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Catholic Bishops Stay Course On Gay Marriage Fight
BALTIMORE (AP) — A subdued U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops acknowledged Monday that voters rejected the stands they took against gay marriage and birth control, but gave no sign they would change...
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Group Of Catholics Protests Political Views Of Catholic Church
BALTIMORE (WJZ)–Same-sex marriage, abortion and contraceptives. America’s Catholic bishops have taken a strong stand opposing each. Alex DeMetrick reports they were asked by other Catholics to stop...
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Opinion: Churches Shouldn’t Be The Next Super PACs
It is time to end the tax exempt status of religious organizations that advocated for a partisan candidate. Churches are free to exercise their First Amendment guaranteed right to free speech. But...
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Pope Benedict XVI Stepping Down Feb. 28 Due To Health Reasons
Vatican officials said Monday that Pope Benedict XVI had announced to his senior clergy that he would resign his position as the head of the Catholic Church on February 28, according to news agency...
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Catholics Eagerly Anticipating News Of New Pope
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Catholics worldwide are anxiously awaiting news of whom the new pope will be. Monique Griego has more. As cardinals from around the world began private deliberations to pick the next...
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Argentina’s Jorge Bergoglio Elected ‘Pope Francis’
White smoke signals the Catholic Church has chosen a new pope.
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300 Bishops Gather In Baltimore To Pray & Discuss The Future Of The Catholic...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) –Baltimore is the home to the first Catholic Archdiocese in America. Now, as Mike Schuh reports, the 300 bishops who run the church in this country are returning to the spiritual home....
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Pope Francis Issues Manifesto About Church’s New Direction
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The pope once again surprises his followers with a manifest that describes the direction he’s taking the church. Monique Griego has local reactions to a very controversial letter....
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Francis Factor: Catholics Celebrate The Pope’s 1-Year Anniversary
BALTIMORE (WJZ)—The Francis Factor: one year ago, cardinals chose Pope Francis as the new leader of the Catholic Church. What a year it’s been for the 1.2 billion faithful worldwide as the new pope has...
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Buy Tickets To Papal Mass In Philadelphia
Pope Francis is visiting Philadelphia in September, and you can be there. The Catholic Review is organizing a pilgrimage to the Papal Mass that is expected to be attended by 1 million people. Tickets...
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Buy Tickets To Papal Mass In Philadelphia
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Pope Francis is visiting Philadelphia in September, and you can be there. The Catholic Review is organizing a pilgrimage to the Papal Mass that is expected to be attended by 1 million...
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D.C. Stop Of Pope Francis Trip Includes White House, Congress
WASHINGTON (WJZ) — The itinerary for Pope Francis’ first visit to the United States was released Tuesday. His first stop is DC and the planning is underway. Marcus Washington has more on how Baltimore...
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The Future Of Women Leaders In The Catholic Church
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Pope Francis is standing his ground on a centuries-old Catholic tradition concerning women’s roles in leadership. The Pope’s comments yesterday are resonating with Catholics worldwide...
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Pope Considering Allowing Married Men To Become Priests, Baltimore Catholics...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Facing declining numbers of priests in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis is considering a radical change to who can enter the priesthood. Some Catholics in Baltimore are encouraged by...
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Baltimore’s Cardinal William Keeler Passes Away
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The much beloved Cardinal William Keeler, died Thursday at the age of 86. He served Baltimore from 1989 to 2007. Keeler led the archdiocese with a steady, gentle hand, first as...
View ArticleCatholic School Counselor May Lose Job Over Her Same-Sex Marriage
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (CBS Local) — An Indiana Catholic school guidance counselor may lose her job of 15 years after officials learned she was married to another woman. Shelly Fitzgerald has been placed...
View ArticleCatholics Consider Withholding Donations Amid Scandals
For decades, Michael Drweiga has opened his wallet whenever the donation basket comes around at church, but the latest revelations of priests sexually abusing children brought him to the conclusion...
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Letter Suggests Vatican Knew Of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against...
(CNN) — A letter from a top Vatican official appears to acknowledge that the Holy See knew about sexual abuse allegations against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick for at least several months before...
View ArticleSex Abuse Crisis Tops Agenda As US Catholic Bishops Will Convene In Baltimore...
WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. Catholic bishops gather for their national assembly next week, the clergy sex abuse crisis dominates their agenda amid calls from critics that church leaders finally bring...
View ArticleBishops Will Delay Votes On Steps To Combat Sex Abuse Crisis
BALTIMORE (AP) — In an abrupt change of plans, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened the group’s national meeting Monday by announcing it will delay for at least several...
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Archbishop Lori Eradicates ‘Sin Of Racism’ In Catholic Church With MLK Jr....
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Every year on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, St. Bernardine Church in West Baltimore holds a prayer service. Monday, the leader of this archdiocese, Archbishop Lori, attended the...
View ArticleRestrictions Placed On Bishops Accused Of Sexual Harassment
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Catholic church officials say they are imposing ministerial restrictions on two former bishops accused of sexual harassment. Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori announced the...
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More Than A Third Of American Catholics Question Membership In Church After...
(CNN) — As a clergy sexual abuse crisis throws the Catholic Church into deep crisis on several continents, more than a third of American Catholics say they have questioned whether to remain in the...
View Article23 Deceased Priests Added To Archdiocese Of Baltimore’s Online List Of Clergy...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Archbishop William E. Lori announced Wednesday that 23 names of deceased priests and brothers were added to an online list of clergy accused of child sexual abuse. According to a...
View ArticlePope Francis Issues Broad New Vatican Law On Reporting Of Sexual Abuse And...
Pope Francis on Thursday released a major document laying out broad new Vatican laws on how Catholic clergy around the world must handle reported cases of sexual abuse and cover-up. Implementation of...
View ArticleLetters Suggest Lax Enforcement Of Restrictions On Disgraced D.C. Ex-Cardinal...
ROME (CBS News) — The former secretary to defrocked American Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has released excerpts from private and confidential correspondence among top Vatican leaders which reveal...
View ArticleCatholic Bishops Vote To Authorize Third-Party System For Reporting Abuse...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — U.S. Catholic Bishops voted Wednesday to create a new national sex-abuse hotline run by an independent entity, a decision that represents one of the church’s most tangible steps yet...
View ArticleBishops OK Anti-Abuse Steps, But Skeptics Seek Tougher Moves
BALTIMORE (AP) — Under intense public pressure, the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops approved new steps this week to deal more strongly with the clergy sex-abuse crisis. But activists and others say the...
View ArticleBaltimore-Based Catholic Order Releases Names Of Members Accused Of Abuse
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore-based Catholic religious order that sponsors schools across the U.S. has released a list of dozens of members accused of sexually abusing children. The list released Friday...
View ArticleDC Priest Urbano Vazquez Convicted Of Sexually Abusing 2 Kids In Parish
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Catholic priest faces up to 45 years in prison for sexually abusing two children in his parish in Washington, D.C. News outlets report 47-year-old Urbano Vazquez was convicted...
View ArticleBaltimore Police Officers Celebrate ‘Blue Mass’ Sunday With Baltimore Archbishop
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — 85 years ago on September 29, nearly 1,100 police and firefighters dressed in blue uniforms walked into St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. They did so to celebrate the first “Blue Mass”...
View ArticleSurvivors Of Clergy Sex Abuse Call For Church To Release Names Of Leaders...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Survivors of clergy sex abuse and their supporters are outlining their requests for Catholic Church leaders ahead of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which began Monday in...
View ArticleCatholic Priest Urbano Vazquez Gets 15 Years For Sexual Abuse Of Children
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Catholic priest has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing two children at a DC church. The Washington Post reports that most of the more than 80 people who...
View ArticlePope Names Man With Baltimore Connections New Bishop Of Atlanta
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has named Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer as the new bishop of Atlanta. Hartmayer replaces Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who took over as head of the Catholic Church in...
View ArticleA Maryland Priest Opens A Drive-Thru Confessional During Coronavirus Pandemic
BOWIE, Md. (WJZ) — Father Scott Holmer in Bowie, Maryland took a new approach when public mass was suspended by the Archdiocese of Washington DC to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Holmer, of St....
View ArticleBaltimore’s Catholic Churches May Reopen At The End Of The Month, But Only At...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Catholic churches in Baltimore may reopen for mass at the end of the month, but only at the third of the seating capacity. In a letter to parishioners, Archbishop William E. Lori said...
View ArticleCatholic Bishops, Including Baltimore Archbishop William Lori, Say Church...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland’s Catholic bishops say they hope and look forward to playing an active part in bringing about racial justice and ending unequal treatment. In a letter to parishioners,...
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Pope Francis Appoints America’s First Black Cardinal, DC Archbishop Wilton...
(CNN) — Last year, Wilton Gregory made history as Washington, DC’s first African-American archbishop. On Sunday, speaking following his Angelus prayer from St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, Pope...
View ArticleNew Ways Ministry Hopes Pope Francis’ Support For Same-Sex Civil Unions Could...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Marking a major shift in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis voiced his support of same-sex civil unions in a recent documentary. While the statement angered more conservative...
View ArticleFormer DC Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, 91, Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Assault
DEDHAM, Mass. (WJZ/AP) — Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the once-powerful American prelate who was expelled from the priesthood for sexual abuse, pleaded not guilty Friday to...
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