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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a state court ruling that makes public the sealed documents from 23 sexual abuse lawsuits against six priests settled in 2001.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced July 17 that four liturgical texts for use in English-speaking countries have been approved by the bishops, nearly a month after their spring meeting in San Antonio.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Assumption College officials announced that they will no longer require prospective students to provide SAT or ACT standardized scores when applying to the 105-year-old Worcester college founded by the Assumptionists.

VITORIA, Spain – Catholic bishops from Spain’s Basque region have apologized for keeping quiet about the killing of priests by right-wing forces during the Spanish Civil War.

I would question the value of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops spending time to revisit their 2004 policy to not give a public platform to anyone opposed to church teachings at their upcoming November meeting in Baltimore. Some institutions will likely it ignore it anyway.