The decision to erect, merge or suppress dioceses belongs to the pope, but this always is done in consultation with the bishops’ conference.
Steubenville bishop says proposed merger needs more diocesan discussion
U.S. evangelicals get Israeli visas; Catholics want equal treatment
Catholic institutions have not been able to obtain Israeli visas for their volunteers and staff members because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Forty Catholic institutions plan to divest from fossil fuels
As the monthlong “Season of Creation” ended, forty Catholic institutions, including the Belgian bishops’ conference and a leading church social welfare agency in South Africa, have decided to divest from fossil fuel companies citing the call of Pope Francis in his 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”
Seven Catholic institutions plan to divest from fossil fuel companies
Citing Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si'” on humanity’s relationship with the earth and each other, seven Catholic institutions from around the world said they plan to divest from fossil fuel corporations.
Court remands two HHS challenges to lower courts ‘in light of Zubik’
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court in orders issued May 23 remanded two Catholic entities’ legal challenges to the federal contraceptive mandate back to the […]