Most clergy are silent in the wake of Bishop Paprocki's June 12 decree prohibiting Catholics in same-sex marriages from receiving the Eucharist, while progressive groups are denouncing it.
Distinctly Catholic: Following Christ, as the late Archbishop Quinn made clear in his life, entails transformation, ongoing transformation.
Distinctly Catholic: Both the "blame America first" crowd and the "America first" bullies fail to recognize the ever-deepening challenge to live up to the aspirations of our founding.
A flurry of Supreme Court cases is putting religious liberty debates and state-church conflicts in the spotlight. In recent days, the court ruled that hospital systems with church affiliations are exempted from some provisions of federal pension law. The court also found that Trinity Lutheran Church in Missouri is eligible for a state grant to resurface its playground despite the state constitution’s ban on government funding of churches.
Faith and Justice: Youth, religious freedom, health care, immigration -- the bishops discussed important matters at their meeting. How much progress they made is another issue.
U.S. bishops made it clear during their annual spring assembly that their efforts are focused on "ensuring the fundamental right of medical care" for all people.
Distinctly Catholic: Change comes to the U.S. bishops' conference slowly, but the latest meeting shows that it is indeed coming.
NCR Today: If Catholic bishops really want a church that listens, heals and goes to the margins as Pope Francis does, it's far past time to build a culture of encounter with the LGBT community.
Following Pope Francis' 2015 reform of church law on nullity procedures, several dioceses reported growth in annulment case filings for 2016 compared to 2015.
Pope Francis teaches us that theology must "attend to the concrete reality of human life and human suffering," San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy told theology graduates.
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