This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle discuss Pope Francis’ strategy for bringing the bishops together in spite of their differences.
Bishops
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Bishop McElroy warns against ‘weaponization of Eucharist’ by denying Joe Biden Communion over abortion
Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego warned against the “weaponization of Eucharist” as a way to get Catholic elected officials, President Joe Biden among them, to adhere to the church’s stance on abortion.
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Bishops support Biden’s executive actions on private prisons and housing segregation
The chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees welcomed recent executive actions by President Joe Biden to address racial equity in housing and the use of private prisons by the federal government.
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Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Cupich, who criticized fellow U.S. bishops for confrontational approach to Biden
Vatican sources suggest that Pope Francis would have been keen to talk with Cardinal Cupich about the situation in the United States following the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
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Head of U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee criticizes Joe Biden’s stance on abortion during vigil Mass
“The people of the United States have entrusted enormous power and responsibility to President Biden. However, the presidency does not empower him to define Catholic doctrine and moral teaching,” said Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas.
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Catholic bishops on the border have high hopes (and advice) for Joe Biden on immigration
Immigration advocates, including four bishops, sent a letter to President Biden on Jan. 28, urging his administration to restore asylum, offer protection over deterrence at the border and overhaul the current immigration policy.
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U.S. bishops’ pro-life chair: Calls to codify Roe v. Wade in federal law ‘tragic’
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee called it “deeply disturbing and tragic” that any U.S. president would mark the Jan. 22 anniversary of the Roe decision that legalized abortion by praising it and committing to codifying it in law.
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Bishops: Biden’s order on LGBT nondiscrimination protections threaten religious liberty
The wide-ranging nondiscrimination executive “threatens to infringe the rights of people who recognize the truth of sexual difference or who uphold the institution of lifelong marriage between one man and one woman,” said the chairmen of five U.S. bishops’ committees.
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Catholic bishops sign statement to LGBT youth: ‘God created you, God loves you.’
A group of U.S. Catholic bishops, including a cardinal and an archbishop, have signed a statement of support for L.G.B.T. youth, telling them, “God created you, God loves you and God is on your side.”
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How Joe Biden’s Catholic faith will shape his relationship with Pope Francis—and the U.S. bishops
An interview with Massimo Faggioli about what to expect from the second Catholic president