The podcast "Meet Father Rivers" examines the life of an inexplicably obscure figure of U.S. Catholic history. Fr. Clarence Joseph Rivers, a Black priest in Cincinnati, broke barriers of race, culture, worship and art.
During Mass the weekend of July 27-28, it was announced at Masses that Fr. Geoff Drew, pastor of St. Ignatius Parish in Cincinnati, is on administrative leave. No further details were provided, which left many feeling frustrated.
Participants at a diocesan listening session on racism in Columbus spoke about hurtful experiences both inside and outside the church, but also expressed optimism about efforts to recognize the problem and respond to it.
It's a simple, if radical, idea. And one that some critics of Richard Rohr, the 76-year-old Franciscan who founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque 32 years ago, have described as "dangerous" and even "heretical."
The Field Hospital: Louisville meeting on abuse crisis to complement the bishops' in Rome; projects help formerly incarcerated; guidance on becoming a sanctuary church for immigrants.
Late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia and former NFL quarterback Roger Staubach, both devout Catholics, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in a White House ceremony.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' 2019 budget, approved Nov. 14 by a 223-12 vote with six abstentions, reflects increased expenses related to the new clergy sex abuse crisis, according to the conference treasurer.
In May, Roberto Rauda, an undocumented immigrant, went to a New London, Conn., courthouse to pay a fine for carrying an open container of beer. Instead he was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in a routine sweep and ended up in the Bristol County House of Corrections in North Dartmouth, Mass.
Franciscan Fr. John Eaton says becoming a single province will have two goals: to "re-energize the Franciscan spirit in the United States" and "to be more effective" with its workforce.