Catholic Church
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GwenVermont Catholic Diocese in Bankruptcy Over Abuse Claims, With $500 Million Parish Trust Dispute Unresolved
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont’s sole Catholic diocese, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 30, 2024, after facing a growing number of clergy sexual abuse...
Catholic Archbishop Joins Lawsuit Against New York Assisted-Suicide Law
Archbishop Ronald Hicks, the Archdiocese of New York, and the Catholic healthcare ministry ArchCare have joined a lawsuit brought by four orders of Catholic nuns and other Catholic...
Catholic priest Kevin Whalen reportedly linked to drug dealing in Connecticut
According to the opening of a February 22, 2013, Haaretz report, Father Kevin Whalen was regarded as a figure who would go far from the moment he joined...
Athenagoras I and Paul VI’s 1967 Meetings Opened New Era in East-West Church Relations
In 1967, Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I and Pope Paul VI held a series of meetings that the Catholic World Report essay describes as a turning point in relations...
Cardinal Vesco Says the Church’s Main Challenge Is a Fraternity Open to All
Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, Archbishop of Algiers, spoke in an interview with Where Peter Is about the Catholic Church in Algeria, the visit of Pope Leo XIV, relations with...
Cardinal Vesco’s Remarks on Conversion Were Taken Out of Context, Interview Shows
Bishop Robert Barron, an American bishop with a large social media following, has publicly criticized Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, Archbishop of Algiers, over remarks the cardinal made in an...
U.S. bishops to elect new general secretary at meeting in Baltimore, Maryland
When the U.S. bishops’ conference meets in Baltimore next month, the bishops will elect a new general secretary to lead the conference’s administrative offices. The election comes under...
Ghana’s Catholic Bishops Launch Policy to Strengthen Church-Run Vocational Training
Catholic bishops in Ghana have launched a policy to strengthen technical and vocational training in Church-run institutions. The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Strategy Policy aims...
CBCP Expands Nationwide Drive to Protect Sacred Art and Church Relics With Private Foundation
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is expanding its nationwide campaign to preserve the country’s religious art heritage through a partnership with a private corporate foundation....
