Bishops Archives

Myanmar bishops call for end to ‘blood in the streets’

Feb 23, 2021

Nearly a month after a military coup ousted Myanmar’s government, the country’s bishops have urged leaders in all parties at every level to strive for peace and reconciliation after two people died in protests over the weekend.

By Elise Ann Allen

Pope encourages Venezuelan clergy as they face pandemic, political crisis

Jan 19, 2021

Pope Francis on Tuesday sent a video to the priests of Venezuela, encouraging them to work together to overcome the difficulties that “plague so many of our brothers and sisters in Venezuela and throughout the world.”

By Inés San Martín

Amid rising protests, Guatemala’s bishops call on president to veto budget

Nov 23, 2020

Guatemala’s bishops urged the country’s president to veto the budget, but also called for calm as some protesters set the country’s Congress on fire.

By Catholic News Service

Spanish bishops, Europeans warn of economic, social wounds from pandemic

Nov 21, 2020

Spain’s Catholic bishops warned of a “deep wound” left by rising inequality and moral collapse during the COVID-19 crisis, as churches across Europe also cited plummeting incomes and deteriorating conditions.

By Jonathan Luxmoore

Prayers for the dead help the living, too, pope says

Nov 5, 2020

Praying for the dead and asking God to welcome them into his presence forever helps Christians remember what life and death are really about, Pope Francis said.

By Cindy Wooden

French feminists dismayed by male appointed Archbishop of Lyon

Oct 24, 2020

Several French women who earlier this year applied to be clergy voiced disappointment after Pope Francis yesterday named Bishop Olivier de Germay of Ajaccio as the next archbishop of Lyon, arguing the decision perpetuates Catholicism’s machista culture.

By Elise Ann Allen

Taiwan voices religious freedom concerns after renewal of Vatican-China deal

Oct 23, 2020

Following yesterday’s announcement of the renewal of the Vatican-China provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops, Taiwan has voiced concern over religious freedom and human rights.

By Elise Ann Allen

Vatican’s top diplomat defends China deal: ‘Something had to be done’

Oct 7, 2020

Part one of a three-part Crux interview with British Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, effectively the Vatican’s Foreign Minister, in which he says the Vatican expects its controversial deal with China to be renewed by the end of the month.

By John L. Allen Jr.