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For two days, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met in plenary assembly in Baltimore advancing key issues related to liturgy, living out the faith, in ...

Coptic Catholic Patriarch reminds participants that the guiding thread of this synod must be the centrality of Christ

ORLANDO, Fla. (OSV News) -- At the U.S. Catholic bishops June assembly, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the papal representative to the U.S., laid out the Vaticans case for how embracing synodality -- with Jesus Christ as their true north -- can help bishops carry out the churchs evangelizing mission with their people. And he said that the U.S. bishops already have examples of synodality at work among them and in their local churches. The purpose of walking this synodal path is to make our

ORLANDO, Fla. (OSV News) -- Meeting in Orlando for their spring assembly, the U.S. bishops moved ahead on some efforts to advance the churchs mission in the U.S., including new pastoral initiatives aimed at activating Catholics as missionary disciples. The gatherings June 15-16 plenary sessions proved relatively smooth, but featured moments of vigorous discussion at a few points, particularly around the formation of priests. Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Milita

Meeting in Orlando for their spring assembly, the U.S. bishops moved ahead on some efforts to advance the church’s mission in the U.S., including new pastoral initiatives aimed at activating Catholics as missionary disciples

Celibacy is a gift, but this calling must incorporate psychosexual human development and be grounded in reality.

The Indiana-based Catholic publisher will fill the void left by the closure of the U.S. arm of Catholic News Service in January 2023 with OSV News. Meanwhile, Catholic journalists searched for new pathways in Catholic media.