Cardinal Joseph Tobin Archives

Newark archdiocese defends welcoming of LGBT pilgrimage
- Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
- June 21, 2017
“I am your brother, as a sinner who finds mercy with the Lord,” Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark told a group of LGBT pilgrims visiting the archdiocese. After some media coverage skewed the story as a shift within the Catholic Church, Tobin stressed the importance of welcoming people into the faith.
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Tobin: Being with those in need, distress communicates Christian message
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- May 24, 2017
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark spoke before about 250 people at the DeSales Media’s celebration of World Communications Day in Brooklyn bringing attention to the issue of immigration and criticizing the media’s use of a “if-it-bleeds-it-leads” approach.
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Tobin calls Trump immigration policies ‘cruelty on innocent people’
- Church in the US, Pope/Trump
- May 17, 2017
Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday issued a strong call to action to Catholic leaders to resist the immigration policies being implemented by the Trump administration, including musing aloud about the impact if every cardinal and bishop in the country were to accompany a potential deportee to his or her court hearing.
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‘We are the No,’ Cardinal Tobin says, vowing to support immigrants

The Archbishop of Newark, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin said, “We are the ‘no’ to a nation who is heartless, who would deport people separating them from their families and their loved ones simply because they are victims of a broken system.”

Man gets deportation reprieve after drawing clergy support

One month after Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the head of the Newark archdiocese, led a rally objecting to the removal of Catalino Guerrero, an illegal immigrant and grandfather of four. The custom officials at Newark, New Jersey, approved a one-year stay of removal.

Top Vatican and U.S. church officials back new gay-friendly book

Father James Martin’s new book, “Building a Bridge,” includes several blurbs from top figures in the Catholic Church’s hierarchy which is a surprising break from the past. This seems to indicate a sea change during the papacy of Pope Francis.