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Religious Programming Should Be Part Of Public Accountability By Broadcasters, USCCB Chair States
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission should require broadcasters to report programming to the public, and that report should include religious programming and...
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Bishops’ Religious Liberty Chair Urges Congress to Defend Religious Liberty at House Judiciary Committee Hearing
WASHINGTON—The head of the Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) called on Congress to defend the American...
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Bishops to Vote on Establishment of Subcommittee on Health Care Issues at November Meeting In Baltimore
WASHINGTON—U.S. bishops will vote during their Nov. 14-16 annual fall meeting in Baltimore on whether to establish a Subcommittee on Health Care Issues under the Doctrine...
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Anthony Picarello Named USCCB Associate General Secretary
WASHINGTON—Anthony R. Picarello Jr., general counsel for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has been named associate general secretary for policy and...
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World Mission Sunday Is October 23, Theme: ‘As the Father Has Sent Me, So I Send You’
WASHINGTON—Catholic parishes will observe World Mission Sunday 2011 on October 23 by inviting missionaries to speak to congregations about their work and by taking up a...
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Archbishop Dolan Welcomes New Nuncio to United States
WASHINGTON—Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, welcomed Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò as the new Apostolic Nuncio...
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Pope Names Rockford, Illinois Vicar General as Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, Accepts Resignation of Bishop Zipfel
WASHINGTON—Pope Benedict XVI has named Msgr. David Kagan, 61, vicar general of the Diocese of Rockford, Illinois, as bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, and accepted the...
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USCCB Defense of Marriage Specialist Named Executive Director of Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family Life, Youth
WASHINGTON—Andrew W. Lichtenwalner, a program specialist on defense of marriage at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has been named executive...
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Liturgical Items for November Meeting Are Memorials for Blesseds Marianne Cope and John Paul II, Blessing of Sacred Oils
WASHINGTON—The inclusion of two new optional memorials, for Blessed Marianne Cope and Blessed Pope John Paul II, in the Proper of Saints calendar for the United States as...
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Archbishop Dolan Thanks President Obama for Efforts to Promote Religious Tolerance in Egypt
WASHINGTON—On behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan thanked President Obama for his efforts to protect religious...