Archbishop Charles Thompson

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Indianapolis archbishop offers prayers in response to local mass shooting

Apr 16, 2021

By CNA Staff

The Archbishop of Indianapolis on Friday offered prayers and called on Catholics to work to end gun violence, after a... Read more

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Analysis: Vatican decision on Indianapolis could impact pending lawsuit, and Catholic identity in Catholic schools

Dec 21, 2020

By Ed Condon, JD Flynn

The outcome of a Vatican appeal involving same-sex civil marriage and the Catholic identity of an Indiana school could have... Read more

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DOJ backs Archdiocese of Indianapolis over firing of teacher for gay marriage

Sep 30, 2019

The Justice Department said on Friday that the Archdiocese of Indianapolis is protected by the First Amendment in its request that... Read more

Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School. Courtesy photo.

Analysis: Does a Vatican decision on Brebeuf Jesuit undermine Archbishop Thompson?

Sep 24, 2019

By JD Flynn

Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis announced this week that the Vatican has suspended a decree that prohibits the school... Read more

Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School. Courtesy photo.

Vatican office temporarily suspends sanctions against Indiana Jesuit school

Sep 23, 2019

By Carl Bunderson

The Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education has temporarily suspended a decree from the Archbishop of Indianapolis that revoked the Catholic... Read more

Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School. Courtesy photo.

Indianapolis Jesuit high school makes Vatican appeal of disciplinary measures

Aug 5, 2019

A Jesuit-sponsored high school in Indiana has asked the Vatican to overturn Indianapolis Archbishop Charles Thompson’s decision to revoke the... Read more

Archbishop Charles Thompson of Indianapolis. Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

Cathedral High School in Indianapolis recognizes archbishop's oversight

Jun 24, 2019

A Catholic high school in the Indianapolis archdiocese has said it will comply with the archbishop’s instructions to stop employing... Read more

Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School. Courtesy photo.

Indianapolis archbishop revokes Jesuit prep school's Catholic identity

Jun 20, 2019

The Archdiocese of Indianapolis announced Thursday that a local Jesuit high school will no longer be recognized as a Catholic... Read more

Newly appointed metropolitan archbishops from around the world at a Mass with Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square to recieve their pallia, June 29, 2017.

New US archbishops look forward to serving God in their local Churches

Jun 29, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

Newly-appointed metropolitan archbishops from around the world received the traditional woolen vestment called a pallium during a special Mass with... Read more

Archbishop Charles Thompson of Indianapolis, who was appointed June 13, 2017. Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

Kentucky native appointed Archbishop of Indianapolis

Jun 13, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

The Vatican announced Tuesday Pope Francis' transfer of Bishop Charles Thompson from the Evansville diocese to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.  Read more