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Poll: Most voters would support limiting abortion after 15 weeks
A nationwide poll of 1,200 likely voters found that a majority oppose abortion on demand throughout pregnancy and support limits on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Seattle archbishop invites Catholics to embrace Christ’s mission
Archbishop Paul Etienne launched the next phase of the Seattle Archdiocese's pastoral planning by inviting Catholics in local parishes to consider prayerfully "how do we bring Christ to others and lead others to Christ?" he said.
Catholic group urges Biden to raise COVID-19 vaccine access at G7 summit
A national Catholic group of some 50 religious and nonprofit organizations wants President Biden and the leaders of other developed countries to "support a robust global response to the COVID-19 pandemic" because "no one is safe unless all of us are safe."
U.S. bishops should expand ministry to migrants, cardinal says
Cardinal Michael Czerny, Vatican migration official, asked a group of bishops gathered in Illinois June 2 to think of migrants, whether they arrive for the short or long term, as "parishioners" and organize pastoral plans to tend to them.
High court decision deals blow to immigrants with temporary status
Some 400,000 immigrants from countries such as El Salvador, Haiti and Myanmar cannot remain permanently in the U.S. if they first entered without authority to do so, the Supreme Court ruled June 7.
Appointment signals preparation for National Eucharistic Revival
Father Jorge Torres, a priest of Orlando, Florida, will help implement a planned multiyear series of activities centered on the Eucharist. It will begin next summer and be capped possibly by a National Eucharistic Congress in 2024.
‘Solidarity in Freedom’ is theme of Religious Freedom Week
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops invites Catholics "to pray, reflect and act to promote religious freedom" during the week June 22-29 so that religious communities may continue "to live out their faith in public and to serve the good of all."
Cardinal Rigali recalls memorable moments in 60 years of priesthood
From the stirrings of a vocation in grammar school in Los Angeles, to decades-long service at the Vatican and in the U.S., the retired archbishop of Philadelphia reflected on his eventful ministry.
Report shows 19,000 U.S. deacons; age, retirement are factors for ministry
A Catholic research organization's "Portrait of the Permanent Diaconate" gleans current facts and future trends among Catholic deacons, according to a survey of all U.S. dioceses.
Migration summit aims to work toward ‘church without borders’
On the final day of a historic meeting of international bishops and Catholic organizations, they discussed the challenges the church faces even while trying to get Catholics to understand church teaching on migrants.