“As pastors devoted to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we know statements alone are not enough,” Bishop Seitz told his brother bishops in Baltimore.
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Archbishop Coakley, Bishop Flores elected president and vice president of USCCB
The 2025 elections were notable because they marked the first leadership change at the conference since the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff.
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Bishop Perry on on voting rights and the Catholic Church’s call to justice
As the Supreme Court revisits the Voting Rights Act, we remember that the journey to that decision was long and hard. Black Americans labored tirelessly for civil rights, including the right to vote—a right that had been systematically denied.
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Review: Catholic militants in the present day
In ‘Catholic Fundamentalism in America,’ Mark Massa, S.J., describes the birth and growth of Catholic fundamentalism over the past six decades.
Posted inThe Weekly Dispatch
More immigrants are dying in ICE detention
An effort to dehumanize immigrant people has contributed to federal indifference as the death toll among ICE detainees spikes this year.
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Got synodality fatigue? The cure is getting good at it.
Synodality isn’t going away under Pope Leo. What are some ways we can avoid “synod fatigue” and become better at the process?
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Cardinal McElroy diagnosed with ‘non-aggressive’ cancer, scheduled for surgery
In a statement, the archdiocese said the 71-year-old cardinal has “well-differentiated liposarcoma, which is a non-aggressive cancer that tends not to metastasize.”
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U.S. bishops tied to Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission voice criticism of immigrant detention
Bishops Robert Barron and Kevin Rhoades have voiced criticism of the administration, arguing immigrants detained by ICE should have access to Communion.
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With God in Vegas: A visit to the newest archdiocese in the United States
Over the last 30 years, the archdiocese has seen the number of registered Catholics triple, from 250,000 in 1995 to 750,000 in 2025.
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ICE bars Chicago bishop from giving detained Catholics Communion on All Saints
A delegation of clergy, religious sisters and laity, together with a Chicago auxiliary bishop, were barred for the second time in three weeks from bringing the Eucharist to those being held at an immigration detention center just west of Chicago on the feast of All Saints.