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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.
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Young people encouraged to ‘abandon everything’ to God as witnesses to life
By JOSEPHINE VON DOHLEN, Catholic News Service
Published January 25, 2020About 18,000 teens and young adults gathered to celebrate the sanctity of all human life at the Capital One Arena in Washington at the Youth Rally and Mass for Life Jan. 24.
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USCCB president urges prayers for pope’s 50 years as a priest
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published December 12, 2019The faithful across the United States are invited to pray for Pope Francis as he celebrates 50 years as a priest on Friday, Dec. 13. Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, sent a letter to bishops asking them to encourage parishioners to honor the jubilee during Advent.
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St. Louis Archdiocese names 64 priests with allegations of sexual abuse
By Julie Asher Catholic News Service
Published July 30, 2019As the Archdiocese of St. Louis released a list of names of archdiocesan clergy with substantiated allegations of sexual abuse of a minor July 26, Archbishop Robert J. Carlson acknowledged that seeing the names “will be painful” and publishing them “will not change the past.”
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Atlanta’s faithful attend Mass of Installation
By MARDESSA SMITH, Special to the Bulletin
Published May 30, 2019Atlanta guests came together to witness the Mass of Installation for departing shepherd and leader Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory in Washington, D.C. May 21.
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Encore: This year’s Lent could be just what struggling church needs
By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
Published March 5, 2019WASHINGTON (CNS)—When Lent begins March 6, U.S. Catholics will likely be more than ready for it. This set-aside time for prayer and reflection—after all the church has been through in recent months—could provide both a healing balm and a needed boost forward, some say. Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, is typically a big Catholic […] Full Story
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Government shutdown won’t deter crowds from marching for life in Washington
By JULIE ASHER, Catholic News Service
Published January 16, 2019WASHINGTON (CNS)—Neither snow nor sleet—nor partial government shutdown—will keep pro-lifers away from the nation’s capital for the March for Life Jan. 18. If it continues, the shutdown will be almost a month old by then. Daily news reports show the closures of monuments, memorials and the Smithsonian museums in Washington and trash cans overflowing on […] Full Story
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Annual poll shows 75 percent of adults want restrictions on abortion
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
Published January 16, 2019WASHINGTON (CNS) — Just in time for the annual March for Life, an annual poll of Americans’ views on abortion shows that 75 percent want “substantial” restrictions on abortion access even as more than half of respondents describe themselves as “pro-choice.” Conducted by the Marist Poll at Marist College, the survey of 1,066 adults Jan. […] Full Story
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Abuse report’s claim of cover-up, mishandling of cases called ‘misleading’
By JULIE ASHER, Catholic News Service
Published January 15, 2019Peter Steinfels, a former editor of Commonweal, former religion writer for The New York Times and professor emeritus at Fordham University in New York, reviewed the report of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report alleging widespread abuse of hundreds of priests and a coverup by bishops in six dioceses. He found fault with the report and […] Full Story