Two days after hundreds of people—many of them Catholic—descended on Belle Plaine to protest the installation of a Satanic memorial in the city’s veterans park, the City Council voted unanimously to nix all religious symbols there.
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Bishops disappointed in Texas official seeking to end immigration policy
Texas bishops say they are “disappointed” by Attorney General Ken Paxton’s demand that the administration terminate DACA.
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I pardoned a convict who killed again. Here’s why I still believe in mercy.
Having so often petitioned a gracious God for the blessing of mercy, how could I deny it to others?
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Bishop Dewane: House budget blueprint puts poor in ‘real jeopardy’
“A nation’s budget is a moral document,” said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Fla.
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Health bill must protect poor, unborn and conscience rights, bishop says
Bishop Frank J. Dewane called both the House and Senate health care bills “seriously flawed.”
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Catholic-evangelical relations are richer than the conspiracies Civilta Cattolica described
Evangelicals have helped the Catholic Church at the highest levels.
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Conservative evangelicals revel in their ‘unprecedented’ presidential access
While religious conservatives are getting such intimate contact with Donald Trump that they can literally “lay hands” on him, other faith leaders are being kept at arm’s length.
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Migrant advocates show support for border bishop’s call for solidarity
Bishop Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso made a passionate plea for others to understand the real danger that prompts migrants to leave their native lands.
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U.S. bishops urge Trump administration to preserve Obama’s DACA policies
U.S. bishops urge Trump administration “to continue administering the DACA program and to publicly ensure that DACA youth are not priorities for deportation.”
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Health care prescription? Regroup and cooperate, Catholic health leaders say
Catholic health care leaders said they hope Congress will work together, in small steps, to fix flaws in the current legislation.