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Catholic News Service offices in New York and Washington will be closed at the end of the year, as will the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Publishing Office
By La Croix International staff | United States
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has announced the closure of the Washington and New York offices of Catholic News Service.
According to James Rogers, the chief communications officer of the conference, the Washington office would be closed by the end of the year but CNS' Rome bureau of Catholic News Service will remain open and continue to report on the Vatican and related international events.
"Over the next few months, the USCCB Department of Communications will undertake a significant realignment to better utilize the resources entrusted to the conference by the faithful in a manner that fits the communications environment today," according to statement released by the bishops conference's public affairs office.
"Sadly, this will impact a number of staff. We are grateful for the time and dedication of the committed team of communicators at the conference who serve the Church; job transitions can be difficult, and as this is a personnel matter, further detail will not be discussed at this time," it read.
"Catholic News Service offices in New York and Washington will be closed at the end of the year, as will the USCCB Publishing Office. These changes, although painful, will allow the remaining functions — including the Catholic News Service Rome Bureau and the Office of Public Affairs — a more sustainable foundation upon which to do their work," the statement continued.
Effective Jan. 1, 2023, Catholic News Service will cease to charge clients for its coverage and will make its Rome coverage available to all U.S. dioceses at no charge starting in 2023.
A total of 21 employees will be laid off.
USCCB Publishing, which holds the rights to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the U.S. Adult Catechism and many other books, will also cease its publishing operations at the end of 2022.
Catholic News Service has a rich history of journalistic professionalism that Pope Francis, in a meeting with Rome bureau staff in 2021, said "provided an invaluable contribution to the English-speaking world through its coverage of the church's mission of proclaiming the Gospel and witnessing to the love of God revealed in Jesus Christ."
Catholic News Service reported that Greg Erlandson, its director and editor-in-chief, said he was "profoundly saddened" by the decision to close the domestic operations.
Founded in 1920, Catholic News Service, for more than a century has served the US local and national and international Catholic press, providing the most comprehensive coverage of the church today.
According to the CNS website, meeting the needs of Catholic newspaper and magazine editors has been the chief goal of the news service.
In the years leading up to and during the Second Vatican Council, CNS was the leading English-language news service providing daily coverage of the council deliberations and documents.
Through the years CNS also developed other products, such as Origins, the documentary service that since 1971 has been chronicling the history of the church through full texts of speeches, encyclicals, and other documents.
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