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Study provides ‘detailed snapshot’ of state of permanent diaconate in U.S.
A report commissioned by the U.S. bishops shows the nation now has more than 20,000 permanent deacons, most of them married and over the age of 50.
Brooklyn bishop blesses church after altar desecration, tabernacle theft
Bishop Robert J. Brennan performed a penitential rite of reparation June 4 at St. Augustine Church, while affirming that "faith in the presence of Jesus Christ among us in the Blessed Sacrament" unites Catholics.
‘Don’t look away,’ children plead to Congress in gun control message
"How many of us have to die ... for lawmakers to do their job?" asked organizers of a June 6 protest in the nation's capital demanding restrictions on the high-powered weapons used in recent mass shootings.
Blinken calls respect for religious freedom ‘vital foreign policy priority’
Releasing an annual report on international religious freedom June 2, the U.S. Secretary of State also stressed "the fundamental right of each person" to practice, or decline to observe, a given faith.
Catholic leaders urge gun control on state, federal level
Recent mass shootings are prompting U.S. bishops, women's religious orders and Catholic organizations to call for stricter gun control measures to curb the spate of gun violence.
Gunman kills four at Oklahoma Catholic hospital complex
A gunman with a rifle and handgun killed a doctor who treated him for back pain. It was the 233rd mass shooting of the year in the U.S.
Bishop Robert Barron named to lead Minnesota diocese
The 66-year-old auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles and founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries will be installed July 29 as bishop of the Winona-Rochester Diocese in southern Minnesota.
Healing of the Eucharist is needed to repair scandal, says Iowa archbishop
Archbishop Michael O. Jackels of Dubuque called the refusal to give Communion to pro-choice politicians a "misguided response," adding that the sacrament would have to be denied also to those who reject "all those other life issues."
Amid pain in Uvalde, there’s still ‘goodness in people,’ says archbishop
The Archbishop of San Antonio tended to those grieving the shooting deaths of 21 people, including 19 children in a Texas town. Uvalde's Catholic pastor received a letter from a Connecticut pastor who rued a similar school shooting.
‘Bleacher Brothers’ to visit all 30 MLB stadiums on evangelization tour
After eight years of planning, two Franciscan friars began an 11-week pilgrimage May 19 to visit all the Major League Baseball ballparks to meet people where they are and preach the good news of Jesus Christ.