Archive for June 15, 2017

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Hartford archdiocese works to guide faithful through parish merger

Important decisions loom ahead as the Archdiocese of Hartford preps its reorganization plan, a reconstruction and consolidation of parishes throughout... Read more

Opening Mass for the Assembly of Synod of the Bishops on the Family on Oct. 4, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Millennials: Do you have something to say to the bishops? Here's your chance

The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops announced the launch of a new website for the upcoming synod on... Read more

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US bishops stress compassion, clarity in immigration panel

In their discussion Wednesday on spiritual, pastoral and policy support for immigrants, the U.S. bishops highlighted the need for compassion,... Read more

Pope Francis at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, April 13, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

In book foreword, Pope Francis calls corruption a 'cancer'

Pope Francis, in a foreword to a work by Cardinal Peter Turkson, has said corruption infects the world like a... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

Pope's US representative reminds bishops to reach those on the margins

Pope Francis’ representative to the United States encouraged the nation’s bishops this week to promote solidarity and listen to those... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

US bishops vote to make religious freedom committee permanent

The U.S. bishops voted on Thursday to make their Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty a permanent committee of the... Read more

Bishop Jean Marie Benoît Bala of Bafia, who was murdered May 31, 2017. ?w=200&h=150

Cameroon's bishops ask state action to protect clergy in wake of murder

After determining that one of their confreres was murdered two weeks ago, the bishops of Cameroon have called on the... Read more

The remains of St. Mary's Syriac Orthodox parish in Homs. ?w=200&h=150

'Roughly half' of Iraqi, Syrian Christians have fled since 2011

A new report estimates that between 50 and 80 percent of Christians have fled the countries of Iraq and Syria... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

As Iraqi Christians await deportation, bishop points to suffering Body of Christ

Advocates for Chaldean Christians detained by federal immigration enforcement are in a race against time to halt their deportation back... Read more