Category: Cardinal Sean O’Malley

Padre Pio showed the world that ‘God is real,’ Cardinal O’Malley says

by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Catholic News Service, News, Padre Pio, Vatican | 0 |

St. Pio of Pietrelcina did not boast of his fame or holiness but instead showed that God “chooses the weak to confuse the strong,” said Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston.

Los Angeles archbishop issues new call for immigration reform

by bcadmin | Sep 19, 2022 | Archbishop Blase Cupich, Archbishop Jose Gomez, Biden Administration, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Church in the US, Migration, National Migration Week, News | 0 |

Speaking to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles faithful ahead of National Migration Week, Archbishop Jośe Gomez encouraged prayer for a society of “solidarity and compassion” that better serves the “poor and least among us.”

In Washington, U.S. bishop shares his mission’s work in Papua New Guinea

by bcadmin | Jul 22, 2022 | Capuchins, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia/Oceania, News, Papua New Guinea, World Mission Day | 0 |

Pope Francis’ message for World Mission Day 2022 focuses on a phrase from the Acts of Apostles from the risen Jesus to his disciples just before his ascension into heaven.

“The Role of the Priest in Today’s Catholic School” conference to be held July 12-14

by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2022 | Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Catholic Education Foundation, Catholic Schools, Fr. Peter Stravinskas, News, St. John Henry Newman, The Dispatch | 0 |

The Catholic Education Foundation is hosting its eighth annual seminar on the role of the priest in today’s Catholic school from July 12-14, 2022. The intended audience is bishops, priests, and seminarians and is based on […]

Boston cardinal tells Italian bishops ‘facing truth’ is only way to tackle abuse

by bcadmin | May 26, 2022 | Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Cei, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, Italian bishops, lead, News | 0 |

Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston, head of the papal commission for the protection of children, told the Italian bishops that the only forward in tackling the abuse crisis is with the truth.

Pope’s abuse watchdog vows it will remain independent despite absorption into Curia

by bcadmin | Apr 30, 2022 | Cardinal Sean O'Malley, child protection, Juan Carlos Cruz, lead, News, Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Vatican | 0 |

Members of Pope Francis’s commission for child protection have praised his decision to incorporate the body into the Roman Curia, voicing confidence that they will maintain full independence while expanding their reach.

Benedict’s apology a challenge to Church leaders, cardinal says

by bcadmin | Feb 9, 2022 | Benedict XVI, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, child protection, Church in the US, clergy abuse crisis, clerical seuxal abuse, lead, News, Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors | 0 |

Pope Francis’s top official on child protection has said retired Pope Benedict XVI’s apology yesterday for his own failings in the matter is a challenge to Church leaders everywhere to be more diligent.

Catholics urged to pray, work for day when every life is protected in law

by bcadmin | Jan 22, 2022 | Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Pro-Life Activities, March for Life, News, Roe v. Wade, the pro-life movement, U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |

The Catholic Church’s opposition to abortion “is a response of love for both mothers and their children in the womb,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee.

O’Malley: If Roe falls, ‘arduous task of creating pro-life culture’ remains

by bcadmin | Jan 21, 2022 | Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, March for Life, News, the pro-life movement | 0 |

Likening the pro-life cause to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington in 1963, Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston said dreams can take a long time to come true.

Mask requirement for Boston Catholic churches in effect

by bcadmin | Dec 19, 2021 | Archdiocese of Boston, Associated Press, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Church in the US, COVID restrictions, COVID-19 pandemic, mask, News | 0 |

A mask mandate for Catholic churches in the Boston-area is taking effect this weekend as Christmas approaches.

O’Malley says EWTN, social media give distorted image of US support for Pope

by bcadmin | Dec 18, 2021 | Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Church in the Americas, EWTN, lead, News, Polarization, Pope Francis, United States, USCCB | 0 |

In a new interview, Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston spoke out against American critics of Pope Francis with ties to the EWTN television network, saying that despite this opposition, the pope enjoys broad support in the United States.

Papal commission looks at role, rights of alleged victims in abuse trials

by bcadmin | Dec 15, 2021 | Abuse survivors, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Catholic News Service, News, Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Vatican, Vos Estis Lux Mundi | 0 |

The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors hosted a three-day seminar looking at the rights in church trials of those alleging they suffered sexual abuse as children.