A Lack of Leadership

First Things: OUR THERAPEUTIC BISHOPS by Darel E. Paul

Reflecting the Dominant Latin Ecclesiology Regarding the Role of the Bishop of Rome...

CWR Dispatch: Cupich and Scicluna hit their talking points, but are silent on key problems by Christopher R. Altieri

Throughout recent interviews, both Cardinal Cupich and Archbishop Scicluna convey a persistent attitude of denial regarding the role of the bishops in the ongoing crisis.

Eternal Memory.

Who Among the USCCB Will Heed This?

First Things: TO THE BISHOPS, BEFORE THEIR GENERAL ASSEMBLY by Jayd Henricks

NCReg: Synod Reflections From Down Under: Interview With Archbishop Anthony Fisher by Edward Pentin
Dominican archbishop praises the will of those involved to bring young people closer to Christ and his Church, the general mood of the meeting, and the contributions of the young auditors.

A Failure in Progress?

Is there an agenda already at work?

CNA: Five bishops who could move the youth synod

How will this play out?

More smoke from the bishop of Rome: Pope Francis: Bishops must pray to overcome “the Great Accuser”

Related:
Pope’s cardinal advisors say Vatican will soon respond to Viganò allegations
Cardinal DiNardo and USCCB officials to meet with Pope Francis
Wuerl to meet with Pope Francis to discuss resignation

In Response to the Smear Campaign

CWR: Archbishop Viganò responds to criticisms of handling of 2014 Nienstedt investigation by Carl E. Olson

The former nuncio to the U.S. flatly denies assertions that he ordered a stop to an investigation of then-Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and […]

Sandro Magister: Homosexual Priests and Bishops. Neither "Healthy" Nor "Faithful"

Two Bishops

When It Suits Them

A Progressive will be as ultramontane as a conservative...

Fr. Hunwicke: Apostasy??

Chiesa: New Appeal to the Pope. The Catholic Doubts of “The New York Times”

In California the bishop of San Diego, a favorite of Bergoglio, admits de facto divorces and remarriages, as in any Protestant church. From the news arises the question: Can “Amoris Laetitia” be interpreted this way, too?

Should Bishops Attempt to Be Politicians?

More Photos from the Consecration of Bishop Irenei

Western American Diocese

Photo-Report of the Consecration of Bishop Irenei

ROCOR: Archimandrite Irinei (Steenberg) is Consecrated Bishop of Sacramento on the Feast Day of the Cathedral of the Mother of God “Joy Of All Who Sorrow” in San Francisco (Photo-Report)

Sermon by Newly-Consecration Bishop Irinei (Steenberg) of Sacramanto, Second Vicar of the Western American Diocese

This Weekend at Holy Virgin Cathedral

His Argentinian Brothers

More on Amoris Laetitia

From Casuistry to Mercy, Towards a New Art of Pleasing? — An Essay on the Malaise in the Church by Msgr. Michel Schooyans
by Edward Pentin (via Pertinacious Papist)

The Modernist Ruse Behind the Bergoglian Pontificate by Christopher A. Ferrara (via Pertinacious Papist) - Gloria.tv

A response to Thomas Rausch, "Doctrine at the service of the pastoral mission of the Church"

One American prelate seems to approve of Rausch's essay:

Feat. in @CathNewWorld @civcatt essay by Thomas Rausch SJ: Doctrine at the service of pastoral mission of the Church https://t.co/iyPp3X22q9

— Archbishop Cupich (@ArchbishopBlase) May 10, 2016

Related:
From Churches to Church by Thomas P. Rausch
Assessing the movement toward Christian unity

Interview with Bishop Rene Gracida

via Church Militant and Pertinacious Papist

CWR Interview with Bishop Slattery

CWR: Bishop Slattery: “I think something good is happening in the new generation”
The bishop of Tulsa, facing retirement age, reflects on the changes in his diocese in the last 20 years, the qualities he’d like in a successor, and the hope he sees in young Catholics.
By Jim Graves

Bishop Edward Slattery, 75, has served as bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, since 1994. He is originally from Chicago, having been ordained a priest by Cardinal John Cody in 1966. He served in a pastoral role in Chicago’s parishes, and was active with the Catholic Church Extension Society, which funds the American home missions.