Bishop Kevin Rhoades Archives

Use of Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines is morally acceptable, say bishops

Nov 25, 2020

While confusion has arisen in recent days in the media over “the moral permissibility” of using the COVID-19 vaccines just announced by Pfizer Inc. and Moderna, it is not “immoral to be vaccinated with them,” the chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ doctrine and pro-life committees said Nov. 23.

By Julie Asher

Catholic social doctrine key to today’s political issues, bishop says

Sep 26, 2020

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, of Fort Wayne-South Bend, acknowledged that Catholics face serious challenges when discerning what message to send to political leaders when they vote.

By Jodi Marlin

At Mass for racial justice, healing, Catholics asked to see Christ in others

Sep 11, 2020

Marking the Sept. 9 feast day of St. Peter Claver with a Mass at a historically Black Catholic church in southern Maryland, Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory urged Catholics to recognize reflections of Christ in others, just as that saint saw Christ in the enslaved Africans he served.

By Jo Kroeker DeVoe

Fort Wayne-South Bend bishop quarantines after COVID exposure

Aug 12, 2020

Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend is in quarantine after being exposed to someone with COVID-19, a statement said.

By Associated Press

Bishops say Our Lady of America apparitions were not supernatural

May 7, 2020

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, and five other bishops have concluded that alleged apparitions of Our Lady of America — said to have taken place more than six decades ago — were not of supernatural origin.

By Greg Erlandson

Bishops: Long-held ethical, moral principles must guide COVID-19 response

Apr 4, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is creating fear over limited resources for treating patients, especially the most seriously ill, but “this is not a time to sideline our ethical and moral principles,” said the chairmen of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

By Julie Asher