Bishops poised to pick leader; unsettled times for Catholics
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The ongoing sexual-abuse crisis. Dioceses declaring bankruptcy. What to do with Catholic politicians who don&#39;t hold to church teachings.
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WASHINGTON, DC - In an apparent affirmation of church tradition, Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane yesterday was elected president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops at its annual fall meeting.
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Roman Catholic Church leaders say they are frustrated with Rudolph W. Giulianiâs position on abortion.
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The bishop of Spokane, Wash., was elected president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops yesterday, despite his intent to declare his diocese bankrupt in the next few weeks.
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The cardinal taking over the Vatican office in charge of priests says the issue of celibacy may one day be reviewed.
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Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain has said it was still unclear whether Protestant and Catholic parties will unveil their choices for the two top posts in the province's power-sharing administration.
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At the wake of the bitter clergy sex-scandal that forced three dioceses to file bankruptcy and largely marred the âholyâ reputation of the Roman Catholic Church, the US Conference of Catholic bishops elected their new president to lead the church
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Last season, nobody saw Archbishop Williams coming. The Bishops entered the MIAA tournament with a less than stellar 15-7 record, enough to earn a No. 10 seed. Things hadn't gone well early as the team struggled to an 8-5 start, but from there it was all Archies.
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The Episcopal bishop of New York fears that the Anglican Churchâs demands over gay issues could force the American church into a corner.
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Catholic leaders try to regain trust amid continuing lawsuits and financial challenges.
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America&#39;s Roman Catholic bishops chose a new president Monday who has released the names of priests accused of molesting children and reached out to victims but who also plans
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US Catholic bishops, dealing with a pervasive priest sexual abuse scandal, on Monday elected as their new president Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, Washington, whose diocese faces dozens of lawsuits from alleged victims.
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Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., who plans to declare his diocese in bankruptcy because of sexual abuse claims, was elected yesterday as the next president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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The nation's Roman Catholic bishops said Friday they will spend the next nine months deciding whether to make any changes in the policy they enacted at the height of the clergy sex abuse crisis that includes permanently barring guilty priests from church work.    The review was mandated in the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People," the document the bishops adopted at an emotional June 2002 assembly in Dallas...
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Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, who was president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for three years during the height of the clergy molestation crisis, has been appointed by Pope John Paul II to serve as Archbishop of Atlanta, the archdiocese announced Thursday.
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has changed the rules for electing popes, making it potentially harder to name a successor but ensuring that when the white smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel, the new pontiff will have broad support among cardinals.
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China's state-controlled Catholic church has quietly nominated a new bishop for Beijing and the priest chosen said the government would decide whether to seek approval from Rome as Pope Benedict demanded.