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Abortion
Despite Support for Policies Uplifting Common Good, Abortion Funding in Build Back Better Act Must be Remedied
As the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to consider the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Build Back Better Act, six bishop chairmen of the United...
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Migrants, Refugees & Travelers
U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman Affirms Renewed Termination of Migrant Protection Protocols, Urges Further Steps to Improve Treatment of Vulnerable Migrants
WASHINGTON - On October 29, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a new memorandum terminating the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)...
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Environment
Catholic Leaders Call for Global Discernment and Cooperation to Address the Climate Crisis at COP26
The United Nations will convene their annual meeting on climate, COP26, on October 31. In advance of the meeting, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of...
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Abortion
Bishop Chairmen Call on U.S. Senate to Retain Longstanding, Bipartisan Pro-Life Policies
On Tuesday, the chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Appropriations released the text of several appropriations bills which, like their House counterparts...
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Vocations
National Vocation Awareness Week Encourages Dioceses to Foster Vocations in Their Local Communities
The Catholic Church in the United States will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week, November 7-13, 2021.
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Synod on Synodality
President of USCCB Welcomes the “Synod on Synodality” Convoked by Pope Francis as Diocesan Consultation and Dialogue Phase Begins
This past weekend, dioceses throughout the world began the next phase of the synod which includes consultation and dialogue at the diocesan level. Using a preparatory...
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Pope Francis
Pope Francis Appoints Bishop Andrew Cozzens as Bishop of Crookston
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, as Bishop of Crookston.
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General Assembly
U.S. Bishops to Meet in Baltimore Nov. 15-18; Will Address Action Items; Assembly to be Live-Streamed and Live-Tweeted
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will gather for the 2021 Fall General Assembly in Baltimore, November 15-18.
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Religious Liberty
One Hundred Incidents of Vandalism Reported at Catholic Sites in U.S. Since May 2020
October 10 marked the 100th incident: satanic and other hateful graffiti scrawled on the walls before Sunday Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception...
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Migrants, Refugees & Travelers
U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman Welcomes Refugee Admissions Target of 125,000
On October 8, the Biden Administration announced a Fiscal Year 2022 Presidential Determination (PD) of 125,000 refugees for resettlement through the U.S. Refugee...