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News Briefs: October 31, 2021
Kidnapping in Haiti prompts worries about other church workers’ safety WASHINGTON (CNS) — As Christian missionaries and family members, some as young as 8 months old, were still being held […]
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Bishops urge Senate to include pro-life provisions in appropriations bills
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life and religious liberty committees urged U.S. Senate leaders Oct. 22 to include the Hyde and Weldon amendments and “other long-standing, […]
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U.S. Catholic Church to observe National Vocation Awareness Week Nov. 7-13
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Bishop James F. Checchio of Metuchen, New Jersey, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations, is encouraging dioceses to […]
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Visitors at Michelangelo exhibit see Sistine Chapel up close
By Joanne Fox OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) — George Mulcrone of Chicago came to Omaha to visit relatives. “I wasn’t expecting to see the Sistine Chapel,” the parishioner of the Windy […]
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News briefs: October 24, 2021
Prominent Anglican bishop who served in U.S. received into Catholic Church MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — A prominent Anglican bishop has joined the Catholic Church and will be ordained as a […]
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Bishops call attacks on Catholic sites ‘acts of hate’ that must stop
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Oct. 10 vandalization of Denver’s cathedral basilica that resulted in satanic and other “hateful graffiti” being scrawled on its doors and at least one statue brought […]
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Initiatives on Eucharist aim to give Catholics better understanding
WASHINGTON (CNS) — This past June at their annual meeting, the U.S. bishops spoke about helping Catholics come to a deeper understanding and appreciation for the Eucharist through an upcoming […]
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News Briefs: October 17, 2021
Some see growing trend in women choosing vocation as consecrated virgins DETROIT (CNS) — Amanda Ross and Hanan Ismail lay prostrate before Christ in the Eucharist at the Cathedral of […]
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U.S. nuncio says he’ll stay, helps prepare for synod, Biden-pope meeting
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the 75-year-old apostolic nuncio to the United States, said when he met Pope Francis at the Vatican Sept. 6, the pope asked him to […]
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Indiana Catholic, former U.S. senator, is Vatican ambassador nominee
WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Joe Biden will nominate Catholic lawyer Joseph Donnelly of Indiana, a former member of the U.S. House and Senate, to be the next U.S. ambassador to […]
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Effort needed to bridge racial divide in Church, society, says Black bishop
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The racial divide in American society and within the Catholic Church is one that needs to be bridged so that healing and progress can take place, said […]
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It’s ‘wrong’ to let Title X cover abortion, says USCCB’s pro-life chairman
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Biden administration ‘is wrong’ to allow Title X family planning funds to be used for abortion, said the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ […]