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Cardinal O'Malley Urges Support For Senate Bill To Defund Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON—Federal funds should be reallocated so women can obtain their health care from providers that do not promote abortion, Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, archbishop of...
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USCCB Domestic Justice Chairman, President of Catholic Charities USA Urge Fair and Just Minimum Wage in Letter to Congress
WASHINGTON—Congress can promote the common good and contribute to a more just society by ensuring the federal minimum wage promotes family formation and stability, said...
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Cardinal O’Malley: Planned Parenthood’s Work Reflects ‘Throwaway Culture’ Decried by Pope Francis
WASHINGTON—Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM Cap., archbishop of Boston and chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)...
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Cardinal O’Malley Presents 2015 People of Life Awards
WASHINGTON—A nurse, a chastity educator, and the retired director of the bishops’ national grassroots organization received the 2015 People of Life Award for lifetime...
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USCCB Migration Chairman Applauds Court Order Requiring Administration to Release Central American Families from Detention
WASHINGTON—The July 24 ruling by Judge Dolly Gee of the Federal District Court of California ordering the Obama administration to release from detention families fleeing...
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Pope Names Three Auxiliary Bishops to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Accepts Resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Wilkerson
WASHINGTON—Pope Francis has appointed three auxiliary bishops to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerald E. Wilkerson, 75, another...
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Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe Awards $5 Million in Grants
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe approved 177 grants totaling more than $5.2...
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Archbishop Lucas Applauds Congressional Action To Reauthorize Elementary Secondary and Education Act
WASHINGTON—Archbishop George J. Lucas of Omaha, Nebraska, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Catholic Education, applauded recent...
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Bishops’ Chairmen Renew Push To End Death Penalty, Cite Progress of Last Decade
WASHINGTON—The bishops chairing two committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) renewed the bishops’ opposition to the death penalty in a message, July...
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Bishop Cantú Welcomes Iran Nuclear Deal, Urges Congress To Endorse Result of Negotiations
WASHINGTON—The “momentous agreement” reached between the United States and its partners with Iran over Iran’s nuclear program is a “significant achievement” that Congress...