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Cardinal O’Malley and Archbishop Wenski Welcome Supreme Court Decision To Review Protocols for Use of Lethal Injection
WASHINGTON—The chairs of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development and Committee on Pro-life Activities welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s January 23...
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Religious Profession Class of 2014 Highly Educated, Very Likely To Have Attended Catholic High School, University
CARA study finds two-thirds of new religious entered community life with bachelor’s degree or higher Study comes ahead of February 2 World Day for Consecrated Life and...
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Cardinal O’Malley Welcomes House Passage of ‘No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act’
WASHINGTON—Cardinal Seán O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston and chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities, welcomed passage of the “No Taxpayer Funding for...
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February 8 is the First International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking
WASHINGTON—The feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, February 8, has been designated as the first International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking. Last...
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Religious Leaders Urge the United States to Work with International Partners to Present a Framework for Israelis and Palestinians to Negotiate a Two-State Peace Agreement
WASHINGTON—Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders of 25 national religious organizations wrote to President Obama today urging “a renewed, determined U.S. effort, in...
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Cardinal O’Malley Urges Congress to Support the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
WASHINGTON—Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), urged support for the...
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Archbishop Lori Praises Unanimous Supreme Court Decision Protecting the Religious Freedom of Muslim Prisoner
WASHINGTON—Yesterday, in the case of Holt v. Hobbs, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a Muslim inmate in an Arkansas state prison who sought to wear a...
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Pope Names Austin, Texas Vicar General Garcia Auxiliary Bishop of Austin Diocese
WASHINGTON—Pope Francis has named Father Daniel E. Garcia, a priest of the Diocese of Austin, Texas, auxiliary bishop of Austin. Father Garcia, 54, is currently the vicar...
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USCCB Chairman Responds to Supreme Court Decision to take Marriage Cases
WASHINGTON—The U. S. Supreme Court granted a request, January 16, to review the November 2014 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upholding the...
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Thousands to Pray for End to Abortion at National Prayer Vigil for Life Marking 42nd Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON—Over 10,000 pilgrims, many of them youth from schools around the nation, are expected to gather in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate...