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'Lay down your weapons,' pope says in Palm Sunday Mass, calling for peace

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Bishop Chairmen Issue Reflection on World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Each year, Pope Francis invites the Church to commemorate the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on September 1. This day of prayer begins a month-long “Season...
Environment

Statement of U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for Domestic Justice and Human Development on Supreme Court’s Climate Regulation Ruling

On June 30, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a 6-3 decision in a case that limits the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its power to regulate...
Environment

Bishop Chairman Calls for Investments for Climate Change and the Common Good

As Congress considers additional investments to protect the environment this year, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of the...