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Bishops say Advent During Pandemic Can Be a Time to Draw...

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By  Dennis Sadowski CLEVELAND (CNS) — The pandemic and new limits on daily activities present a special time for a renewal of faith and the...

In Washington, with New President, Cardinal-Designate Hopes for Dialogue

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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As Washington’s new cardinal and with a Catholic soon to be living in the White House, Cardinal-designate Wilton...

Religious Freedom Advocates: Will New Administration Continue Support?

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By Kurt Jensen WASHINGTON (CNS) — One of the most frequently expressed questions during an international religious freedom symposium Nov. 19 was whether the attention...

Virtual Bishops’ Meeting: More Efficient, Less Personal, Some Bishops Found

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By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a year when most meetings have switched to an online format, the fall assembly of the U.S. bishops...

Pandemic Opens the Way to New Possibilities of Evangelization, Bishops Say

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By Dennis Sadowski CLEVELAND (CNS) — The coronavirus pandemic may have led to debilitating isolation among Catholics, but it has not lessened people’s hunger for...

Working Group Formed to Deal with Conflicts Between Biden Policies, Church...

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By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit will head up a special working group of the U.S. bishops to address...

Hope Can Overcome the Most Painful Experiences, Msgr. Bransfield Tells USCCB

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By Dennis Sadowski CLEVELAND (CNS) — Suffering, physical or otherwise, “never cancels hope” no matter the circumstances, Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield told the bishops gathered...

Pope Francis Appoints Diocese of Pittsburgh Pastor David Bonnar as Bishop...

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Father David Bonnar, pastor of Saint Aidan Parish in Wexford, PA will become the new Bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown. The announcement was...

USCCB President to Bishops: Take Gospel to Troubled People During Pandemic

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By Dennis Sadowski CLEVELAND (CNS) — Admitting that people’s faith in God “has been shaken” by the pandemic and related economic turmoil, Los Angeles Archbishop...

McCarrick Report Called Needed Step Toward Accountability, Transparency

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By Dennis Sadowski CLEVELAND (CNS) — Prelates in the archdioceses and the diocese where Theodore McCarrick worked during his rise through the church’s hierarchical structure...
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