Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad - POLITICO

The archbishop described the planned execution of a gunman who killed 13 people on a military base as contrary to the teachings of the church…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/12/archbishop-of-the-us-military-says-catholic-soldiers-should-not-serve-on-firing-squad-01116193

 

Head of US Catholic bishops says deportations are causing 'fear and uncertainty' - POLITICO

"This is kind of a fundamental principle in Catholic social teaching regarding immigration and migrations: People have a right to remain in their homeland, but they also ought to be allowed to migrate when conditions in their homeland are unsafe and necessitate moving to a place where they can find peace and security," he said in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" with host Margaret Brennan...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/21/catholic-archbishop-deportations-fear-uncertainty-00702353 

 

Pope replaces conservative Cardinal Dolan of New York with Ronald Hicks - The Washington Post

"Hicks is not a woke liberal for sure, but I believe he is very different from Dolan, whose instincts were to very openly justify and excuse President Trump," Faggioli said. "I don't think that's going to continue, honestly. This is a sign of change."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/18/pope-dolan-hicks-archbishop-new-york/

 

‘Tumultuous, to say the least’ week for New Orleans archbishop amid multiple scandals

Archbishop's moves to give himself more power over food bank amid latest storm to envelope his church leaves board member asking: 'Why are we here?'…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/new-orleans-archbishop-saints-food-bank

US archbishop secretly backed bid to free priest convicted of raping child

While few Louisianans knew of the clandestine efforts by some in the church to help Melancon win an early release from prison, Portier learned of them by September 2017 because some of the disgraced clergyman's supporters had personally approached him. Portier reported as much in emails to the Houma-Thibodaux diocese. 

The emails collectively described a private investigator showing up at Portier's home near Houma – in the area where he had been abused and where he still lived – "with an old priest … from … New Orleans". He also said the church had somehow found time "to send attorneys" to intercept him at his home, at his job while he was on the clock, and as he attended his uncle's funeral. 

The visitors were "trying to get the priest that raped me out of jail", Portier wrote...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/18/new-orleans-archbishop-gregory-aymond-robert-melancon-catholic-church

New Orleans archbishop ignored board findings on clerics accused of abuse

Gregory Aymond promised 'to be transparent' – but a Guardian investigation found that he hid allegations, and an expert questions whether it was against Vatican policy…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/08/new-orleans-archbishop-gregory-aymond-concealed-clerical-sex-abuse-claims

‘My prayerful support’: how the New Orleans archbishop hid ‘credibly accused’ abusers

Exclusive: memo reveals Gregory Aymond disregarded recommendations from board advisers to publicly label certain accused clerics as credibly suspected molesters…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/08/new-orleans-archbishop-gregory-aymond-protected-alleged-abusers

John Nienstedt, Detroit’s poster boy for the Catholic Church abuse scandal, is back — and the archdiocese has been keeping it quiet

The name Theodore McCarrick is now widely known. Nienstedt's is less so, but Terry McKiernan of Bishop Accountability says: "There's not a dime's worth of difference between them. Who can tolerate covering up for priests accused of abusing children?"…

https://www.metrotimes.com/news/archbishop-john-nienstedt-detroits-poster-boy-for-the-catholic-church-abuse-scandal-is-back-and-the-archdiocese-has-been-keeping-it-quiet-20866855

Archbishop of Uganda urges women to use contraception during lockdown

The new archbishop of Uganda has become the first primate of the country’s Anglican church to embrace the use of modern contraceptives after urging women to be “very careful” to avoid getting pregnant during the Covid-19 lockdown. The ninth archbishop of the church of Uganda, Stephen Kazimba Mugalu, said in a televised Sunday sermon he is “really concerned” that many women will get pregnant during the nationwide shutdown. On Tuesday, President Yoweri Museveni extended the initial 14-day lockdown for a further three weeks.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/18/archbishop-of-uganda-urges-women-to-use-contraception-during-lockdown

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò gives his first extended interview since calling on the pope to resign - The Washington Post

In his first extended interview since he called on Pope Francis to resign last August, accusing the pontiff of covering up for a sexual abuser, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò corresponded by email with The Washington Post over two months, writing 8,000 words in response to nearly 40 questions. Here we present that exchange.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/archbishop-carlo-maria-vigano-gives-his-first-extended-interview-since-calling-on-the-pope-to-resign/2019/06/10/00205748-8b79-11e9-b08e-cfd89bd36d4e_story.html

Archbishop Alleges Pope Francis Long Knew About Abuse, Calls On Him To Resign - NPR

In an 11-page letter, an ex-Vatican diplomat calls for Pope Francis to resign, alleging he knew about former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's abuses for years. ....
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/26/642061113/archbishop-alleges-pope-francis-long-knew-about-abuse-calls-on-him-to-resign