US bishops

Bishop urges Congress to show compassion, solidarity with refugees
- Feb 29, 2020
During a Feb. 27 congressional hearing about the status of the nation’s refugee program, Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington quoted someone who is not frequently mentioned on Capitol Hill: Pope Francis.

By Carol Zimmermann
Brother bishops: ‘Ad limina’ brings U.S. bishops closer to pope, each other
- Feb 23, 2020
When the U.S. bishops began their “ad limina” visits in early November, many of them were wearied by dozens of challenges, but especially a sense of responsibility for the victims of clerical sexual abuse and knowing how they and their brother bishops failed so many of them.

By Cindy Wooden
U.S. ‘ad limina’ visits conclude with Byzantine liturgy at Rome basilica
- Feb 22, 2020
The last group of U.S. bishops to make their “ad limina” visits to Rome chose to celebrate the final liturgy of their visit at Rome’s Basilica of St. Clement because of its ties to the Christian East.

By Cindy Wooden

U.S. Eastern Catholic bishops thank pope for lifting ban on married priests
- Feb 20, 2020
Pope Francis “is a father who knows very well his daughters and sons,” including those who belong to the Eastern Catholic churches, said the Armenian Catholic bishop of the United States and Canada.

By Cindy Wooden
Eastern churches help Catholic Church be truly catholic, bishop says
- Feb 19, 2020
In the United States, there are 17 eparchies — dioceses — that belong to one of nine Eastern Catholic churches: the Ukrainian, Ruthenian, Maronite, Chaldean, Melkite, Syriac, Syro-Malabar, Armenian and Romanian Catholic Churches. Most on on their ad limina visit to Rome.

By Cindy Wooden
U.S. Eastern Catholic bishops celebrate liturgy at tomb of St. Peter
- Feb 18, 2020
Faith is not something people put on like a piece of cloth that is easy to change, but is more like skin, which “is inseparable from us,” said Bishop Mikael A. Mouradian, leader of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg, which covers the United States and Canada.

By Cindy Wooden