‘A chance to try to bring peace’: Clergy abuse compensation program participant uses settlement money to offer Masses, stock pantries in diocese
In the coming weeks and months, spiritual and physical support will be offered to those in need thanks to a man who as a child was abused by a priest of the diocese.
Oktoberfest celebration Sept. 28-30 in Maine
Submitted by Most Holy Rosary Parish It’s time for the annual Most Holy Rosary Parish Oktoberfest Celebration in Maine, N.Y. Three days of family fun: Fri., Sept. 28, 6-11 p.m.; Sat., Sept. 29, 5-11 p.m.; and Sun., Sept. 30, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Mass times for that weekend...
Christian Brothers Academy kicks off $11 million capital campaign: ‘Our Mission, Their Future’
Christian Brothers Academy President Brother Joseph Jozwiak, FSC, with campaign co-chairs (left to right) Chuck O’Neil ’65 and John Marshall ’67. (Photo provided) Submitted by Christian Brothers Academy Christian Brothers Academy announced plans on Tuesday for an $11...
Parishes hold listening sessions on abuse; ‘people need to be heard’
By Kate Blain | Catholic News Service ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) — A pastor from the Albany Diocese said the reaction from local Catholics to the clergy abuse scandal is a combination of concern for the church and its future along with anger and confusion about the church...
Parishes Hold Listening Sessions On Abuse; ‘People Need To Be Heard’
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of Albany, N.Y., gives the homily during night prayer at the National Prayer Vigil for Life in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington in this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo. (CNS...Parishes hold listening sessions on abuse; 'people need to be heard'
By Kate Blain | Catholic News Service ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) — A pastor from the Albany Diocese said the reaction from local Catholics to the clergy abuse scandal is a combination of concern for the church and its future along with anger and confusion about the church...
Chilean prosecutors raid four dioceses in ongoing abuse investigation
Chilean prosecutor Emiliano Arias, who has led an investigation against alleged sex abuse crimes by Roman Catholic priests, poses for a picture July 18 after an interview in Rancagua. Chilean prosecutors raided four dioceses Sept. 13 as they continue a nationwide...
Catholics join other Christians in calling for admitting more refugees
Catholics join other religious organizations and groups near the White House in Washington Sept. 12 urging the administration to allow 75,000 refugees into the country next fiscal year. (CNS photo | Rhina Guidos) By Rhina Guidos | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON...
Illinois priests say border visit reinvigorates advocacy for immigrants
Worshippers attend a candlelight vigil July 20 at St.Patrick’s Cathedral in El Paso, Texas, following an immigration march and rally. (CNS photo | Jorge Salgado) By Suzanne Koziatek | Catholic News Service BELLEVILLE, Ill. (CNS) — The hardships of families...
Leaked German report shows 3,700 cases of abuse of minors in 68 years
An altar server swings a censer during the opening Mass of the annual meeting of the German bishops’ conference in 2010 in Fulda. A 350-page document leaked to German media and published Sept. 12 documents nearly 3,700 cases of alleged sexual abuse of minors by...
After meeting pope, cardinal says he’s hopeful about addressing crisis
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, concelebrates Mass at the Convocation of Catholic Leaders in 2017 in Orlando, Fla. (CNS photo | Bob Roller) By Greg Erlandson | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY...
After meeting pope, cardinal says he’s hopeful about addressing crisis
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, concelebrates Mass at the Convocation of Catholic Leaders in 2017 in Orlando, Fla. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) By Greg Erlandson | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY...After meeting pope, cardinal says he's hopeful about addressing crisis
By Greg Erlandson | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston struck a determinedly hopeful tone after his long-awaited meeting with Pope Francis to discuss the growing sexual abuse crisis in the United States. “I...
Bishop Bransfield retires; pope orders investigation of allegations
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va., Sept. 13 and has instructed Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore to investigate allegations that Bishop Bransfield sexually harassed adults. Bishop Bransfield is...
Update way priests are chosen, accompanied, pope tells new bishops
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 12. (CNS photo | Paul Haring) By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The best way to help the Catholic Church, Pope Francis told new bishops, is not...
U.S. bishops tell pope abuse scandal ‘lacerated’ the church
Pope Francis meets with officials representing the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at the Vatican Sept. 13. Pictured from left are Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president of the conference, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president...
U.S. bishops tell pope abuse scandal ‘lacerated’ the church
Pope Francis meets with officials representing the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at the Vatican Sept. 13. Pictured from left are Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president of the conference, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president...U.S. bishops tell pope abuse scandal 'lacerated' the church
By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The leaders of the U.S. bishops’ conference said they shared with Pope Francis how the church in the United States has been “lacerated by the evil of sexual abuse.” “He listened very deeply from the...
Bishop Cunningham to Celebrate Mass of Forgiveness at Our Lady of Sorrows in Vestal during Weekend of Prayer and Fasting in the Diocese of Syracuse
Submitted by the Office of Communications Most Rev. Robert J. Cunningham, Bishop of Syracuse will celebrate a special Mass of Forgiveness on Saturday, September 15, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Vestal. Bishop Cunningham asked every parish in the...
