US Bishops

On Religion | Mixed signals in an American bishop’s leap

06/04/2022 at 10:25 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Terry Mattingly, Times Standard, June 4, 2022 Two years before long-standing rumors about Cardinal Theodore McCarrick leapt into headlines worldwide, America’s most outspoken activist on clergy sexual abuse, Richard Sipe, met with his local bishop — San Diego Bishop Robert... read more

Striking Out in Baltimore

11/27/2021 at 1:23 PM By Kevin Edward White
By David Carlin, Catholic Things, November 27, 221 In baseball, some batters are known as “clutch hitters.” In ordinary situations, they may be no better than .275 hitters. Not bad, but nothing special. But in extraordinary situations, situations in which the game is on the line, they often... read more

US Bishops’ Communion statement aims to ‘retrieve and revive’ understanding

11/17/2021 at 3:45 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Carol Zimmermann, The Pilot/Catholic News Service, November 17, 2021 BALTIMORE (CNS) -- The U.S. bishops approved their statement on the Eucharist with 222 "yes" votes Nov. 17, the second of two days of public sessions during their Nov. 15-18 fall general assembly. Their OK came a day... read more

Cardinal Mahony Attacks Fellow Bishops in an Interview Published by Vatican News Service Ahead of USCCB Vote

11/16/2021 at 4:24 PM By Kevin Edward White
Despite the interview’s headline, Cardinal Mahony makes no call for “dialogue” with his brother bishops. By Alejandro Bermudez, National Catholic Register/CNA, November 16, 2021In an unusual interview published by Vatican News ahead of the U.S. bishops’ vote this week on the document... read more

DURBIN DENIED

11/11/2021 at 6:58 PM By Kevin Edward White
by Samuel McCarthy, ChurchMilitant.com, November 10, 2021 Catholic Senator mewls over bishops' choice SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (ChurchMilitant.com) - A nominally Catholic Senator, Dick Durbin, is complaining because he's been denied Communion. Illinois senator Dick Durbin complained in an... read more

Interview: Archbishop Cordileone on Biden, Pelosi, abortion and Pope Francis

11/09/2021 at 7:04 PM By Kevin Edward White
America, November 9, 2021 In this wide-ranging conversation on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” host Gloria Purvis speaks with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco about some of the most contested issues in the Catholic Church today. Gloria asks the archbishop about President... read more

US Bishops Weigh Next Steps on Traditional Latin Mass While Others Fear Further Division

07/21/2021 at 12:53 PM By Kevin Edward White
Concerns raised with ‘Traditionis Custodes’ (Guardians of the Tradition) released July 16 include questions regarding the premises on which it is based and distress over its treatment of Catholics who have sought to remain faithful to the Church even as they have struggled with liturgical and... read more

Archbishop Cordileone: Traditional Latin Mass Will Continue in San Francisco

07/17/2021 at 8:12 AM By Kevin Edward White
It seems that Traditional Latin Masses in dioceses throughout the United States are largely set to continue as scheduled, while bishops prepare responses to Traditionis custodes. By Christine Rousselle/CNA, National Catholic Register, July 16, 2021As diocesan bishops consider how to implement... read more

Cuban-American bishops state solidarity with Cuba protests

07/15/2021 at 3:25 PM By Kevin Edward White
Havana on Monday blamed a US "policy of economic suffocation" for unprecedented protests against Cuba's communist government as Washington pointed the finger at "decades of repression" in the one-party state. Catholic News Agency Denver Newsroom, July 13, 2021 Four Cuban-American bishops... read more

A Third Father James and the Illusion of a Third Way

06/15/2021 at 12:02 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Barbara J. Farrah, Crisis, June 15, 2021 Fr. Dwight Longenecker’s recent Crisis article, “The Tale of Two Fr. Jameses,” warrants a revisit in light of the emergence to the national stage of a third Father James, Fr. James Parker of the Rockford, Illinois, diocese. In his... read more

Signatories on letter opposing USCCB vote on ‘Eucharistic coherence’ include 5 cardinals, 6 archbishops

06/08/2021 at 4:57 PM By Kevin Edward White
The Pillar, June 7, 2021 The signers of a May 13 letter which pressed the U.S. bishops’ conference to suspend its conversation on “Eucharistic coherence” include 47 diocesan bishops, five of whom are cardinals, along with 21 auxiliary bishops. The letter and signatory list, sent May 13... read more

Your Excellencies, Do You Even Believe?

06/07/2021 at 9:15 PM By Kevin Edward White

Archbishop Cordileone: “I sense a growing sense of urgency among the bishops…”

05/30/2021 at 9:17 PM By Kevin Edward White

Beware when Church leaders manipulate the language: Part II

05/27/2021 at 10:37 AM By Kevin Edward White

Dispatch from the Dead Letter Office

05/18/2021 at 9:34 PM By Kevin Edward White

Cautionary notes: what Cardinal Ladaria did NOT say

05/15/2021 at 2:05 PM By Kevin Edward White

Awakening Consciences About Abortion-Tainted Vaccines

03/19/2021 at 12:00 PM By Kevin Edward White

The Bishops and Eucharistic Coherence

03/18/2021 at 4:29 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Cardinal Cupich Seems to Be the Vatican’s Choice

02/06/2021 at 11:39 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Biden, the Bishops, and the New Face of Catholicism

02/02/2021 at 1:56 PM By Kevin Edward White