Bishops’ Meeting Links
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:22 AM
This post provides a couple of links to help monitor proceedings at the U.S. bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore.
The first link is to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ website dedicated to the meeting. As well as articles and the text of the opening address of the address given yesterday by bishops’ conference president Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, it also links to a... READ MORE
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Common Good,Common Sense
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, November 10, 2008 7:27 PM
Botticelli's Annunciation: Mary chooses Life.
Here are some pointed remarks about abortion, excepted from Cardinal Francis George of Chicago’s address today at the U.S. bishops’ fall meeting.
“In working for the common good of our society, racial justice is one pillar of our social doctrine. Economic justice, especially for the poor both here and abroad, is another,” Cardinal George said. “But the Church comes also and always and... READ MORE
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Bishops’ Fall Meeting Begins
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, November 10, 2008 12:12 PM
(CNS)
The fall meeting of the U.S. bishops opened today in Baltimore.
The Daily Blog will report on developments there this week. For now, we’d like to draw attention to a couple of key items on the agenda.
The first one is a planned discussion of the issue of the responsibilities of Catholics in public life to stand up for fundamental Church teachings on abortion. While the bishops collectively... READ MORE
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Bishops Congratulate Obama
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:11 AM
Cardinal Francis George (CNS)
Speaking on behalf of the U.S. bishops, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago offered President-elect Barack Obama congratulations — and prayers.
Here is the text of the Nov. 4 letter Cardinal George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, sent to Obama.
“Dear President-elect Obama,
I write to you, in my capacity as President of the United States Conference of Catholic... READ MORE
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Thanks, Bishops
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, November 04, 2008 12:56 PM
(CNS)
Whatever the outcome of today’s elections, Human Life International president Father Thomas Euteneuer says Catholics owe a big thank-you to the U.S. bishops.
The Register couldn’t agree more.
By their words and actions, the shepherds of Catholic America have reminded everyone throughout this election cycle that Christian witness doesn’t consist in saying what’s popular, comfortable or... READ MORE
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Bishops Mobilize for Marriage
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, November 03, 2008 9:00 AM
(CNS)
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a video on YouTube urging preservation of the legal definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.
“Marriage is not something we invent or change to suit our own purposes,” Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., chairman of the U.S. bishops’ committee to defend marriage, explains in the video.
The Spanish version of the video,... READ MORE
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Translations Revote Scheduled
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:43 AM
U.S. bishops at last spring's meeting in Orlando. (CNS)
The U.S. bishops will reconsider approval of the new English translation of the Proper of Seasons prayers from the Roman Missal.
The translation of the prayers failed to achieve the required two-thirds majority approval when the bishops met at their spring meeting last June in Orlando.
The bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship, which is chaired by Bishop Arthur Serratelli of Paterson, N.J., ... READ MORE
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