Pope Francis will create five new cardinals at a consistory in Rome scheduled for June 28.
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
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Canadian bishops urge response to Africa/Yemen hunger and violence
United Nations sources report that as many as 30 million are threatened by hunger in South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen—and 20 million “are at immediate risk.”
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Sister Carol Keehan: G.O.P. health care plan ‘cannot be fixed’
Congress is asking the nation to make “immoral choices,” said Sister Keehan, the president of the Catholic Health Association.
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When the sick and marginalized are left behind, it’s Catholic health care providers who bring hope.
Those serving the homeless and other marginalized communities are living the pope’s vision of the church as a spiritual field hospital.
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U.S. bishops and Trump administration diverge over budget priorities
The budget’s moral measure will be assessed by “how well it promotes the common good of all,” the bishops write.
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Trump firing of Comey possibly worse than Watergate, says former Nixon prosecutor
“It’s hard for me to credit that the president is now vigorously acting in Hillary Clinton’s interest,” says Philip Lacovara.
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US bishops urge Senate to strike ‘harmful’ aspects of AHCA
U.S. bishops called on the Senate to strip out the harmful provisions of the bill when the chamber takes it up for consideration or essentially to start over on GOP efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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Trump and the U.S. Catholic Church: The First 100 Days
Predictably Mr. Trump has also clashed with the Catholic Church and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on many of the policies he has promoted during his first 100 days.
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Updated: House-passed Trumpcare bill deplored by Catholic Health Association
Catholic healthcare leaders continue to denounce GOP efforts to “reform and repeal” the Affordable Care Act.
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Are pro-life Americans welcome in the Democratic Party? Depends who you ask.
A rally hosted by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for a Nebraska Democrat prompted a flurry of questions about the party’s pro-choice orthodoxy.