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  • How can Catholics Re–Member the Church when voices are so divisive?

    BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 13, 2021 – Headlines declaim Latin Masses, Communion wars and Vatican II attacks. Amid this divisiveness, the international group of reform-minded Catholics called Voice of the Faithful wants to Re—Member the Church, which will be discussed during its upcoming 2021 conference. Featured speakers and attendees will look closely at the body of […]

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  • Former Roman Catholic cardinal criminally charged

    BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 10, 2021 – Former Roman Catholic cardinal Theodore McCarrick had already become the poster child for the now two-decade-old Catholic clergy sexual abuse scandal when he was charged July 28 in Massachusetts for three counts of indecent assault and battery. The 91-year-old former prelate is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 3. McCarrick’s […]

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  • Voice of the Faithful 2021 Conference will feature well-known theologian and women religious leader

    BOSTON, Mass., June 17, 2021 – An internationally recognized theologian and author and the leader of an organization representing thousands of women religious will speak at Voice of the Faithful’s 2021 Conference Re–Membering the Church: Moving Forward. Overall, this year’s VOTF conference will look closely at the body of the Catholic Church to see how structure, power, […]

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  • Re-Membering the Catholic Church

    BOSTON, Mass., Apr. 13, 2021 – Voice of the Faithful’s 2021 Conference Re–Membering the Church: Moving Forward will look closely at the body of the Church to see how structure, power, participation, and accountability can be brought together within the Church to fulfill its mission of bringing Christ to the world. The online Zoom conference […]

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  • Despite financial stress, many, but not all, U.S. dioceses post audited financial reports

    BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 13, 2020―Despite financial stress from the COVID-19 pandemic and clergy sexual abuse settlements, the number of dioceses posting audited financial reports to their websites rose 5% in the past year, according to Voice of the Faithful’s 2020 study of U.S. Catholic dioceses’ online financial transparency. However, 43 dioceses posted no financial information […]

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  • Voice of the Faithful Statement on Release of Vatican’s McCarrick Report, Nov. 10, 2020

    Voice of the Faithful has long called for holding bishops accountable when they have covered up clergy sexual abuse or, as in the case of disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, were themselves guilty of using their positions of power to abuse minors and vulnerable adults. The Vatican today released its long-awaited report into McCarrick’s case. […]

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  • Restitution to be set aside for clergy abuse survivors a fraction of misused funds

    BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 24, 2020 – Disgraced former bishop Rev. Michael Bransfield will pay only half the restitution his successor Bishop Mark Brennan approved last November, according to Brennan’s Aug. 20 letter, issued just days after Bransfield’s apology to Catholics of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, which sounded more like a confession that sins had been committed, […]

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  • Boston College theologian Richard Lennan returns as speaker for 2020 Voice of the Faithful Conference

    BOSTON, Mass., Jul. 13, 2020 – Voice of the Faithful is welcoming back Boston College theology professor Fr. Richard Lennan as a speaker at its 2020 Conference: Visions of a Just Church, a virtual Zoom gathering that takes place Oct. 3. VOTF members and others will meet to promote their visions of a just Church […]

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  • Latest USCCB abuse audit report shows cover-up’s extent, 4,400 new allegations last year

    BOSTON, Mass., Jun. 26, 2020 – The numbers tell the story. According to the USCCB’s 2020 Report on the Implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, more than 4,400 allegations of Catholic clergy sexual abuse were reported over the single year ending Jun. 30, 2020, the period of the report, […]

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  • Voice of the Faithful 2020 Conference will be an online Zoom event

    BOSTON, Mass., Jun. 12, 2020 – The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has affected Voice of the Faithful similarly to other organizations planning to hold events during 2020. Out of an abundance of caution and concern for the well-being of our members and supporters, Voice of the Faithful will present on online Zoom conference for 2020. The […]

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