Catholic Bishops in the United States: Church Leadership in the Third Millennium, Fichter Stephen J., Gaunt Thomas P., Hoegeman Catherine

Catholic Bishops in the United States: Church Leadership in the Third Millennium presents the results of a 2016 survey conducted by the Center of Applied Research for the Apostolate (CARA). It reveals the U.S. bishops individual experiences, their day-to-day activities, their challenges and
satisfactions as Church leaders, and their strategies for managing their dioceses and speaking out on public issues. The bishops leadership has been tested by changes including the movement of Catholics from the Northeast and Midwest to the South and West, the arrival of huge numbers of Catholic
immigrants, and the ongoing decline in the number of priests and sisters serving the Catholic community. This book provides a much-needed, up-to-date, and comprehensive view of who the U.S. bishops of today are, where they are from, and how they are leading the Church in the United States in the era
of Pope Francis.