By Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency, August 14, 2019 The Diocese of Scranton has begun an investigation into allegations of misconduct on the part of the rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. “Bishop Joseph Bambera, Bishop of the... read more

By Ed Condon, CNA, July 13, 2019 Senior sources close to the Archdiocese of Washington have confirmed that archdiocesan records include the names of individuals, including senior Vatican figures, to whom McCarrick made payments from the fund. WASHINGTON - More than one year after the... read more

BY WILLIAM KILPATRICK, JULY 11, 2019 Thanks to Pope Francis, the Vatican now joins the growing list of the world’s sanctuary cities. If you’re a clergyman wanted by civil authorities or Church authorities in your native land, the Vatican will offer you a safe haven and, quite possibly, a... read more

By: Peter Feuerherd, National Catholic Reporter, May 13, 2019 David Spotanski wrote the kind of candid memo to his boss in February 2002 that some underlings compose, think better of, and then delete. It was no ordinary missive from a chancery bureaucrat. The then-vice chancellor for the... read more

By Christine Rousselle, CNA, April 4, 2019 Archbishop Wilton Gregory made an uncompromising commitment to transparency during his introduction to the faithful of Washington, DC, at a press conference Thursday. "First of all, I believe that the only way I can serve this local archdiocese is... read more

By Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia, April 4, 2019 WASHINGTON – Over the last nine months, as this capital church has become the local nexus of the gravest crisis modern American Catholicism has known, the stakes facing its next leader have only ever increased. And now, a process that... read more

A news report that Pope Francis is appointing Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory to replace embattled D.C. Cardinal Donald Wuerl has become engulfed by conspiracy theories. By Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, March 30 When the pope names a new bishop for a diocese, it’s always... read more

Pope Francis is expected to appoint Atlanta prelate to serve in D.C., multiple sources have independently reported to CNA. Ed Condon and JD Flynn/CAN/ March 28, 2019 WASHINGTON — Pope Francis is expected to appoint Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta to serve as the next archbishop of... read more