James Dearie

A three-day conference draws college students and educators dedicated to American pluralism. The Interfaith Leadership Institute helps foster accurate and positive views of people of different religious traditions and communities. Hear what some of the 2018 participants had to say.

Barry Hudock, a former Erie diocesan priest named in the recent Pennsylvania grand jury report, has long held prominent positions in the world of Catholic publishing.

A retreat for gay priests, brothers and deacons in Wisconsin scheduled to take place for the fourth year in a row is coming under fire from conservative Catholic media and the local archbishop.

The psychotherapist and former Benedictine priest became a well-known confidante to journalists and an expert witness on celibacy, sexuality and sexual abuse in the priesthood.  Colleagues say his compassion was even greater than his longing for justice. 

Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson resigned two months after his conviction for failing to report abuse, though some say his appeal stands a good chance of success.

"The Dairy Maid-Right," a reflection on the way Americans are dealing with immigration and a changing society by Omaha-based playwright Ellen Struve was produced because of a grant from the Creighton Global Initiative. 

Franciscan Fr. John Eaton says becoming a single province will have two goals: to "re-energize the Franciscan spirit in the United States" and "to be more effective" with its workforce.

A new report on the sexual abuse of minors in the Honolulu Diocese, which covers the whole state of Hawaii, has been released by advocates of abuse victims, outlining key ways the diocese failed to protect children.

A new petition has been launched to reinstate a popular priest who was excommunicated for his support of female ordination.

The Field Hospital: Nourish provides support for those caring for the permanently or temporarily disabled, rooted in a Catholic spirituality. It is a resource that, until recently, had been an unavailable comfort to many struggling to care for their loved ones.

Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson, who was found guilty in May of failing to report child sexual abuse by Fr. James Fletcher in 1976, was sentenced to 12 months home detention.

For nearly 16 years, Shaw was the driving force behind the Abuse Tracker blog, an aggregation of links to reported stories related to the clergy abuse crisis in the Catholic Church.

In 2017, Americans lost over $900 million to fraud. Government and non-profit leaders say that the poor, elderly, African Americans, immigrants and those serving in the military are at an especially high risk. 

As Starbucks coffeehouses across the country shut down for an afternoon of anti-prejudice training May 29, Catholic organizations are also taking steps to combat racism.

College roundup: Seattle University law students' research on homelessness released to city leaders; Rockhurst teams with correctional center to educate inmates, staff; Marylhurst University will close

Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide, Australia, was found guilty of failing to report child sexual abuse and is scheduled to be sentenced June 19. The prosecution is asking for a jail sentence.

College roundup: Former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw cancels commencement speech; Jesuit Fr. Jim Martin meets controversy again; College of St. Joseph enrolls just 10 new students

The cause for the canonization of Servant of God Fr. Augustus Tolton, the first African American to be ordained as a priest for the United States, has achieved an important milestone.

A Polish Catholic nursing association has advocated since the 1990s for Hanna Chrzanowska's canonization. She will come a step closer with a beatification Mass April 28 in Krakow.

College roundup: U.S. Jesuit universities express solidarity with Nicaraguan colleagues; Loras College places second in global finance challenge; John McAdams, Marquette face off in court.