Steven P. Millies: A half-century of the U.S. bishops calling abortion the ‘preeminent issue’ in politics leaves Catholics unprepared for a post-Roe landscape.
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U.S. bishops said abortion should be Catholic voters’ top priority. Here’s why they’re right.
Alexandra DeSanctis: We are called to defend the least among us, and there is no more weak and defenseless population than unborn human beings.
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Archbishop Sheen will be beatified Dec. 21 at Peoria’s cathedral
A news release from the Diocese of Peoria said it was informed Dec. 2 that Vatican had decided to postpone the Dec. 21 ceremony “at the request of a few members” of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Being pro-immigrant is ‘living’ Christ’s call to welcome stranger, says Miami archbishop
“Christ came to save ‘the least, the last and the lost.’ God takes the side of the poor, the oppressed, the marginalized—we can, too, and must take their side as well.”
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Should abortion be the most important issue for Catholic voters? Here’s a better question.
Even as we debate the moral duties of faithful voters, we as a Catholic community have not succeeded in forming faithful candidates.
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Highlights from the U.S. bishops’ meeting: politics, evangelization, racism, immigrants and more
At the start of their meeting Nov. 11, the bishops raised pressing issues that included the priesthood shortage, gun violence and the need to provide support services for pregnant women.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Vatican restates trust in Australia’s judiciary as Cardinal Pell set to appeal abuse conviction
“The Holy See acknowledges the decision of Australia’s High Court to accept Card. George Pell’s request of appeal, aware that the cardinal has always maintained his innocence.”
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U.S. bishops: ‘The threat of abortion remains our preeminent priority.’
U.S. bishops: “The threat of abortion remains our preeminent priority because it directly attacks life itself…. At the same time, we cannot dismiss or ignore other serious threats to human life and dignity such as racism, the environmental crisis, poverty and the death penalty.”
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Meet Archbishop José Gomez, the first Latino president of the U.S. bishops
On Nov. 12, the U.S. bishops elected Archbishop Gomez to be the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on the first ballot.
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U.S. bishops elect L.A.’s Archbishop José Gomez as president
Archbishop Gomez leads the largest U.S. diocese, Los Angeles, home to more than four million Catholics, and has been a vocal proponent of rights for immigrants.