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With synod in mind, US bishops focus on advancing core mission priorities
By PETER JESSERER SMITH, OSV News
Published November 15, 2024The U.S. bishops’ annual fall assembly saw the shepherds of the church in this country make intentional steps toward integrating their work with the synodal missionary style called for by the global church’s Synod on Synodality.
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US bishops’ meeting shows united front on mission but no clear synod action plan
By PETER JESSERER SMITH
Published November 17, 2023For two days, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met in plenary assembly in Baltimore advancing key issues related to liturgy, living out the faith, including in the public square, and retooling the conference to better serve the church’s mission.
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U.S. bishops advance initiatives to strengthen church amid discussions on Eucharist, priesthood, synodality
By PETER JESSERER SMITH, OSV News
Published June 17, 2023Meeting in Orlando for their spring assembly, the U.S. bishops moved ahead on some efforts to advance the church’s mission in the U.S., including new pastoral initiatives aimed at activating Catholics as missionary disciples
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The Georgia Bulletin recognized with nine Catholic Press Awards
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published June 12, 2023The Georgia Bulletin received nine Catholic Press Awards during the 2023 Catholic Media Conference, held June 6-9 in Baltimore.
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CRS leader concerned by growing needs of refugees fleeing Ukraine
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published March 9, 2022In response to more than 2 million refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine in recent weeks, the president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services said it is “alarming to see the scale of the suffering” in the region.
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Communion statement aims to ‘retrieve and revive’ understanding
By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
Published November 18, 2021The U.S. bishops approved their statement on the Eucharist with 222 “yes” votes Nov. 17, the second of two days of public sessions during their Nov. 15-18 fall general assembly.
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U.S. bishops focus on Communion, synodality, finances in fall assembly
By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
Published November 17, 2021The U.S. bishops, gathered for the first time in person since 2019, discussed the highly anticipated statement on the Eucharist without the heated discussion it stirred up in their previous meeting.
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Synod on synodality should not avoid problems, archbishop says in homily
By CHRISTOPHER GUNTY, Catholic News Service
Published November 16, 2021More than 200 bishops and archbishops and six cardinals concelebrated the opening Mass for the fall assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the first in-person gathering for the prelates since November 2019.
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Bishops hear that third-party reporting system may start in February
By DENNIS SADOWSKI, Catholic News Service
Published November 16, 2019A third-party reporting system to field sexual misconduct allegations against bishops could be in place by the end of February, an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told the bishops during their fall general assembly in Baltimore.
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Gomez: Nation has ‘moral obligation’ to keep promise to DACA recipients
By Catholic News Service
Published November 14, 2019The “failures” of the nation’s leaders in Washington to make “comprehensive reforms to immigration policy “cut across party lines,” said Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles.
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U.S. bishops examine challenges faced by church, society
By CAROL ZIMMERMANN Catholic News Service
Published November 14, 2019On the agenda for the U.S. bishops’ Nov. 11-13 meeting in Baltimore were elections and discussions of key challenges in the church and the nation.
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Bishops’ actions at spring meeting called a ‘work in progress’
By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
Published June 17, 2019The gathering of U.S. bishops June 11-13 in Baltimore was anything but business as usual. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, said this meeting had a “sense of urgency” and momentum to it, both in the smaller group gatherings and when the bishops were all together.
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Review board chair calls for greater lay involvement as church tackles abuse
By DENNIS SADOWSKI, Catholic News Service
Published June 13, 2019National Review Board chairman Francesco Cesareo offered the U.S. bishops meeting in Baltimore a series of recommendations that he said will strengthen the church’s response to the ongoing clergy sexual abuse crisis.
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Parishes, schools urged to take part in CRS Rice Bowl campaign
Published January 28, 2019
BALTIMORE—A young South Sudanese refugee raising her siblings in Uganda’s Bidi Bidi refugee settlement. A father returning home after decades of civil war in Sri Lanka to find his farm overgrown. A young woman unable to find work in Gaza—and forbidden from seeking opportunity abroad. These are just some of the stories participants will explore […] Full Story
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U.S. bishops’ meeting has echoes, and differences, from 2002 gathering
By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
Published November 24, 2018BALTIMORE (CNS)—The gathering of U.S. bishops in Baltimore Nov. 12-14 on the heels of the clergy abuse scandal that hit the Catholic Church this past summer had echoes of the 2002 bishops’ meeting in Dallas, which took place just months after the church was also reeling from clergy sexual abuse crisis that made headlines in […] Full Story
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Bishops overwhelmingly approve pastoral letter against racism
By MARK PATTISON, Catholic News Service
Published November 20, 2018BALTIMORE (CNS)—The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a pastoral letter against racism Nov. 14 during their fall general meeting at Baltimore. The document, “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love—A Pastoral Letter Against Racism,” passed 241-3 with one abstention. It required a two-thirds vote by all bishops, or 183 votes, for passage. “Despite many […] Full Story
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New film tells true story of how stray dog turned family’s life around
By CHRIS GUNTY, Catholic News Service
Published October 23, 2017BALTIMORE (CNS)—For a lot of people, surviving getting struck by lightning might be enough to change their life. Hollywood writer and director Mitch Davis lived through such an ordeal, but in the mind of Davis and his family, that’s not what turned their life around. It was a stray dog named Pluto, who is immortalized […] Full Story
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Catholic leaders call on Congress to increase humanitarian aid in budget
Published December 1, 2016
BALTIMORE (CNS)—The head of Catholic Relief Services and the chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees have urged congressional leaders to approve additional funding for humanitarian relief and recovery operations as part of a comprehensive budget measure for fiscal 2017. The Catholic leaders wrote a letter Nov. 28 in support of a request by the Obama […] Full Story
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Archbishop calls for bishops’ racism statement, given election tension
By RHINA GUIDOS, Catholic News Service
Published November 17, 2016BALTIMORE (CNS)—Earlier this year, as communities faced tensions, protests and violence, following a spate of shooting and killings of black men by police, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, of Louisville, Kentucky, as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, asked dioceses across the country to observe a day of prayer for peace. He also wanted the […] Full Story
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USCCB elects new officers, committee chairs, including Atlanta’s archbishop
By DENNIS SADOWSKI, Catholic News Service
Published November 26, 2015BALTIMORE (CNS)—The U.S. bishops Nov. 17 elected Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield as the new general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He has been associate general secretary of the conference for five years, working alongside the current general secretary, Msgr. Ronny Jenkins, whose term is ending. Msgr. Bransfield, a Philadelphia archdiocesan priest, will […] Full Story