that all liturgical ceremonies within the community must use... Read more
L.A. archdiocese reiterates support for religious sisters in convent dispute
After a story in the New York Post sparked new interest the drama of a years-long legal dispute involving Katy... Read more
Analysis: The laity - the who and the how in sexual abuse reform
Two major themes emerged at the USCCB Tuesday: a desire to see a defined role for laity in the process of... Read more
Church must be present to migrants and refugees, USCCB leaders say
The Church needs to be present to migrants and refugees in the U.S. who are facing detention or deportation, and... Read more
Mexican bishops concerned by US-Mexico immigration agreement
The Mexican bishops' conference expressed its concern Monday about the immigration and tariffs agreement reached between the governments of the... Read more
US religious freedom ambassador laments widespread silence on Uyghurs
Islamic countries should be more vocal in criticizing China's mistreatment of the Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnoreligious group, the US ambassador-at-large... Read more
Judge issues injunction to keep MO abortion clinic open another two weeks
Judge Michael F. Stelzer of Missouri Circuit Court in St. Louis granted the city’s Planned Parenthood clinic a preliminary injunction... Read more
