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Catholic colleges and universities today are largely failing to fulfill their mission, and the bishops have an important role to play in correcting the problem, the provost of Dartmouth College said Wednesday.Santiago Schnell, who is also a renowned mathematical biologist, spoke to the U.S. Conferen...

When the U.S. bishops’ conference gathered in Dallas in the spring of 2002, they were in a crisis.The Boston Globe had published reports in the months prior on the extent of clerical sexual abuse of minors in the diocese, and the transfer of abusers and cover-up of allegations which came subsequentl...

The U.S. bishops voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to approve revisions to the Charter for the Protection of Young People, after a failed proposal to delay the vote, made in order to seek more feedback from diocesan advisors and abuse victims.The vote on the Charter text was 176-22, with 6 bishops ab...

The bishops of the United States consecrated the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Thursday, asking for God’s blessings ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary.The consecration took place during Mass at the bishops’ plenary assembly in Orlando on June 11, on the eve of the Solemnity of the Sac...

Paid Pillar subscribers can listen to Ed read this Pillar Post here: The Pillar TL;DRHappy Friday friends,The bishops of the United States yesterday consecrated the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.I think there can be a tendency to give events like these only a passing and even slightly patroni...

A German bishop has sharply criticized a leading Catholic women’s association’s call for Catholic hospitals in the country to perform abortions.Members of the Catholic Women’s Association of Germany. Credit: Screenshot from the @kfdBundesverband YouTube channel.Bishop Heinz Josef Algermissen said Ju...

Cardinal Baldassare Reina, vicar of the Diocese of Rome, denied Jun. 8 being part of a criminal investigation against his brother involving several Sicilian politicians and businessmen.The denial came as media reports in Italy questioned whether the cardinal had knowledge on his brother’s alleged de...

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Investigators in Mozambique have arrested three people in connection to the June 6 killing of Bishop Osório Citara Afonso, leader of the Quelimane diocese.One of the arrested suspects is a Catholic priest. The others are a guard and a gardener who worked in the bishop’s residence.Bishop Osório Citor...

Italian police have arrested a woman on suspicion of playing a major role in laundering around 61 million euros (approximately $70 million) embezzled from Caritas Luxembourg.The entrance to Caritas Luxembourg’s headquarters in Luxembourg City. Credit: Bdx/Wikimedia CC0.The 41-year-old suspect was de...

The auxiliary bishop of Seoul, who is serving as the general coordinator for World Youth Day 2027, believes the upcoming international youth event will be a moment for the Holy Spirit to act in a special way. He said he hopes participants will be inspired by the history of the Church in Korea, which...

The Archdiocese of Chicago won last week a court ruling that will allow it to proceed with a lawsuit against participants in a scheme to make false claims of clerical sexual abuse.But the archdiocese has also warned that it expects to see an increase in historical abuse claims following a “change in...