Michael Sean Winters: Will the divergence between Pope Francis and the U.S. hierarchy grow in 2022? Or will the U.S. bishops at long last demonstrate an interest in following the lead of the Holy Father?
Editorial: Archbishop José Gomez has squandered his presidency of the U.S. bishops' conference fighting dead-end culture wars. 2021 was bookended by his moves to attack Biden and a speech denigrating justice movements.
Theology en la Plaza: The leaked draft of the U.S. bishops' Eucharist teaching demonstrates, in a number of ways, how disconnected the U.S. hierarchy has become from the real questions of these troubling times.
After a pair of Catholic churches caught ablaze last summer, one in Southern California and another in Florida, the U.S. bishops' conference has started tracking vandalism at Catholic sites across the country.
A federal court is set to hear arguments over whether the group Church Militant can stage a protest in Baltimore, with speakers Steve Bannon and Milo Yiannopoulos, during the U.S. bishops' meeting there in November.
We say: The bishops' conference investing guidelines need an environmental update. Catholics can't continue to be apathetic bystanders, profiting at the expense of communities suffering from climate change.
Commentary: For the first time in 20 years, the U.S. bishops' conference is updating its socially responsible investment guidelines. These guidelines need to look at companies tied up in nuclear weapons.
