Articles by JD Flynn
Analysis: USCCB committee election a referendum on what it means to be pro-life
Nov 7, 2017 / 15:00 pmNext week, America’s bishops will meet in Baltimore for the annual fall meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2017 is the one-hundredth anniversary of the episcopal conference, and the bishops will begin their meeting with a day of talks, Mass, and a celebratory dinner honoring their history.
Theologian resigns from USCCB committee after publishing letter to Pope Francis
Nov 1, 2017 / 16:14 pmA member of the Vatican’s International Theological Commission has resigned his position as a consultant to the USCCB’s Committee on Doctrine, following the publication of a letter written to Pope Francis asking the Pope to correct the “chronic confusion” of his pontificate, which he says “fosters within the faithful a growing unease.”
Cardinal Vidal remembered as a peacemaker, pastor
Oct 25, 2017 / 05:01 amCardinal Ricardo Vidal, the late emeritus Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines, will be buried Oct. 26 in the mausoleum at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, alongside the remains of his fellow deceased bishops of Cebu.
Commentary: Redefining gender while California burns
Oct 20, 2017 / 02:01 amCalifornia is still burning.
Pope's death penalty views may mean new approach to criminal justice
Oct 12, 2017 / 08:37 amOn Wednesday, Pope Francis told a gathering in Rome that the Catechism of the Catholic Church should significantly revise its treatment of the death penalty.
Holiness: The fullness of the Christian life
Oct 10, 2017 / 14:01 pmFifty-five years ago, on October 11, 1962, Pope St. John XXIII began the Second Vatican Council at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Archbishop Lori: Religious liberty protections 'a victory for all Americans'
Oct 6, 2017 / 15:45 pmThe chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Religious Liberty says that expanded religious liberty protections in the federal contraception mandate are a “victory for the First Amendment, and a victory for all Americans, even those who don’t agree with the Church’s” teaching on contraception.
From the editor: Why are the comment boxes gone?
Sep 29, 2017 / 15:22 pmSome readers have noticed that the comment boxes on Catholic News Agency stories have disappeared from our website this week. We made this decision for two reasons.
Why Catholic News Agency? Our mission
Sep 22, 2017 / 15:07 pmFive days after he was elected Pope, John Paul II met with journalists from around the world. The Pope was a scholar, a man of letters, and an actor. He understood the power of words and images, and he understood the power of media.
Archbishop Chaput on the enduring legacy of Veritatis splendor
Sep 12, 2017 / 13:09 pmThis week, First Things published “The Splendor of Truth in 2017”, an essay by Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia on St. John Paul II’s 1993 encyclical on fundamental questions regarding the Church’s moral teaching, Veritatis splendor.