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If you look at the letter that was issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, they point out that the category sexual orientation is problematic because it’s not defined, most Abrahamic faith traditions will draw a distinction between someone who experiences the same sex attraction but is willing to live celibate and somebody who experiences the same sex attraction and makes it a lifestyle and seeks to sexualize that lifestyle. Those are two different categories that most Abrahamic faith traditions recognize. – Matthew Kacsmaryk	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Two women will be appointed for the first time in the committee to elect bishops in the Congregation for Bishops. – Pope Francis	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
For the deplorable conduct of those members of the Catholic Church, I ask forgiveness of the Lord, and I want to tell you from my heart, that I am greatly pained. And I unite myself with the Canadian bishops in apologizing. – Pope Francis	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They voted a couple years ago, to say that, that the struggle against abortion is the preeminent priority of the church in the United States, and some of the more progressive bishops who identify themselves as allies of Pope Francis said this is not what the pope wants. This is wrong. It's a priority. But it's not the preeminent priority. It's not above fighting poverty or helping migrants or protecting the environment. – Frank Rocca	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think that by the majority of Roman Catholics, Cardinal Burke and some other very right-wing bishops are seen as outliers, especially with this issue. So, while they have some followers who are listening to what they're saying, I don't think by any means it's the majority, or that they're having a great influence on what they're saying, i'm working in three parishes, practically everybody I talked to is getting vaccinated, if they are not getting vaccinated, it's for health reasons, it's not because Roman Catholic Church is saying anything that they're getting second thoughts about. So, I really don't think that the positions of Cardinal Burke and his ilk right now are having a great effect with most Roman Catholics. – Father Beck	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It is painful for me to witness the severe damage to the bishops' reputation in the ecclesiastical and secular perception which may even be at its lowest, i feel that through remaining silent, neglecting to act and over-focusing on the reputation of the Church I have made Cardinal Reinhard Marx personally guilty and responsible. – Reinhard Marx	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Even the bishops themselves recognize they have lost their credibility in monitoring this dreadful crisis, without strong oversight by competent lay people, it wont be seen as credible. – Thomas Groome	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
It is very hard to see how the conference can continue this way, with a president who is even worse than a lame duck, the credibility of the Massimo Faggioli bishops is in freefall, which can only be stopped by a visible change in leadership. – Massimo Faggioli	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If I had to do West Virginia over again, especially at a time when we are trying to create greater accountability and transparency, the report would've included the names of those bishops who received gifts, including my own. – William Lori	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If I had to do it over again, especially at a time when we are trying to create greater transparency and accountability, the report would have included the names of those bishops who received gifts, including my own. – Baltimore Archbishop William Lori	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
On behalf of the entire Bishops' Conference, I would like all the victims to accept my sincere apologies ; I realize that nothing can compensate them for the harm they have suffered. – Charles Scicluna	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Enhanced by what I experienced here, we will prepare to advance proposals, in communion with Holy See See, in each of these areas so that my brother bishops can consider them at our June General Assembly. – Daniel DiNardo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Veronica Openibo spoke from the heart, and the voice of a woman in the aula( hall) was very compelling, and is something that is causing bishops to say we need the voices of women more often in events like this gathering. – Blase J. Cupich	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The bishops of the United States are following zero tolerance, if you molested a minor at any time in your life, you're not going to be a priest in this country. Period. – Stephen Rossetti	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It is true ... there have been priests and even bishops who have done this. I think it is still going on because something does not stop just because you have become aware of it, we have been working on this for a long time. We have suspended some priests because of this. – Pope Francis	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
There have been priests and also bishops who have done that, and I believe that it may still be being done. It's not a thing that from the moment in which you realize it, it's over. The thing goes forward like this. We've been working on this for a long time. – Pope Francis	Found on CNN 5 years ago
In these times, it seems like the ‘Great Accuser’ has been unchained and has it in for bishops, true, we are all sinners, we bishops. He tries to uncover the sins, so they are visible in order to scandalize the people. – Pope Francis	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I'm not so sure it should be up to the bishops to make recommendations or suggest solutions, the credibility of the bishops is not that high. – Kurt Martens	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The credibility of the bishops is not that high. – Kurt Martens	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The bishops' first reaction was to say that things look bad, but they did all we could, but lay people aren't buying that. The trust between the church's hierarchy and the people in the pews has been destroyed. – Paula Kane	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The first criterion is genuine independence, any mechanism for addressing any complaint against a bishop must be free from bias or undue influence by a bishop. Our structures must preclude bishops from deterring complaints against them, from hampering their investigation, or from skewing their resolution. – Daniel DiNardo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I am on the side of the Bishops' Conference, it's not easy, but populism is not the solution. – Pope Francis	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The Church needs a strong and comprehensive policy to address bishops' violations of the vows of celibacy in cases of the criminal abuse of minors and in cases involving adults. – Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Carefully following the process detailed by the Charter of the American bishops, this allegation was turned over to law enforcement officials, and was then thoroughly investigated by an independent forensic agency, cardinal McCarrick was advised of the charge, and, while maintaining his innocence, fully cooperated in the investigation. The Holy See was alerted as well, and encouraged us to continue the process. – Timothy Dolan	Found on FOX News 5 years ago

If you look at the letter that was issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, they point out that the category sexual orientation is problematic because it’s not defined, most Abrahamic faith traditions will draw a distinction between someone who experiences the same sex attraction but is willing to live celibate and somebody who experiences the same sex attraction and makes it a lifestyle and seeks to sexualize that lifestyle. Those are two different categories that most Abrahamic faith traditions recognize.

– Matthew Kacsmaryk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Two women will be appointed for the first time in the committee to elect bishops in the Congregation for Bishops.

– Pope Francis

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

For the deplorable conduct of those members of the Catholic Church, I ask forgiveness of the Lord, and I want to tell you from my heart, that I am greatly pained. And I unite myself with the Canadian bishops in apologizing.

– Pope Francis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They voted a couple years ago, to say that, that the struggle against abortion is the preeminent priority of the church in the United States, and some of the more progressive bishops who identify themselves as allies of Pope Francis said this is not what the pope wants. This is wrong. It's a priority. But it's not the preeminent priority. It's not above fighting poverty or helping migrants or protecting the environment.

– Frank Rocca

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think that by the majority of Roman Catholics, Cardinal Burke and some other very right-wing bishops are seen as outliers, especially with this issue. So, while they have some followers who are listening to what they're saying, I don't think by any means it's the majority, or that they're having a great influence on what they're saying, i'm working in three parishes, practically everybody I talked to is getting vaccinated, if they are not getting vaccinated, it's for health reasons, it's not because Roman Catholic Church is saying anything that they're getting second thoughts about. So, I really don't think that the positions of Cardinal Burke and his ilk right now are having a great effect with most Roman Catholics.

– Father Beck

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It is painful for me to witness the severe damage to the bishops' reputation in the ecclesiastical and secular perception which may even be at its lowest, i feel that through remaining silent, neglecting to act and over-focusing on the reputation of the Church I have made Cardinal Reinhard Marx personally guilty and responsible.

– Reinhard Marx

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Even the bishops themselves recognize they have lost their credibility in monitoring this dreadful crisis, without strong oversight by competent lay people, it wont be seen as credible.

– Thomas Groome

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It is very hard to see how the conference can continue this way, with a president who is even worse than a lame duck, the credibility of the Massimo Faggioli bishops is in freefall, which can only be stopped by a visible change in leadership.

– Massimo Faggioli

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If I had to do West Virginia over again, especially at a time when we are trying to create greater accountability and transparency, the report would've included the names of those bishops who received gifts, including my own.

– William Lori

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If I had to do it over again, especially at a time when we are trying to create greater transparency and accountability, the report would have included the names of those bishops who received gifts, including my own.

– Baltimore Archbishop William Lori

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

On behalf of the entire Bishops' Conference, I would like all the victims to accept my sincere apologies ; I realize that nothing can compensate them for the harm they have suffered.

– Charles Scicluna

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Enhanced by what I experienced here, we will prepare to advance proposals, in communion with Holy See See, in each of these areas so that my brother bishops can consider them at our June General Assembly.

– Daniel DiNardo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Veronica Openibo spoke from the heart, and the voice of a woman in the aula( hall) was very compelling, and is something that is causing bishops to say we need the voices of women more often in events like this gathering.

– Blase J. Cupich

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The bishops of the United States are following zero tolerance, if you molested a minor at any time in your life, you're not going to be a priest in this country. Period.

– Stephen Rossetti

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It is true ... there have been priests and even bishops who have done this. I think it is still going on because something does not stop just because you have become aware of it, we have been working on this for a long time. We have suspended some priests because of this.

– Pope Francis

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

There have been priests and also bishops who have done that, and I believe that it may still be being done. It's not a thing that from the moment in which you realize it, it's over. The thing goes forward like this. We've been working on this for a long time.

– Pope Francis

Found on CNN
5 years ago

In these times, it seems like the ‘Great Accuser’ has been unchained and has it in for bishops, true, we are all sinners, we bishops. He tries to uncover the sins, so they are visible in order to scandalize the people.

– Pope Francis

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I'm not so sure it should be up to the bishops to make recommendations or suggest solutions, the credibility of the bishops is not that high.

– Kurt Martens

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The credibility of the bishops is not that high.

– Kurt Martens

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The bishops' first reaction was to say that things look bad, but they did all we could, but lay people aren't buying that. The trust between the church's hierarchy and the people in the pews has been destroyed.

– Paula Kane

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The first criterion is genuine independence, any mechanism for addressing any complaint against a bishop must be free from bias or undue influence by a bishop. Our structures must preclude bishops from deterring complaints against them, from hampering their investigation, or from skewing their resolution.

– Daniel DiNardo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I am on the side of the Bishops' Conference, it's not easy, but populism is not the solution.

– Pope Francis

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The Church needs a strong and comprehensive policy to address bishops' violations of the vows of celibacy in cases of the criminal abuse of minors and in cases involving adults.

– Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Carefully following the process detailed by the Charter of the American bishops, this allegation was turned over to law enforcement officials, and was then thoroughly investigated by an independent forensic agency, cardinal McCarrick was advised of the charge, and, while maintaining his innocence, fully cooperated in the investigation. The Holy See was alerted as well, and encouraged us to continue the process.

– Timothy Dolan

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

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