Pope baptizes formerly conjoined twins who were separated at Vatican hospital
- Aug 10, 2020
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Federal executions in Indiana said to ‘add violence on top of violence’
- Jul 1, 2020
A Department of Justice announcement in mid-June that it would resume federal executions beginning at a federal prison within the Archdiocese of Indianapolis drew words of remorse and prayers from Catholic leaders for the crime victims of as well as for the inmates slated to die.
Bishops urge Congress to address better police training, accountability
- Jun 25, 2020
The chairmen of three U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees have called for “better practices for formation and accountability for police” in a joint letter to all members of Congress.
Final HHS rule helps ‘restore rights of health care providers,’ say bishops
- Jun 13, 2020
The chairmen of three U.S. bishops’ committees welcomed a final rule implemented by the Trump administration June 12 to restore “the long-standing position of the federal government that discrimination on the basis of ‘sex’ means just that and does not refer to ‘termination of pregnancy’ nor ‘gender identity.'”
Congress urged to make poor, vulnerable a priority for next stimulus bill
- May 28, 2020
Congress needs to remember the needs of “the poor, the vulnerable and people on the margins” when considering additional pandemic economic relief packages, said the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.
Pandemic’s turmoil an opening to boost protection of creation, bishops say
- May 22, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown the world into turmoil, but Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical on care for creation can guide individuals to reassess life’s priorities in response, a trio of prelates agreed during an online roundtable discussion.
Archbishop: Oklahoma City remains ‘beacon of healing’ 25 years after bombing
- Apr 18, 2020
The nation will never forget “the 168 innocent lives taken, including 19 children,” in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City April 19, 1995, said Archbishop Paul S. Coakley.
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