If Joe Biden wants his presidency to have a lasting impact on religious freedom, he and his fellow Democrats must craft legislation acceptable to Republican senators.
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US Catholic bishops to vote on pressuring Joe Biden to stop taking Communion over abortion views
A new document, if approved, would make clear the USCCB’s view that Biden and other Catholic public figures with similar viewpoints should not present themselves for Communion.
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Italian bishop-elect shot in his home in South Sudan
Some have suggested that the attack may have been a warning for the Catholic Church to keep out of the political disputes in South Sudan.
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The Editors: Is it time for the U.S. to hold a plenary council?
What if we followed the example of the bishops of Germany, Australia, Ireland and elsewhere and called for a regional gathering of Catholics—from all corners of the local church—to discuss the flaws and future of evangelization?
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Podcast: Inside the top secret process of appointing a Catholic bishop
Working from a copy of the new survey that he obtained, Gerard O’Connell summarizes some of the questions that the Vatican is now asking about possible bishops.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis appoints San Diego’s Bishop McElroy to board of Vatican office promoting human development
Besides Bishop McElroy, there are four other Americans on the board, including Mary Haddad, R.S.M., the president and C.E.O. of the Catholic Health Association of the United States.
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U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman calls HHS proposed rule to rescind Title X ‘terrible policy’
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has published a proposed rule to rescind the Trump administration’s enforcement of a Title X provision that “draws a bright line between abortion and family planning,” as the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee chairman has described it.
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The USCCB parody Twitter account asked people to share when they felt least at home in the church. Catholics had a lot to say.
The invitation to share moments of exclusion and hurt at the hands of the church generated a significant response.
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For the church to live in eucharistic coherence, we must be willing to challenge Catholics persisting in grave sin.
Archbishop Aquila: When the church minimizes the danger of an unworthy reception of the Eucharist, she fails to properly love those who continue to jeopardize their souls. Trading “civility” and “engagement” for eternal life is not a good trade.
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Archbishop Hebda prays for peace following police shooting of Daunte Wright
“I am encouraged and inspired by the pleas for peace that have continued to come from the family of George Floyd” over the Wright shooting, Archbishop Hebda added.