The Supreme Court’s past year will probably be remembered more for the shakeup at the bench than for specific rulings.
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
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As 2018 ends, U.S. bishops move to address allegations of abuse and claims of cover-up
2018 will no doubt be remembered as a dark time for the U.S. Catholic Church.
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Priest apologizes for funeral homily that focused on suicide
He expressed his remorse in remarks to parishioners a week after the Dec. 8 funeral of Maison Hullibarger, which received extensive media coverage. His remarks were released Dec. 17 by the Detroit Archdiocese along with its own statement of apology.
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Yes, you have to go to Mass twice this weekend for the feast of the Immaculate Conception
The vigil Mass on Saturday evening is not a “two-for-one” Mass for both days.
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Sacramento Catholic schools welcome students displaced by fires
Schools were closed in Butte County from Nov. 8 when the fire started until after Thanksgiving when the fire was contained.
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Bishops’ abuse response must trump all other issues, advisory group says
A group that has been advising the U.S. bishops for 50 years on multiple issues chose to speak to the bishops in Baltimore Nov. 13 on just one issue: the clergy sexual abuse crisis itself and ways to move forward from it.
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Catholic women urge bishops to work together and with laity for healing
The U.S. bishops, who gathered for a time of prayer at the start of their annual fall meeting in Baltimore, were urged by Catholic women church leaders Nov. 12 to be courageous and work with each other and the laity to move forward from this moment when the church is reeling from abuse allegations.
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‘Keep us in mind,’ says DACA recipient in urging people to vote
Saul Rascon Salazar, one of the DACA recipients, said people who don’t vote are “throwing away an American privilege.”
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Newspapers examine U.S. bishops’ responses to abuse allegations
The nearly 6,000-word article examines allegations of bishops covering up sexual abuse by priests in their dioceses or their own reported sexual misconduct.
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Scope of federal investigation into Pa. dioceses remains unclear
In mid-October when seven Pennsylvania dioceses announced they had been served subpoenas to release confidential files and testimony about allegations of sexual abuse by clergy and other church workers to the federal government, the announcement was big news.