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Tag: Bishops

COSTA RICA – Legalization of Cannabis: the bishops urge the authorities to evaluate the benefits and harms for the population


“The uncontrolled cultivation of cannabis, which is easily possible in Costa Rica, would cause “severe damage to public health, especially the youth population”.

Bishops, Cannabis, Catholicism, Christian, Costa Rica, Hemp, Marijuana

Catholic Bishops of Ukraine and Poland Say Russia Tensions Pose ‘Great Danger’


The bishops issued their message the day after Pope Francis announced that Jan. 26 will be a day of prayer for peace in the Eastern European country.

Bishops, Catholicism, Christian, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Abortion, Democrats, and Lamenting Bishops


It is a bit too late for lamentation, dear Bishops, but introspection is in order.

Abortion, American Life League, Bishops, Catholicism, Christian, Judie Brown, New Jersey, Pro-Life

End of Scandal Angers Catholic Left


“The average number of substantiated accusations [against the clergy] made in the last ten years is 5.9.”

Bill Donohue, Bishops, Catholic League, Catholicism, Christian, Leftists, Pedophilia, Priesthood, Priests, Sexual Abuse

USCCB: 9 Days for Life Unites Catholics Nationwide in Prayer for the Protection of Life


All are invited to sign up at 9daysforlife.com.

Abortion, Bishops, Catholicism, March For LIfe, Pro-Life, USCCB

Archbishop Gomez’s Finest Hour


“He sees what is going on in the United States and Europe and beckons us to get back to basics, the basics as outlined by Jesus. “

Archbishop Gomez, Bill Donohue, Bishops, Catholic League, Catholicism, Christian

Preparing for a ‘Post-Roe’ America, US Bishops Discuss What Pro-Life Outreach Would Look Like


Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco told the Register that ‘our goal is not to make abortion illegal; our goal is to make abortion unthinkable.’

Abortion, Archbishop Cordileone, Bishops, Catholicism, Pro-Life, USCCB

Croatian president raises plight of Bosnian Catholics during Vatican visit


Reuters has described current turmoil in the southeastern European state, home to 3.3 million people, as the worst political crisis since the war.

Bishops, Bosnia Herzegovina, Catholicism, Croatia, Persecution, Pope Francis, Religious Freedom, Vatican, Zoran Milanović

The US Bishops and the Communion Controversy: Blame Biden, Pelosi and the Media


The fault lies with the news media that continually misrepresent the matter — and, even more, with Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and the other prominent Catholic politicians who continue to scandalize the faithful by their Eucharistically incoherent support for legal abortion.

Abortion, Bishops, Catholicism, Democrats, Eucharist, Holy Communion, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Pro-Life, USCCB

Durbin Spins Communion Denial Decision


Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who identifies as a Catholic, has yet to find an abortion he couldn’t justify.

Abortion, Bishop Thomas Paprocki, Bishops, Catholicism, Christian, Pro-Life

Catholic Bishops in Burkina Faso Seek to Clarify Controversy Over Contraceptives


“Mr. Minister, we believe that the Catholic Church can, in the democratic game, contribute to the choices made by our country and help to verify their conformity with our authentic African values.”

Africa, Bishops, Burkina Faso, Catholicism, Charlemagne Ouédraogo, Contraception, Episcopal Conference of Burkina-Niger, Religious Freedom

Burkina Faso Christians face resurgence of terrorist attacks


In the Diocese of Dori, most of the population is Muslim (95.2 percent); 3.2 percent are adherents of traditional religions and 1.6 percent are Christian (1.22 percent Catholic).

Africa, Aid to the Church in Need, Bishops, Burkina Faso, Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Persecution, Religious Freedom

What’s In (And Isn’t In) the Bishops’ Draft Document on the Eucharist?


What was notably absent from the 26-page draft was any sort of criteria for when to deny a Catholic from receiving the Eucharist.

Bishops, Catholicism, Eucharist, Holy Communion, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, National Catholic Register, USCCB

Catholic Action for Faith and Family Prayerfully Asks Bishops to Avert Another ‘McCarrick Moment’


“The momentous task of prophetically proclaiming the Church’s position falls primarily to the bishops.”

Abortion, Bishops, Cardinal Burke, Catholic Action for Faith and Family, Catholicism, Christian, Eucharist, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Pope Benedict XVI, Pro-Life, USCCB, Vatican

Cardinal Burke: Bishops Have ‘Sacred Duty’ to Apply Canon Law to Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians


Cardinal Burke explained that he was speaking out because the issue was “a matter of life and death for the unborn and of eternal salvation for the Catholic politicians involved.”

Abortion, Bishops, Cardinal Burke, Catholicism, Pro-Life, USCCB

Two Elderly Nuns in Nepal Arrested on False Charges


Church Leaders View Arrests as an Attack on Nepal’s Minorities

Aid to the Church in Need, Asia, Bishops, Catholicism, International Christian Concern, Nepal, Nuns, Persecution, Religious Freedom

Cardinal Dolan: Human Rights Begin in the Womb


In a politically and culturally divided society, the one thing that seems to unite all sides, Cardinal Dolan wrote, “is the worry that our world has lost a basic respect for life.”

Abortion, Bishops, Catholicism, Pro-Life

National Vocation Awareness Week Encourages Dioceses to Foster Vocations in Their Local Communities


“In his message for the 58th annual World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis offered St. Joseph, the foster father of Jesus, as a model for vocational discernment.”

Bishops, Catholicism, USCCB, Vocations

One Hundred Incidents of Vandalism Reported at Catholic Sites in U.S. Since May 2020


“We call on our elected officials to step forward and condemn these attacks.”

Bishops, Catholicism, Christian, Persecution, Religious Freedom, United States, Vandalism

Catholics Demonstrate Against Mayor Scott and Sex Abuse


“[A] Nov. 16 prayer rally and conference at the MECU Pavilion on Pier VI is highlighting sex abuse cover-up and corruption of the U.S. bishops, who will be gathering just yards away at the Baltimore Waterfront Mariott Hotel on the same day.”

Baltimore, Bishops, Catholicism, Christian, Maryland, Sexual Abuse

Archbishop Cordileone discusses satanists’ support for abortion


“They [the Satanic Temple] need to have access to abortion to carry out their rituals. It’s a satanic practice.”

Abortion, Bishops, Catholicism, Christian, Pro-Life

U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman on Rescinding of “Protect Life Rule”


“Abortion is not family planning. Abortion takes the life of an already-conceived and growing child.”

Abortion, Bishops, Catholicism, Christian, Pro-Life, USCCB

Iraq: Ankawa, home of the Christians, comes of age


“Ankawa’s Christian population dramatically increased overnight in August 2014 after up to 120,000 faithful fled following the ISIS invasion of the nearby Nineveh Plains in Iraq proper. “

Archbishop Bashar Warda, Archbishop Nathaniel Nizar Semaan, Archbishop Nicodemus Sharaf, Bishops, Catholicism, Chaldean Rite, Christian, Iraq, Nadine Maenza, Persecution, Religious Freedom, USCIRF

Is the Decision to Receive COVID-19 Vaccination for Each Person’s Conscience to Judge?


“[P]astors need to be urging the faithful to intelligently inform their consciences. And no one should punish those with whom they disagree on COVID vaccination…”

Abortion, Bishops, Catholicism, Christian, Conscience, COVID-19, Pro-Life, Religious Freedom, Vaccination Mandates, Vaccinations

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