Retired Roman Catholic Bishop John McCormack, who faced criticism for his role in Boston's clergy sex abuse scandal and led New Hampshire’s diocese during its own reckoning, has died.
Cardinal George Pell said that among the recent popes he was closest to Benedict XVI. Pell spoke during a webinar as part of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross' "The Church Up Close" series for journalists.
The establishment of an Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon that involves both the laity and the clergy is a sign of a church that listens to God through the voice of his people, Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo said.
Immigration advocates are calling for an end to Title 42, a controversial Trump-era policy that expels people at the border without due process, allegedly in the name of public health. But the Biden administration continues to fight for the policy.
