The organization has pledged “to continue its services even if a same-sex marriage bill passes” said Bishop Barry C. Knestout.
America Staff
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AIDS Work Aims to Promote Dignity
The work of the Catholic Church in Africa to care for people living with AIDS is designed to show solidarity with everyone in need.
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Report From U.S. Bishops’ General Assembly
The bishops heard a report from an ongoing study of sexual abuse by priests conducted by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
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Letters
More Than Disagreeing Thank you for the excellent commentary (“Slandering the President,” by John Kavanaugh,S.J., 11/23). I’ve been waiting for the Catholic hierarchy to make similar statements about these sins of slander, calumny and libel. No matter what the side and what the rea
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Guy Consolmagno, S.J. on Colbert
One of the guests on The Colbert Report tonight will be Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno S J Ph D a planetary scientist and expert on meteorites and full disclosure friend who works at the Vatican Observatory in Rome and Tucson nbsp Guy who has umpteen degrees from places like nbsp M I T
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Vatican to U.S.: Lift Cuba Embargo
The embargo “undeniably has a negative influence on the life of the people,” Archbishop Celli told Vatican Radio Nov. 13.
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News Briefs
In a letter on Nov. 12, the Mexican bishops’ conference rebuked narcotics-trafficking cartels for their murderous ways.
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Ecumenism in the Classroom I was excited to read the excellent article “Basketball Diary,” by B. G. Kelley (11/16). When I first came to the evangelical school where I teach English, I was the only Catholic. Now, in my 10th year, I have three Catholic colleagues. I too have felt a stro
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Papal Correspondence: Six experts interpret what ‘Charity in Truth’ says about the issues of our times.
Six experts interpret what ‘Charity in Truth’ says about the issues of our times.
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Can Colombia’s Displaced People Get on the U.N. Agenda?
Over three million people in Colombia have been dislocated by civil war and violence related to drug trafficking.