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2 unusual facts about Catholic Church in the United States


Juan E. Méndez

Subsequently, Mendez worked for the Catholic Church in Aurora, Illinois, protecting the rights of migrant workers.

Richard M. Tobin

Tobin maintained homes in San Mateo and San Francisco, and was active in several San Francisco organizations as a board member, officer, and benefactor, including the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Musical Association, and Catholic church.


2010–13 Big Ten Conference realignment

Media attention focused on comments that were interpreted as slurs against Catholics and Notre Dame, plus digs at former Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema, the Southeastern Conference, the University of Cincinnati, and Kentucky's two major state universities of Kentucky and Louisville.

Curial response to Catholic sex abuse cases

John F. Allen Jr., Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, has commented that many American Catholics saw the Vatican’s initial silence on the Boston Globe stories as showing a lack of concern or awareness about the issue.


see also

James Garland

James Henry Garland (born 1931), bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States

Paul Donovan

Paul Vincent Donovan (1924–2011), bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States

Peter Richard Kenrick

He took part in the second Plenary Council of Baltimore, where he advocated that the affairs of the Catholic Church in the United States be handled locally wherever possible.

Robert Whelan

Robert Louis Whelan (1912–2001), bishop in the Catholic Church in the United States