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Court: Tuition program excluding religious schools is unconstitutional
By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
Published June 21, 2022In a 6-3 ruling June 21, the Supreme Court said a Maine tuition aid program that excluded religious schools violated the Constitution’s free exercise clause.
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Texas bishop says mass shootings ‘most pressing life issue’
By RHINA GUIDOS, Catholic News Service
Published May 25, 2022U.S. bishops spoke against easy accessibility to guns following a rampage that left at least 19 children and two of their teachers dead in Texas. “The darkness first takes our children who then kill our children, using the guns that are easier to obtain than aspirin, said Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville.
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Bishops express sorrow, condemn racially motivated shooting in Buffalo
By RHINA GUIDOS, Catholic News Service
Published May 16, 2022Several Catholic bishops expressed sorrow and called out racism and violence after a May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that left at least three injured and 10 dead–a crime authorities categorized as likely motivated by hatred for Black people.
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Catholic News Service to cease domestic operations at year’s end
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published May 4, 2022The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced to staff May 4 a dramatic reorganization of its communications department, including the closure of the Washington and New York offices of Catholic News Service.
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‘Defend these innocent civilians,’ says Ukrainian Catholic archbishop
By BARB FRAZE, Catholic News Service
Published March 16, 2022In a March 14 interview, Archbishop Borys Gudziak, the Ukrainian Catholic archbishop of Philadelphia, said Russian President Vladimir Putin did not invade Ukraine out of concern that NATO would encroach on his borders, but fears about the spread of democracy.
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U.S. church offers prayers, solidarity after Russia attacks Ukraine
By RHINA GUIDOS, Catholic News Service
Published February 24, 2022As war broke out in Europe Feb. 24, with Russia’s early morning attacks on various parts of Ukraine, Catholics in the U.S. joined Pope Francis in prayers for the people of the East European nation.
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Despite vaccines, beating COVID-19 tougher than expected
By MARK PATTISON, Catholic News Service
Published December 14, 2021The year is ending pretty much the same way it started, with the United States wondering whether it will experience a surge in COVID-19 cases when the calendar changes numbers.
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Bishops to continue discussion of Catholics and Eucharist in fall meeting
By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
Published October 5, 2021When the U.S. bishops meet this fall for their annual assembly, they will revisit the discussion they began in mid-June about the Eucharist and will be presented with a drafted document on the “meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church.”
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St. Joseph, protector of Holy Family, is model for 2021 Respect Life Month
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published October 1, 2021As part of the Year of St. Joseph declared by Pope Francis, the U.S. Catholic Church’s annual Respect Life Month celebration in October “highlights the example of that great saint” as protector of life.
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USCCB program aims to engage diverse group of Catholic young adults
By CHRISTINA LEE KNAUSS, Catholic News Service
Published July 22, 2021Called Journeying Together, a USCCB program focuses on bringing together young adults from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds to discuss their experiences in the U.S. Church and begin a strategy of how to make their voices heard moving forward.
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Bishops vote on drafting of Communion document at spring meeting
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published June 18, 2021The Eucharist was the major topic of the U.S bishops’ June 16-18 virtual spring assembly. On June 17, they heard a full presentation on a proposal to draft a document on the “meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church,” followed by a lengthy discussion and vote.
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Nuncio to U.S. bishops: dialogue key to unity after pandemic
By MARK PATTISON, Catholic News Service
Published June 16, 2021The papal nuncio to the United States told the U.S. bishops that dialogue is a key step on the path to unity as the country emerges from the coronavirus pandemic. Archbishop Christophe Pierre addressed the bishops participating in their spring meeting in a pre-recorded message.
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Prayers for healing, justice mark ‘painful’ anniversary of Floyd’s death
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published May 27, 2021George Floyd’s death while in police custody a year ago left “a hole in the fabric of our society,” said the director of the National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd May 25, the first anniversary of Floyd’s death.
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Franciscans mark 600 years as guardians of Christendom’s most sacred sites
By JULIE ASHER, Catholic News Service
Published February 12, 2021The Franciscans trace their presence in the Holy Land to 1217 when St. Francis of Assisi founded the Province of the Holy Land, a custodian priory of the order he founded in 1209–formally called the Order of Friars Minor.
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Ash Wednesday: Different look, same message
By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
Published February 4, 2021Ash Wednesday, as with many other things right now, will have a different look at many Catholic parishes across the United States this year.
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Young people urged to be ‘persistent in highlighting’ the sacredness of life
By BY RICHARD SZCZEPANOWSKI , Catholic News Service
Published February 4, 2021The continuing COVID-19 pandemic and strict restrictions intended to slow its spread did not stop young people and others from rallying, praying and standing up for life Jan. 29 in the nation’s capital.
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Pandemic, Capitol violence change March for Life plans but not its commitment
By KURT JENSEN, Catholic News Service
Published January 21, 2021If all goes well Jan. 29, Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life Defense and Education Fund, and other pro-life advocates, including clergy, will walk from the National Mall to the Supreme Court to carry out the march portion of the national March for Life.
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USCCB president prays God grants Biden ‘wisdom, courage’ to lead nation
By DENNIS SADOWSKI, Catholic News Service
Published January 20, 2021Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, expressed hope the Biden administration “will work with the church and others of goodwill” to “address the complicated cultural and economic factors that are driving abortion and discouraging families.”
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U.S. bishops’ president condemns violent protests at Capitol
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published January 6, 2021Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), issued a statement in response to the violence in the United States Capitol.
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Vigils, protests, homilies echo call for racial justice
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published June 11, 2020Bishops called for Americans to celebrate the country’s diversity, prayed the deep sin of racism can be overcome and invited people to remember that each person is a unique creation of God on Trinity Sunday.
