Tag: bishops
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Canadian bishops call for greater focus on palliative care in health care, medical training
By The B.C. Catholic Toronto, Canada, Oct 30, 2024 / 06:00 am With euthanasia rates soaring across the country, Canada’s Catholic bishops are appealing for greater emphasis on palliative care, including better end-of-life training for doctors and a call for policymakers to prioritize palliative services in health care. On Oct. 24, a working group following…
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Michigan’s Catholic bishops condemn Gov. Whitmer’s chip video as ‘mocking’ faithful
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 11, 2024 / 19:40 pm Michigan’s Catholic bishops on Friday condemned a video sketch of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and a journalist for what some have called a “mocking” of the Eucharist. The video, posted on Thursday and which quickly went viral, shows Whitmer feeding the journalist a Dorito…
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Documentary spotlights 3 bishops who brought Our Lady of Champion shrine to national attention
By Joseph Pronechen National Catholic Register, Oct 9, 2024 / 04:00 am A new film called “Return to Our Lady of Champion” will premiere on EWTN on the day the national shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Champion celebrates the second annual solemnity of Our Lady of Champion — Oct. 9. The documentary focuses on…
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French bishops release files on Abbé Pierre 58 years early amid sex abuse claims
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Sep 13, 2024 / 17:00 pm The bishops of France have decided to release archive files related to the famous priest Abbé Pierre nearly six decades ahead of schedule amid multiple claims of sexual abuse involving the late cleric. Famed for his resistance work in World War II and later…
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Catholic bishops reject claims that Catholic nonprofits facilitate illegal immigration
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 12, 2024 / 08:00 am The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a statement rejecting “false claims” that Catholic nonprofit organizations are complicit in human trafficking, smuggling, harboring, or child exploitation through the country’s southern border. “Catholic organizations cooperate in providing humanitarian aid with local,…