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Catholic Social Teaching
Ogechi Akalegbere is 2021 Winner of CCHD’s Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the anti-poverty program of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has named Ms. Ogechi Akalegbere of the...
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Child and Youth Protection
U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat for Child and Youth Protection Releases Annual Report
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection has released the 2020 Annual Report – Findings and Recommendations on the...
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Pope Francis
Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh
Pope Francis has appointed the Rev. Mark A. Eckman as auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh. Bishop-elect Eckman is a priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and currently serves as...
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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.