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USCCB, Illinois Bishops Laud State’s Death Penalty Repeal
WASHINGTON—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) congratulated the Illinois bishops, the Catholic Conference of Illinois, the Catholic Mobilizing...
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Bishops to Launch Scholarship Fund in Africa, Part Of Efforts of Solidarity Fund
WASHINGTON—The U.S. bishops will begin a scholarship program and provide funding for educational programs identified by the bishops’ conferences of Eastern Africa...
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Bishops Continue To Urge Congress to Remember the Poor in Budget Priorities
WASHINGTON—Congress should place the needs of the poor, unemployed, hungry and other vulnerable people first as it sets its budget priorities for Fiscal Year 2011, said...
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Bishops Decry Assassination of Pakistani Official Who Worked For Rights of Minorities, Christians
WASHINGTON—The March 2 assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s Minister of Minority Affairs, silenced the voice of someone who worked to raise the profile of all...
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Interfaith Group Urges Speaker of the House to Defend DOMA Legislation in Court
WASHINGTON—Leaders of Catholic, Protestant and Sikh communities of faith—together representing tens of millions of adherents—joined together to urge the U.S. House of...
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Archbishop Dolan Calls Refusal to Defend Defense of Marriage Act an ‘Alarming and Grave Injustice’
WASHINGTON— “Our nation and government have the duty to recognize and protect marriage, not tamper with and redefine it, nor to caricature the deeply held beliefs of so...
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Thousands Prepare To Attend World Youth Day in Madrid
WASHINGTON—More than 16,500 youth and young adults from across the United States have already registered to participate in World Youth Day 2011, in Madrid, August 16-21...
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Bishops Urge Illinois Governor to Sign Bill Ending Death Penalty
WASHINGTON—Signing a bill to end the use of the death penalty would “begin building a culture of life in our country,” said the bishop who oversees the domestic justice...
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Pope Accepts Cardinal Mahony’s Resignation, Coadjutor Archbishop Gomez Succeeds Him in Los Angeles
WASHINGTON—Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Roger M. Mahony from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The cardinal...
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Pope Names Harrisburg Priest as New Auxiliary Bishop for Pittsburgh
WASHINGTON—Pope Benedict XVI has named Father William J. Waltersheid, Secretary for Clergy and Consecrated Life of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as auxiliary...