Speaking to NCR, Catholic media professionals — as well as some Catholic bishops and communications officials — lamented the pending loss of Catholic News Service, the U.S. bishops' century-old wire service.
An effort by a Vermont bishop to promote greater care for the Earth and the teachings of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," resulted in a diocesan-wide celebration of a Year of Creation in 2017.
Cardinal Bernard Law died in Rome Dec. 20, 15 years after resigning as archbishop of Boston because of clergy sex abuse and its cover up. Catholics can learn at least three things from his legacy, about power, secrecy and accountability.
The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Communications has urged the Trump administration to keep current net neutrality rules in place for the sake of faith communities.
The U.S. bishops discussed immigration, racism and other social justice issues in Baltimore, but more needs to be done to effect change, say some bishops and observers.
Religious and political leaders expressed solidarity with the victims of a church shooting in Texas and their families and called for Americans to examine the causes of such violence.
In discussions Oct. 5-6 at Boston College, cardinals, bishops, and other participants will discuss the "new momentum" Amoris Laetitia gives local bishops to renew pastoral practices toward families.
