Cardinal Angelo Sodano died in a Rome hospital last night from complications related to Covid-19, and other ailments related to his advanced age.
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How the Catholic Church in Uvalde is helping a devastated community grieve and heal
San Antonio’s archbishop said it was important to be with the people suffering to remind them they are not alone, to give families the support they need, and to show them “love, love, love.”
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Podcast: Archbishop Cordileone banned Nancy Pelosi from Communion. Will Pope Francis intervene?
On “Inside the Vatican” this week, host Colleen Dulle asks Gerard O’Connell how Archbishop Cordileone’s statement has been received at the Vatican and whether the Vatican will intervene.
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Catholic leaders react to Texas school massacre: ‘Don’t tell me that guns aren’t the problem.’
Catholic leaders are reacting with anger and calls to restrict guns following the latest mass shooting that left at least 19 children and two teachers dead.
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Nancy Pelosi responds to being barred from Communion: I respect pro-life views but not ‘foisting them onto others’
“I come from a largely pro-life, Italian-American Catholic family, so I respect people’s views about that, but I don’t respect us foisting it onto others,” Ms. Pelosi said in response to the move by Archbishop Cordileone.
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Archbishop Cordileone on barring Nancy Pelosi from Communion: ‘I cannot in my conscience allow the situation to continue.’
“I really would prefer not to do this,” the archbishop of San Fransisco told Gloria Purvis. “But I cannot in my conscience allow the situation to continue and cause this scandal.”
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Archbishop bars Nancy Pelosi from Communion in her home diocese, citing ‘aggressive’ defense of abortion rights
“Unfortunately, Speaker Pelosi’s position on abortion has become only more extreme over the years, especially in the last few months,” Archbishop Cordileone said in a statement May 20.
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Bishops condemn mass shooting in Buffalo: We must ‘say no to the rotten forces of racism.’
U.S. Catholic bishops expressed sorrow and called out racism and gun violence after a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was motivated by racial hatred.
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Catholic News Service closure opens the door to partisan and ideological church coverage, Catholic journalists warn
“There’s going to be a big gap in what our parishioners are going to know about what’s going on in the U.S. and throughout North America.”
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U.S. bishops respond to Supreme Court abortion opinion leak: We ‘stand ready to help all pregnant women’
“We hope and pray for a change in our laws and stand ready to help all pregnant women in need in each of our communities,” Archbishop William Lori said in a statement on Wednesday.