The organization has pledged “to continue its services even if a same-sex marriage bill passes” said Bishop Barry C. Knestout.
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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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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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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.
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C.C.H.D. Says Grantees Follow Church Teaching
“We pledge…to ensure that all C.C.H.D. funds are used faithfully, effectively and in accord with Catholic social and moral teaching,” said Bishop Roger P. Morin.
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Close Guantanamo, Says Anti-torture Group
The prison is the symbol of our country’s violation of our deepest values” and must be closed immediately, a group of religious leaders said.
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” Close Guantánamo, Says Anti-torture Group Religious leaders have renewed their call to Congress seeking the immediate closure of the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The prison “is the symbol of our country’s violation of our deepest values” and must be
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Detained Migrants Deserve Spiritual Care
The growing number of people in U.S. detention centers has made the issue of access even more urgent.