The president of the U.S. bishops' conference said that the election of Joe Biden, who speaks regularly about his Catholic faith, “presents certain opportunities but also certain challenges.”

Forgiveness must not mean perpetuating secrecy and avoiding accountability. It means owning up to the truth.

Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called on his fellow bishops to take the news of the Resurrection and the triumph of life over death directly to people to help them navigate the pandemic and economic turmoil.

As only the second Catholic president, Joe Biden can renew communication and collaboration with church leaders, writes J. Kevin Appleby. But only if mutual respect prevails.

Young people did not lose a trust we once had in the clergy; many of us never had that trust in the first place.

As a layperson, and as a father, I cannot continue to make myself dependent on ordained men. Not for this.