U.S. bishops came together for the first day of an emergency meeting on immigration at Mundelein Seminary outside of Chicago.
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Canadian Catholic leaders express sorrow after bodies of over 200 Indigenous children discovered at residential school
Archbishop Miller was “filled with deep sadness” after the bodies of more than 200 children were found buried on the site of what was once Canada’s large Indigenous residential school.
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Archbishop Gomez responds to unprecedented letter from 67 bishops asking for a delay on abortion and Communion document
The back-and-forth messages follow an increasingly public debate among the bishops about Catholic politicians who support keeping abortion legal and whether they should be denied access to the Eucharist.
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Father James Altman, who said Catholic Democrats would ‘face the fires of hell,’ asked to resign by his bishop
The priest has criticized Catholics who are Democrats, saying they must “repent” of their support for the party or “face the fires of hell.”
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Are some bishops ‘politicizing’ the Eucharist? Yes, in a perfectly sound, pastoral way.
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and others are acting for the good of souls. As a last resort, they propose denying Communion to people who persistently and publicly promote the grave evil of legal abortion.
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Mass without masks? It’s waiting for you—when you’re ready.
Many dioceses are dropping mask requirements and social distancing rules for fully vaccinated worshippers, relying on an honor system as pandemic restrictions ease further.
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Pope Francis: The People of God must be consulted before the October 2023 synod of bishops
The pope‘s aim is to involve the whole church at diocesan, national and continental levels through a process of “listening and discernment” on the important theme of synodality.
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Bishop Dorsonville: The Catholic Church believes in family unity. That includes the children at the border.
Refugees are often seen through a political lens, writes Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, but the crisis at the Mexico border should remind us of the church’s essential ministry to those fleeing violence and poverty.
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Canada’s bishops withheld aid from groups they thought had ties to abortion. Repairing relationships is proving difficult.
Canada’s bishops remain committed to the success of Development and Peace “as a Canadian, Catholic organization in communion with the Bishops and the universal Church”
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‘Prudence is a virtue’: Hong Kong’s new Jesuit bishop on managing the church’s complicated relationship with China
Bishop-designate Stephen Chow Sau-yan told Hong Kong media people must start with a sense of faith and not assume Beijing is the enemy, and he hoped for dialogue to develop a better understanding.