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D.C. City Council approves assisted suicide measure in second vote
The vote does not mean legalized assisted suicide is now the law in the district. The measure moves to Mayor Muriel Bowser for approval or veto. If it is approved, the law would be subject to congressional review.
South Korean Catholics seek president’s resignation over scandal
The church in South Korea has been vocal in its calls for Park to resign after news broke that her friend, Choi Soon-sil, allegedly manipulated the president to gain access to secret documents and purportedly embezzle funds through nonprofit foundations.
Admonish sin without putting on airs or being hypocrite, pope says
Pope Francis reflected on two verses in the Gospel of St. Luke (6:41-42) in which Jesus warns against the hypocrisy of noticing "the splinter in your brother's eye," but not perceiving "the wooden beam in your own."
NCCW records a million-plus works of mercy during jubilee year
The National Council of Catholic Women's "Million Works of Mercy" initiative, proposed by supporting member Jane Carter, asked NCCW members to tally their works of mercy, performed either individually or as a council affiliate.
U.S. bishops urged to bring wider attention to Christian persecution
Maronite Bishop Gregory J. Mansour said he hoped that the new four-year strategic plan adopted by the conference earlier in the day would incorporate a robust advocacy for religious freedom in the rest of the world.
Bishops make Africa subcommittee permanent, OK two staff positions for it
The bishops in a later vote also approved another 10-year extension for its most popular national collection, the Retirement Fund for Religious collection, which is taken up in most U.S. dioceses in early December.
Report commissioned by bishops finds diversity abounds in U.S. church
Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio called the study "groundbreaking" because he said it combined, for the first time all available data from Catholic and non-Catholic sources and mapped the multicultural and ethnic diversity of the church nationwide.
USCCB president-elect stresses need to listen, continue dialogue
The bishops "intend to be attentive," said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston hours after his Nov. 15 election to a three-year term that begins at the close of the bishops' fall assembly in Baltimore.
Bishops reject assessment hike; mail vote needed on change in formula
Needing 130 votes to approve the assessment increase, only 100 bishops, or 60 percent, approved the hike, while 65 voted it down.
Guam’s new coadjutor archbishop says his first task will be to listen
He added he also is aware that he will have to bring about "healing to those who said they have been abused."