Posts Tagged ‘Archbishop Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory’

Record ordinations in four US Catholic Archdioceses

Thursday, June 20th, 2024
Record Ordinations

Four US archdioceses have recently reported record ordinations, marking a significant milestone for the Catholic Church. The archdioceses of Washington, St Paul and Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Milwaukee celebrated the largest number of new priests in decades. On 15 June, the Archdiocese of Washington celebrated its largest ordination class in 64 years. Cardinal Wilton D Read more

Some bishops and lay groups have become de facto Catholic morality police

Monday, March 27th, 2023

Not long ago, every U.S. cleric — bishop, priest and deacon — received a reprint of Cardinal Raymond Burke’s 2007 essay from Periodica de Re Canonica, the annual 700-page canon law journal of the Gregorian University in Rome. Burke documents the church’s history of legislating against giving Communion to persons “obstinately persevering in manifest grave Read more