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Catholic priests sit at tables for meeting
FaithShort Take
Thomas J. Reese
The U.S. Catholic bishops are meeting in Orlando, Florida, next week for three days of prayer and business. If you were asked by your local bishop what topics they should discuss, what would you suggest?
A screenshot of the Pope's Twitter account
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The Vatican on Monday urged the Catholic faithful, and especially bishops, to be “reflective, not reactive” on social media, issuing guidelines to try to tame the toxicity on Catholic Twitter.
a priest stands in the shade of a tree with others around him praying together
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
In response to the crash in Brownsville, Bishop Flores said, “We must resist the corrosive tendency to devalue the lives of immigrants, the poor, and the vulnerable.”
Archbishop Robert F. Prevost sat across from Pope Francis in the Vatican during a private audience meeting.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Archbishop Robert F. Prevost, who took the helm at the Dicastery for Bishops in mid-April, said because a bishop is called to serve an entire diocese, not just the priests, “listening to the people of God is also important.”
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
While the Diocese of Providence flies relatively under the radar, it gained national attention in recent years in part because of the outspokenness of its outgoing bishop, Thomas Tobin.
Supporters of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals hold signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in November 2019. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
A ruling against the DACA program could mean that after years of personal and civic struggle, Dreamers would once again face the possibility of deportation.