James Dearie

Saginaw Bishop Joseph Cistone has appointed retired Judge Michael Talbot to oversee the diocese's handling of sex abuse cases and has released the names of defrocked priests.

An effort by a Vermont bishop to promote greater care for the Earth and the teachings of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," resulted in a diocesan-wide celebration of a Year of Creation in 2017.

College round-up: President of University of Dallas removed without reason; Ave Maria University alumnae protest commencement speaker Betsy DeVos; Seton Hill University to honor Sisters of Charity; Villanova basketball team meets with Pope Francis

Frank Bonnike, former president of the National Federation of Priest Councils and later founding member of CORPUS, a national association of resigned Roman Catholic priests, died April 5. He was 95 years old.

College roundup: Mercyhurst University is erasing the legacy of former president after abuse allegations came to light; Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at Seattle University Law School joins amicus curiae group; Denise Rotondo appointed dean of Wehle School of Business

The Diocese of Saginaw, Michigan, canceled two events last week as it continues to deal with the fallout from sex abuse allegations against former priests, one of whom was arrested for the second time.

In February, the U.S. State Department released a Nuclear Posture Review, a statement of the military's current nuclear policy that presidents have ordered early in their first term since the end of the Cold War: It shows no signs of cutting back any time soon, citing the role nuclear deterrence still plays in maintaining security. 

College roundup: Villanova University, University of Notre Dame clinch national basketball championships; non-tenure track faculty strike at Loyola University Chicago; Marymount University student makes fake bomb threat

Elizabeth McAlister, Mark Colville, Clare Grady, Martha Hennessy, Jesuit Fr. Stephen Kelly, Patrick O'Neill, and Carmen Trotta were all taken into custody after illegally entering the Kings Bay Naval Base in St. Mary's, Georgia.

A new exhibition at Fairfield University, a Jesuit institute in Connecticut, will tell the story of a dramatic period in the history of one of the Catholic Church's most visible religious orders.

The council plans to launch "a multi-year, racial justice truth-telling initiative" on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

College roundup: Fordham celebrating Sr. Elizabeth Johnson; Gonzaga launching new leadership studies school; Dayton installing over 4,000 solar panels; Spring Hill College hosting deacons

After a sting operation resulted in the arrest of a Saginaw diocese priest in late February, another priest has been suspended amid reports of sexual misconduct, and diocesan property has been raided by the police.

St. Thomas University CFO resigns amid ties to gun company; Sister Norma Pimental, champion of immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley, honored by Notre Dame; Mount St. Mary's University hosts the apostolic nuncio to the US; Catholic universities in Brooklyn and New Orleans celebrate new environmental initiatives

A Saginaw, Michigan, diocesan priest, previously cleared of accusations of sexual abuse of a minor, has been caught in a police sting operation and charged with criminal sexual misconduct.

A concert by a renowned composer of Catholic hymns, Dan Schutte, has been moved out of a local parish on orders of Bishop James Johnston of the Dioceses of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri.

More details about the handling of predatory priests in the Buffalo Diocese are coming to light after a man came forward last week with allegations against retired Fr. Norbert Orsolits.

College roundup: Duquesne University must recognize unions; Activist Tarana Burke, journalist Ronan Farrow speaking at Gonzaga; Notre Dame women's basketball coach honored; Sen. Dick Durbin honored at Georgetown

In a press conference Feb. 27, a Buffalo man alleged abuse decades ago by a Buffalo Diocese priest, who then admitted to years of abusing teenage boys. Two days later, the Buffalo Diocese announced a new Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program.

College roundup: Gun control demonstrators won't be penalized by schools; despite student vote, no condoms to be handed out at Boston College; Benedictine College is closing a campus in Illinois