Given the number of those in the California legal system today who are Latino, “you can guess a large percentage of them are Catholic.”
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Immigration, religious freedom and the next synod are on the agenda for the U.S. bishops meeting
The bishops’ spring assembly will include discussions ranging from immigration to religious freedom, as well as the Synod of Bishops on youth.
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Bishops to Congress: Decrease military spending and focus on the poor
Decrease military spending and help the poor, said the U.S. bishops in a May 19 letter addressed to Congress, before lawmakers prepare to work on the federal budget for the upcoming 2018 fiscal year.
Posted inArts & Culture, Dispatches
Meet the women building a community of Christian writers
The women of the Redbird Writers Guild shared a common belief that writing with faithful trust can lead to transformation—their own and ultimately that of their readers.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
U.S. church wrestles with changing attitudes, pastoral practice toward L.G.B.T. Catholics
Despite shifting views among average Catholics, advocates for L.G.B.T. people say the church can still feel unwelcoming. Church teaching that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered” has not changed.
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In Netflix’s “The Keepers,” a nun’s unsolved murder tears apart a Catholic community
Sister Cathy Cesnik went missing one night in 1969. The case remains unsolved.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Cardinal Tobin urges solidarity with people facing deportation as immigration arrests spike
“They could bring nearly 12 million people out of the shadows, if they wanted to,” Cardinal Tobin said. “This isn’t about border security. It’s about being attentive to the reality of people who are already in our communities.”
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Website details the life of Father Stanley Rother, who will soon be beatified
The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City has opened a website detailing the life, as well as steps toward sainthood, of Father Stanley Rother.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
A history of the friction between the Girl Scouts and the Catholic Church
Despite recent criticism, the Girl Scouts boasts of its relationship with the Catholic Church on its website.
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Minnesota bishop denies coercing abuse victim to remain silent
The Diocese of Crookston issued the statement in response to a lawsuit filed that day against the bishop and the diocese.