Father Stephen Fichter spoke about the groundbreaking survey of U.S. bishops conducted by CARA in 2016 and first reported in America magazine in 2018.
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Pope Francis urges bishops to teach Catholics discernment on voting and politics
Pope Francis told a group of U.S. bishops their job is to step back from partisan politics and help their faithful discern based on values.
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Pope Francis speaks with U.S. bishops on pro-life and transgender issues
Protecting human life is the “preeminent” social and political issue, Pope Francis said.
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Committee to recommend Australian bishops give laity certain controls
The plan would cede control over financial, human resources and governance functions to professional laity.
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International bishops visiting Holy Land get look at complexities of Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip has been under an air, land and sea blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt in 2007.
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Trump’s new executive order is making refugee resettlement more difficult
The executive order, issued in September, requires for the first time that resettlement agencies get written consent from state and local officials in any jurisdiction where they hope to place refugees after June 2020.
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U.S. Bishops find hope and humor during ‘ad limina’ meeting with Pope Francis
Bishops from U.S. Region VIII — North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota — met the pope on the first day of their “ad limina” visit.
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Former cardinal McCarrick moves from Kansas friary to new location
The former prelate had stayed a little over one year at St. Fidelis Friary, run by the Capuchin Franciscan order in Victoria, Kansas. While his new residence has not been publicly disclosed, one diocese vociferously declared that McCarrick was not within its territory.
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French bishops allow removing gender IDs for parents on baptism certificates
The “ever-more-complex situation of families in France” had made compiling Catholic documents “sometimes difficult,” especially with baptisms.
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U.S.C.C.B. president urges world leaders to pursue dialogue and seek peace
The statement from Archbishop Gomez comes five days after the U.S. launched a drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.