Georgia Bulletin

Washington, DC

• Summit held to address church’s ‘twin crises’ of abuse, leadership failure

  

  By MARK ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published abril 2, 2020

  The Catholic Partnership Summit, Feb. 28-29, had as its theme, “From Crisis to Co-Responsibility: Creating a New Culture of Leadership.” It drew leaders from 63 U.S. dioceses, including Atlanta.

• Reporting system to record abuse complaints against bishops begins

  

  By DENNIS SADOWSKI, Catholic News Service
  Published marzo 19, 2020

  A reporting system accepting sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. bishops and eparchs is in place. Called the Catholic Bishops Abuse Reporting Service, or CBAR, the system became operational March 16.

• Practice of tracking Massgoers for political purposes gains scrutiny

  

  By DENNIS SADOWSKI, Catholic News Service
  Published marzo 5, 2020

  Regular Massgoers in some parts of the country have been tracked using cellphone location data by at least one organization looking to turn out voters to support specific political candidates.

• USCCB assembly to review third-party reporting system, elect new officers

  

  By Catholic News Service
  Published octubre 31, 2019

  An update to the Program on Priestly Formation, a progress report on the establishment of a nationwide, third-party reporting system for abuse or misconduct by bishops, and a vote on new leadership for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) are on the agenda for the bishops’ fall general assembly.

• Refugee advocates decry Trump administration’s plan to cut refugee cap

  

  By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published octubre 3, 2019

  Refugee advocates are opposed to the decision announced by the Trump administration Sept. 26 that it plans to admit no more than 18,000 refugees in the next fiscal year, the lowest number since the resettlement program was created in 1980.

• Cardinal DiNardo urges prayers, support for Hurricane Dorian victims

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
  Published septiembre 4, 2019

  Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, urges prayers and support for the victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas as the storm moves towards the coastline of the southeastern United States.

• Papa Francisco ofrece oraciones tras sangriento fin de semana en EE.UU.

  

  By RHINA GUIDOs, Catholic News Service
  Published agosto 8, 2019

  WASHINGTON (CNS) — El papa Francisco se unió a líderes de la Iglesia Católica para expresar su pesar inmediatamente después de dos tiroteos masivos en los Estados Unidos que dejaron por lo menos 31 personas muertas y decenas de heridos en Texas y Ohio el 3 y 4 de agosto. Después de la oración del […] Full Story | En Español

• Administración aplica regla de “tercer país” a solicitantes de asilo

  

  By Catholic News Service
  Published julio 25, 2019

  La Administración de Trump anunció que los departamentos de Justicia y Seguridad Nacional de los EE. UU. están adoptando una regla provisional de “tercer país” que requiere que los inmigrantes que buscan asilo en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México soliciten primero estatus de refugiados en otro país.

• In recalling soldiers’ D-Day sacrifice, archbishop prays for world peace

  

  By ELIZABETH BACHMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published junio 5, 2019

  In remembering the troops who died storming the beaches of Normandy, France, 75 years ago on D-Day, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services said “Jesus Christ reminds us there is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

• Washington’s new archbishop urges renewed faith amid recent challenges

  

  By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published mayo 21, 2019

  During his installation ceremony as the new archbishop of Washington, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory acknowledged the struggles that have recently impacted the Catholic Church and urged all not to lose faith.

• Father Luke Ballman named to USCCB position

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published mayo 17, 2019

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory shared news with the Archdiocese of Atlanta regarding the appointment of Father Luke Ballman to a leadership post with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) May 17.

• Judges block expansion of religious exemptions to HHS mandate

  Published enero 15, 2019

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—Two federal judges temporarily blocked the government from putting into effect new rules that would expand the exemption to the federal contraceptive mandate to the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious employers. The decisions came in cases filed in federal courts in Pennsylvania and California that challenged the expansion, arguing that allowing […] Full Story

• Sister Wendy Beckett, art critic and British TV star, dies at 88

  By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published diciembre 27, 2018

  WASHINGTON (CNS)–Sister Wendy Beckett, who gained fame in the 1990s for television shows and books explaining art, died Dec. 26 in Norfolk, England, at the age of 88. She has been widely described as both an unlikely art critic and television star, but that may have been what made her all the more likeable. Discussing […] Full Story

• Nation mourns death of 41st president, recalls his life, legacy

  

  By JULIE ASHER, Catholic News Service
  Published diciembre 5, 2018

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—When he was running for re-election in 1992, President George H.W. Bush told Catholic News Service that he believed that a strong religious faith could provide “an extra shot of strength when you need it.” “I don’t believe you can be president without having faith. I really strongly feel that,” Bush said in a […] Full Story

• Abuse crisis, day of discernment, prayer top agenda for Baltimore meeting

  By Catholic News Service
  Published noviembre 4, 2018

  WASHINGTON —Discussion and voting on concrete measures to address the abuse crisis and a day of spiritual discernment and prayer will top the agenda for the U.S. bishops when they meet Nov. 12-14 for the fall general assembly in Baltimore. Public sessions of the assembly also will be livestreamed, live tweeted and carried via satellite, said […] Full Story

• Rockport, Texas priest in constant recovery mode for parishioners who ‘lost everything’

  

  By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published septiembre 21, 2017

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—Three weeks after Hurricane Harvey ripped through the Texas Gulf, where it first made landfall and flattened or tore apart homes and businesses in its path, residents were still picking up the pieces, literally, while dealing with no running water or electricity and limited cellphone service. Franciscan Father John Tran Nguyen, pastor of St. […] Full Story

• Where to give to assist with Hurricane Harvey recovery

  Published septiembre 7, 2017

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—Several organizations have established emergency relief operations for the thousands of people affected by Hurricane Harvey and the floods in Texas and Louisiana. Contributions can be made to: – Catholic Charities USA: online at https://catholiccharitiesusa.org; telephone at 800-919-9338; mail to P.O. Box 17066, Baltimore, Maryland 21297-1066 and write “Hurricane Harvey” in the memo line […] Full Story

• Catholic leaders sharply criticize Trump’s decision to end DACA

  

  By KURT JENSEN, Catholic News Service
  Published septiembre 6, 2017

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—Catholic church leaders, immigration officials and university presidents were swift and unanimous in their condemnation of President Donald Trump’s Sept. 5 decision to phase out Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals known as DACA. “In the past, the president stated that the Dreamer story ‘is about the heart,’ yet (the) decision is nothing short of […] Full Story

• Catholic groups mobilizing to help in Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath

  

  By RHINA GUIDOS, Catholic News Service
  Published agosto 28, 2017

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—Catholic dioceses and charities are organizing to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall with winds of 130 miles per hour late Aug. 25 in the Rockport, Texas area, northeast of Corpus Christi, and has since caused catastrophic flooding in southeastern Texas, including in the city of […] Full Story

• Upcoming Aug. 21 solar eclipse thrills astronomers, Kentucky parishioners

  

  By DENNIS SADOWSKI, Catholic News Service
  Published agosto 14, 2017

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—For the first time in 99 years, the summer sky will turn to night at midday Aug. 21 during a solar eclipse along a 70-mile wide path from coast to coast. Sweeping through the country’s heartland, the eclipse will give millions of people the opportunity to step back from everyday concerns and appreciate how […] Full Story