Archive for June 15, 2017
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
'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
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
