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Articles by Bishop Thomas John Paprocki

About Bishop Thomas John Paprocki
Bishop Thomas John Paprocki is Bishop of Springfield in Illinois and is Chairman-elect of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance.
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Looking at Effective Programs that Address Poverty

June 18, 2024 Bishop Thomas John Paprocki 33

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: The 2024 Spring Plenary Assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) took place June 13-15 in Louisville, Kentucky. Prior to the public sessions, the bishops […]

Essay

Conscience and leadership in the lives of Saints Thomas More and John Fisher

March 22, 2023 Bishop Thomas John Paprocki 7

Editor’s note: The following 2023 Chelsea Lecture was delivered by Most Reverend Thomas John Paprocki at Chelsea Academy, in Front Royal, Virginia, on February 7, 2023.  It is good to be with you to deliver the […]

Essay

A better way forward: A response to Cardinal Robert McElroy

February 20, 2023 Bishop Thomas John Paprocki 23

Much ink has been spilled about Cardinal Robert McElroy’s January 24th piece in America on synodality and inclusion. Less attention has been paid to Cardinal McElroy’s follow up interview (Feb 3, 2023), also in America, […]

The Dispatch

‘Reject the Devil’s lies and turn to Christ, the way, the truth, and the life’

December 22, 2022 Bishop Thomas John Paprocki 15

“Sympathy for the Devil” is the title of the 1968 Rolling Stones song composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. “Sympathy for the Devil” could also be the title of the article written by Christopher […]

Essay

Is the Great Commandment Still Great Enough?

October 13, 2022 Bishop Thomas John Paprocki 13

Editor’s note: This Keynote Address was given on October 10, 2022, following the Red Mass for the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana Saint Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church, Zionsville, Indiana. —————— Your Excellency, my brother Bishop, Most Reverend […]

Essay

Doing as I Please or Pleasing as I Do

September 22, 2019 Bishop Thomas John Paprocki 5

Editor’s note: The following essay was originally delivered (with the subhead “Constructive and Destructive Autonomy in Relation to Conscience, Freedom and Obligation”) as a public lecture at the International Symposium on Privacy and Autonomy in […]

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In an interview with German journalist Michael Hesemann, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger—the older brother of Pope Emeritus Benedict—said that his brother’s literary work is complete and he will not be publishing anything else. He also said […]

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