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• Pope Francis appoints Florida priest as new Bishop of Savannah

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN NEWS STAFF
  Published julio 8, 2020

  Pope Francis has appointed Father Stephen Parkes, a priest of the Diocese of Orlando, as the Bishop of Savannah. The appointment was publicized in Washington, D.C. on July 8 by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio.

• Pro-life advocates say ruling puts clinic profits over women’s health

  

  By IAN ALVANO, Catholic News Service
  Published junio 30, 2020

  Many leading pro-life advocates said the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 29 ruling striking down a Louisiana abortion law puts women’s health in danger and allows subpar care of women.

• Reaction positive to Supreme Court decision on bid to end DACA

  

  By MARK PATTISON, Catholic News Service
  Published junio 19, 2020

  Reaction was largely laudatory to the Supreme Court’s June 18 rejection of a Trump administration bid to revoke Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals.

• Bishops of U.S., Canada will consecrate their nations to Mary May 1

  

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published abril 24, 2020

  Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced the U.S. bishops will join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops in consecrating the two nations to the Blessed Mother.

• Church leaders call for aid and prayers following deadly tornadoes, storms

  

  By RHINA GUIDOS, Catholic News Service
  Published abril 16, 2020

  Two U.S. archbishops are asking for prayers and help for those affected by a series of storms and tornadoes that tore through several states beginning on Easter and going into the following day. 

• Summit held to address church’s ‘twin crises’ of abuse, leadership failure

  

  By MARK ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published abril 2, 2020

  The Catholic Partnership Summit, Feb. 28-29, had as its theme, “From Crisis to Co-Responsibility: Creating a New Culture of Leadership.” It drew leaders from 63 U.S. dioceses, including Atlanta.

• Reporting system to record abuse complaints against bishops begins

  

  By DENNIS SADOWSKI, Catholic News Service
  Published marzo 19, 2020

  A reporting system accepting sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. bishops and eparchs is in place. Called the Catholic Bishops Abuse Reporting Service, or CBAR, the system became operational March 16.

• Practice of tracking Massgoers for political purposes gains scrutiny

  

  By DENNIS SADOWSKI, Catholic News Service
  Published marzo 5, 2020

  Regular Massgoers in some parts of the country have been tracked using cellphone location data by at least one organization looking to turn out voters to support specific political candidates.

• USCCB assembly to review third-party reporting system, elect new officers

  

  By Catholic News Service
  Published octubre 31, 2019

  An update to the Program on Priestly Formation, a progress report on the establishment of a nationwide, third-party reporting system for abuse or misconduct by bishops, and a vote on new leadership for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) are on the agenda for the bishops’ fall general assembly.

• Refugee advocates decry Trump administration’s plan to cut refugee cap

  

  By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published octubre 3, 2019

  Refugee advocates are opposed to the decision announced by the Trump administration Sept. 26 that it plans to admit no more than 18,000 refugees in the next fiscal year, the lowest number since the resettlement program was created in 1980.

• Cardinal DiNardo urges prayers, support for Hurricane Dorian victims

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
  Published septiembre 4, 2019

  Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, urges prayers and support for the victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas as the storm moves towards the coastline of the southeastern United States.

• Papa Francisco ofrece oraciones tras sangriento fin de semana en EE.UU.

  

  By RHINA GUIDOs, Catholic News Service
  Published agosto 8, 2019

  WASHINGTON (CNS) — El papa Francisco se unió a líderes de la Iglesia Católica para expresar su pesar inmediatamente después de dos tiroteos masivos en los Estados Unidos que dejaron por lo menos 31 personas muertas y decenas de heridos en Texas y Ohio el 3 y 4 de agosto. Después de la oración del […] Full Story | En Español

• Administración aplica regla de “tercer país” a solicitantes de asilo

  

  By Catholic News Service
  Published julio 25, 2019

  La Administración de Trump anunció que los departamentos de Justicia y Seguridad Nacional de los EE. UU. están adoptando una regla provisional de “tercer país” que requiere que los inmigrantes que buscan asilo en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México soliciten primero estatus de refugiados en otro país.

• In recalling soldiers’ D-Day sacrifice, archbishop prays for world peace

  

  By ELIZABETH BACHMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published junio 5, 2019

  In remembering the troops who died storming the beaches of Normandy, France, 75 years ago on D-Day, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services said “Jesus Christ reminds us there is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

• Washington’s new archbishop urges renewed faith amid recent challenges

  

  By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published mayo 21, 2019

  During his installation ceremony as the new archbishop of Washington, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory acknowledged the struggles that have recently impacted the Catholic Church and urged all not to lose faith.

• Father Luke Ballman named to USCCB position

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published mayo 17, 2019

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory shared news with the Archdiocese of Atlanta regarding the appointment of Father Luke Ballman to a leadership post with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) May 17.

• Judges block expansion of religious exemptions to HHS mandate

  Published enero 15, 2019

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—Two federal judges temporarily blocked the government from putting into effect new rules that would expand the exemption to the federal contraceptive mandate to the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious employers. The decisions came in cases filed in federal courts in Pennsylvania and California that challenged the expansion, arguing that allowing […] Full Story

• Sister Wendy Beckett, art critic and British TV star, dies at 88

  By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published diciembre 27, 2018

  WASHINGTON (CNS)–Sister Wendy Beckett, who gained fame in the 1990s for television shows and books explaining art, died Dec. 26 in Norfolk, England, at the age of 88. She has been widely described as both an unlikely art critic and television star, but that may have been what made her all the more likeable. Discussing […] Full Story

• Nation mourns death of 41st president, recalls his life, legacy

  

  By JULIE ASHER, Catholic News Service
  Published diciembre 5, 2018

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—When he was running for re-election in 1992, President George H.W. Bush told Catholic News Service that he believed that a strong religious faith could provide “an extra shot of strength when you need it.” “I don’t believe you can be president without having faith. I really strongly feel that,” Bush said in a […] Full Story

• Abuse crisis, day of discernment, prayer top agenda for Baltimore meeting

  By Catholic News Service
  Published noviembre 4, 2018

  WASHINGTON —Discussion and voting on concrete measures to address the abuse crisis and a day of spiritual discernment and prayer will top the agenda for the U.S. bishops when they meet Nov. 12-14 for the fall general assembly in Baltimore. Public sessions of the assembly also will be livestreamed, live tweeted and carried via satellite, said […] Full Story