US Catholic bishops report fewer complaints of abuse in 2022
The bishops’ Secretariat for Child and Youth Protection publishes its annual report, the twentieth since its first release in 2002, to emphasize the ongoing work of the Church in ensuring the safety of children
Church leaders from the EU and Latin America demand a green transformation
Justice and Peace Commissions release joint statement urging policymakers to work towards a partnership that provides tangible benefits to all people and communities
South Sudanese bishop laments continued murders, rapes after peace accord (ACI Africa)
The South Sudanese Civil War began in 2013 and officially ended in 2020, but peace has not taken hold in all areas, Bishop Mathew Remijio Adam of Wau said as he called for the full implementation of the peace accord. “South Sudan is not yet fully at peace, because other areas in the country still […]
Bishop Strickland condemns false schism message (CNA)
“A fabricated and scurrilous message using my image & name is circulating which falsely depicts me making a statement advocating separation from the Catholic Church,” Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler (TX) tweeted after the self-described “Bishops of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate” announced that Bishop Strickland had gone into schism. “I condemn this false use of […]
Northern NY diocese files for bankruptcy (Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
The Diocese of Ogdensburg (NY) has filed for bankruptcy, Bishop Terry LaValley announced on July 17. During a two-year window in which the State of New York revoked the statute of limitations for child sex-abuse suits, 124 lawsuits were filed against the northern New York diocese.
Iraq president revokes decree that formally recognized Cardinal Sako as country’s Chaldean Patriarch (Our Sunday Visitor)
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid revoked a decree, issued by his predecessor in 2013, that formally recognized Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako as the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq. Born in 1948, Cardinal Sako became Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in 2013. The church (CNEWA profile) is among the Eastern Catholic […]
Archbishop Fernández, new DDF prefect, offers critical assessment of Veritatis Splendor, denies errors in handling abuse allegations (CWN)
Cardinal-designate Víctor Manuel Fernández, the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, offered a critical assessment of Veritatis Splendor [The Splendor of Truth], Pope St. John Paul II’s 1993 encyclical on certain fundamental questions of the Church’s moral teaching.
Russia’s withdrawal from grain deal highlights need to rethink food distribution
The United Nations and Oxfam comment on the deal termination highlighting its consequences for hundreds of millions of people worldwide facing hunger Read all
St. Camillus devoted his life to tending the poor and sick in Rome’s streets
St. Camillus’ life was marked by his courageous tending of the sick, despite his own debilitating ailments, and the working of miracles.
The Dark Side of “Miracle Drugs”
The United States is hooked on a regular regimen of pills, tablets, and capsules. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, during the years 2015–18 some 48.6 percent of people had used at least one prescription drug in the past thirty days. And these figures do not even factor in the use of illicit […]