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The Catholic Review Transitions, while inevitable and necessary, often bring about uneasiness in a community as large, diverse and dispersed as is our Archdiocese. Challenging enough to receive a new Archbishop – a New Yorker with military connections, no less! – but barely a year later to take on a new Vicar General and a […]

Statement on Fernando Cristancho

October 31, 2008 Fernando Cristancho was a priest of the Diocese of Istmina-Tado, Colombia.  Cristancho’s assignment in the Archdiocese was at St. Ignatius, Hickory, from 1999-2002.  In July 2002, Cristancho refused an assignment to another parish from Cardinal William H. Keeler, then Archbishop of Baltimore, which led to the revocation of his faculties to minister […]

An Appeal to Those Who Seek or Hold Public Office

The Catholic Review In the midst of this protracted election season, a seeming division among the Catholic leadership in our country has emerged, representing different approaches to this year’s document of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship. Despite these differences, the Catholic bishops of the United States remain totally and […]