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USCCB Chairman Supports Wisconsin Bishops on the Rights of Workers
WASHINGTON—Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, California, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development...
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USCCB Decries Refusal to Support Defense of Marriage Act
WASHINGTON—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issues the following from its Office of General Counsel: “Marriage has been understood for millennia and...
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USCCB Finds Weakening Of Health Care Conscience Rule a ‘Disappointment,’ Affirms Some Positive Elements
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration’s final rule rescinding important elements of a federal regulation protecting the conscience rights of health care providers is a...
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Bishops' Pro-Life Office Hails House Committee Move to Protect Life
WASHINGTON—The Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) welcomed the approval in committee of the Protect Life Act (H.R. 358)...
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San Antonio Executive Al Notzon Appointed Next Chair of the National Review Board
WASHINGTON—Al J. Notzon III of the Archdiocese of San Antonio has been appointed the next chair of the National Review Board (NRB) by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New...
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Put the Poor First in Federal Budget Decisions Say Catholic Bishops, CRS President
WASHINGTON— Expressing concern over proposed federal budget cuts in the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Appropriations Resolution, the heads of two U.S. Conference of...
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Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe to Help Alleviate the Great Needs That Still Remain
WASHINGTON— The national Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe will take place on Ash Wednesday, March 9, in parishes across the country. With the theme...
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Peter Murphy Named Executive Director of Evangelization and Catechesis of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
WASHINGTON—Peter J. Murphy, director of the Office of Family Life of the Archdiocese of Washington since 2005, has been named executive director of the Secretariat of...
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Bishops of the Americas Discuss Successes, Challenges of Communicating the Gospel with Modern Social Media
BALTIMORE, Md.— The annualmeeting of the leadership of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Council of...
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Permanent Ban on Abortion Funding Long Overdue, Says USCCB In House Testimony
WASHINGTON—A permanent ban on abortion funding is long overdue, which is why the U.S. bishops support the No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act (H.R. 3), said a...