Archive for March 30, 2017

Archbishop Jose? Go?mez of Los Angeles at a press briefing at the Vatican Oct. 22, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Adelaide Mena

Archbishop Gomez: English wasn't America's first language

In recent months, national debates over immigration and deportation have reached a fever pitch in the wake of President Trump's... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Love must be core of family life, Pope says ahead of World Meeting of Families

Pope Francis issued a message ahead of the 2018 World Meeting of Families (WMOF), saying couples and families should root... Read more

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US bishops turn up the heat on Trump's environmental order

The U.S. bishops have criticized President Donald Trump’s recent executive order which rolls back environmental protections, noting their concern that... Read more

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Spanish bishop interprets Amoris Laetitia through 'the preceding Magisterium'

A Spanish bishop last week published criteria for the accompaniment of the divorced-and-remarried, inviting them to a “catechumenal itinerary” by... Read more

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By Hannah Brockhaus

Don't believe in hell? You haven't seen Syria lately, cardinal says

Six years after the start of the Civil War, Syria's apostolic nuncio said that the country is in a “bloodbath”... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

Pence casts tiebreaking vote as Senate advances pro-life measure

Vice President Mike Pence cast the deciding vote in the Senate Thursday to advance a measure allowing states to once... Read more

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Catholics' mission in immigration debate: avoid false divides

As immigration debate continues under the Trump administration, one bishop has stressed the need for Catholics to make sure their... Read more

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Priest visits church destroyed by ISIS: This is from the devil

The desolation of a burned Iraqi church left Argentine-born missionary Father Luis Montes with the firm conviction that Satan is... Read more