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Polish, Scandinavian bishops sent letters to German bishopsEnglish-speaking bishops fraternal correction lists seven points

Polish, Scandinavian bishops sent letters to German bishops
English-speaking bishops fraternal correction lists seven points

In the golden age of the Catholic episcopate—the days of great Church Fathers like Cyprian of Carthage

Meet Bishop Cozzens who went to jail for the unbornInterview with the ordinary of Crookston, Minnesota

Meet Bishop Cozzens who went to jail for the unborn
Interview with the ordinary of Crookston, Minnesota

Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens, 53, is the Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota. He grew up in Denver, Colorado, the youngest of three children in a devout Catholic family. His father was an aerospace engineer and his mother

Cordileone on letter to German bishopsReforms were “actually challenges to long-established and settled doctrine"

Cordileone on letter to German bishops
Reforms were “actually challenges to long-established and settled doctrine"

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, one of the bishops who have signed a letter of warning to German bishops for their proposed reforms, emphasized on

International coalition of bishops offers ‘fraternal letter of concern’In addition to Archbishop Cordileone, California Bishops Barber, Vann, Vasa and Freyer are among the signers

International coalition of bishops offers ‘fraternal letter of concern’
In addition to Archbishop Cordileone, California Bishops Barber, Vann, Vasa and Freyer are among the signers

Seventy-four Catholic bishops from four continents have signed a “fraternal open letter” to their episcopal counterparts in Germany, expressing concern over the German Church’s controversial “Synodal Path.”

While noting the need for reform

Worth dying forWhat those words demand from us now

Worth dying for
What those words demand from us now

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from an address given by Archbishop Chaput at St. Francis De Sales Seminary, Milwaukee, on April 4, 2022.

Old age has enormous value for its experience and

Pro and contra Cardinal Marx on Catholic CatechismBishop Strickland, Father James Martin chime in

Pro and contra Cardinal Marx on Catholic Catechism
Bishop Strickland, Father James Martin chime in

Pro-LGBT Jesuit Father James Martin rushed to the defense of German Cardinal Reinhard Marx Saturday, after the latter proposed changing Catholic teaching on the morality of gay sex.

After Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, admonished Cardinal

Bishop Chavez funeral held two years after death“First, they told us we could only have 100 people attend... then only 10”

Bishop Chavez funeral held two years after death
“First, they told us we could only have 100 people attend... then only 10”

The diocese lost one of its beloved leaders, Bishop Gilberto Chávez, just as the coronavirus was beginning to spread. Two years later, almost to the day, the diocese was able to celebrate a memorial Mass for

Archbishop Cordileone prays with our Greek brothersCites cross above the Monastery of St. Michael in Kiev last week

Archbishop Cordileone prays with our Greek brothers
Cites cross above the Monastery of St. Michael in Kiev last week

The annual Ecumenical Service of Salutations to the Holy Cross is frequently a joyous coming together of the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic communities of the San Francisco Bay Area. This year, however, it was “tinged

Puerto Rico bishop fired for lack of communion with other bishopsResisted on vaccines, seminary, firm on gender ideology

Puerto Rico bishop fired for lack of communion with other bishops
Resisted on vaccines, seminary, firm on gender ideology

Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres, who has led the Diocese of Arecibo since 2010, said he had been asked to resign because he

What will it take for bishops to speak out?Shooting priests and nuns?

What will it take for bishops to speak out?
Shooting priests and nuns?

During the presidential campaign of 2016, TV news coverage showed Hillary Clinton speaking at a number of black Protestant churches – and speaking not in the more or less secular church basement,

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