2016 Archives

Looking back at 2016, the Year of Surprises: Church in the U.S.
- Dec 18, 2016
In a three-part series, Crux is looking back at the Catholic highlights of 2016. In this installment on the Church in the U.S., we examine the Catholic angle on the Trump v. Clinton race, the shake-up in leadership at the U.S. bishops’ conference, and the Church’s reaction to a national scourge of gun violence.

By Inés San Martín
Priest slammed for using dead baby as ‘political prop’
- Nov 8, 2016
After a video of him standing behind an altar with an aborted baby in an effort to support Donald Trump, Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life has come under fire, with one Catholic official in New York saying, “It is hard for me to express in calm, measured terms, the revulsion I feel about this.”

By Catholic News Agency
No matter who wins today, Pope Francis knows how to cope
- Nov 7, 2016
No matter who wins today, Trump or Clinton, observers forecast a potentially rocky relationship with the Vatican. The good news is that would be nothing new for Pope Francis, who’s got a lifetime of experience in dealing with difficult leaders.

By Inés San Martín

Nebraska bishops firmly behind anti-death penalty referendum
- Oct 25, 2016
Nebraska’s bishops have cited the danger of executing an innocent person, racial bias, the suffering of victims’ families, inadequate defense and the costs of capital punishment as reasons for calling for support of a referendum to repeal the state’s death penalty statute.

By Deacon Randy Grosse

Denver Archbishop drives home pro-life message

Oct 7, 2016

Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila has published an article in his diocesan newspaper urging Catholics to remember that no issue should be more important to them than the question of life and death for the unborn, but the key question in 2016 is whether Catholics are listening.

By Thomas D. Williams

Pope has one word for Hispanic ministry in the US: ‘Adelante!’

Sep 27, 2016

San Antonio’s Mexican-born Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller is in Rome to brief Pope Francis on a project for Hispanic ministry in the U.S. and he’s got a prescription for Americans weary of the political crossfire of an election campaign: “Pain pills and sleeping pills!”

By Inés San Martín