Bishop Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso made a passionate plea for others to understand the real danger that prompts migrants to leave their native lands.
Bishops
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Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich: Saying gay, lesbian and L.G.B.T. is a step toward respect
“I think that the terms gay and lesbian, L.G.BT. should be respected…. People should be called the way that they want to be called rather than us coming up with terms that maybe we’re more comfortable with.”
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El Paso bishop: Stop deportations until immigration is fixed
“Our border community knows the reality of a broken immigration system.”
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USCCB: Retain open internet ‘by strongest legal authority available’
The USCCB is “concerned that the FCC is contemplating eliminating current regulations limiting the manner by which the companies controlling the infrastructure connect people to the internet,” said USCCB assistant general counsel Katherine
Grincewich.
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Bishops: Senate health care bill remains unacceptable
The Catholic Health Association, meanwhile, said the revisions to the proposal “reinforces the fact that this bill cannot be fixed.”
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The church is discerning its mission for the 21st century. These Catholic leaders got together to talk about it.
Over 3,000 Catholic leaders gathered to encourage unity on the path to becoming “evangelizing disciples.”
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Pope Francis tells five new cardinals not to become ‘princes’ but to serve like Jesus
Jesus “has not called you to become ‘princes’ in the church,” the pope said, but “to serve like him and with him.”
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Washington’s Salvadoran diaspora in awe of first Salvadoran cardinal
El Salvador’s first cardinal will have the eyes of his flock at home but also of the Washington area, home to approximately 260,000 Salvadorans.
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Catholic bishops: Loss of affordable health care under GOP plan ‘simply unacceptable’
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the measure would leave 22 million more people without insurance.
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Faith leaders challenge morality of U.S. budget priorities
More than a dozen leaders lined up shoulder-to-shoulder in a unified front to defend a broad array of domestic and international aid programs that, they argued, sustain life.