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Migration Committee Chair Expresses Support For Alabama Bishops’ Efforts To Reverse Unjust State Immigration Law
WASHINGTON— The chair of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Migration, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez, has released a statement in support of efforts by the Alabama...
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Cardinal Reaffirms Support for Respect for Rights of Conscience Act, Cites HHS Mandate as Cause for Urgency
WASHINGTON—Congress should support a bill (H.R. 1179, S. 1467) that will close gaps in protection of conscience rights in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
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Advisory for Sambi Memorial Mass
Advisory A Memorial Mass in honor of the recently deceased Archbishop Pietro Sambi, papal nuncio to the United States, will be celebrated Wednesday, September 14, at noon...
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Vietnamese Immigrant and Spokane Eighth Grade Student Wins Grand Prize In 2011 CCHD Multi-Media Art Context
WASHINGTON—An eighth grade student at St. Aloysius School in Spokane, Washington won the grand prize in the 2011 Multi-Media Art Contest sponsored by the Catholic...
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Bishops to Super Committee: Treatment of Jobless, Hungry and Homeless Is Moral Measure of Deficit Reduction
WASHINGTON—As the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction meets to address the issue of longterm budget deficit reduction, the bishops who lead the international and...
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USCCB Urges Rescission of HHS Contraceptive Mandate, Criticizes ‘Inexplicably Narrow’ Definition of Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON—The general counsel of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to rescind its mandate...
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Pope Names Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien Of Baltimore To Head Knights Of The Holy Sepulchre
WASHINGTON—Pope Benedict XVI has named Archbishop Edwin F O’Brien of Baltimore as Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order (Knights) of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem...
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Theresa Ridderhoff Named Executive Director of Office of Human Resources of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
WASHINGTON— Theresa M. Ridderhoff, SPHR has been named executive director of the Office of Human Resources of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)...
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Bishop Blaire Reflects On the Human Costs And Moral Challenges Of A Broken Economy In U.S. Bishops’ Labor Day Statement
WASHINGTON—“This Labor Day, the economic facts are stark and the human costs are real: millions of our sisters and brothers are without work, raising children in poverty...
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Bi-Lingual Respect Life Program Packet for 2011-12 Now Available
WASHINGTON—The 2011-12 Respect Life Program is now available in preparation for Respect Life Sunday, October 2. All educational materials are available in both English...