The invitation to share moments of exclusion and hurt at the hands of the church generated a significant response.
Bishops
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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.
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Belfast bishop urges young people to get off the streets as Catholic-Protestant violence escalates
The Catholic bishop of Belfast urged politicians to be more careful about their language as the city was engulfed in nightly violence.
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Bishops remember Hans Küng as a theologian who loved the Catholic Church
German and Swiss bishops who knew and worked with Father Hans Küng described him as a man who loved the Catholic Church, even though the theologian sometimes went beyond the limits of Catholic doctrine and criticized the decisions of church leaders.
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Two Catholic bishops join LGBT group to condemn discrimination against transgender people
Archbishop John Wester, Bishop John Stowe and other Catholic leaders declared, “We, Bishops, religious and lay leaders of the Roman Catholic Church join with the Human Rights Campaign in calling for an end to the epidemic of violence against transgender individuals.”
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Vienna cardinal ‘not happy’ with Vatican statement on same sex unions
Austria’s Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has said he cannot deny same-sex couples a blessing if they request one and that he was “not happy” with the Vatican’s mid-March statement on same-sex unions.
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‘It is our duty to love and defend’ LGBT Americans: Bishop Stowe breaks with U.S. bishops on the Equality Act
The U.S. bishops’ conference has made defeating the Equality Act a priority, citing concerns over religious freedom.
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What are you willing to die for? A conversation with Archbishop Charles Chaput
“Jesus thought we were worth dying for,” the retired archbishop of Philadelphia said. ”There must be a lot of things that we ought to think are worth living and dying for.”
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Cardinal questions legitimacy of Vatican decree restricting Latin Mass
A second Catholic cardinal has questioned the legitimacy of a recent decree by the Vatican to restrict the celebration of the old Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and forbid private Masses in its side chapels.