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USCCB tweet backfires"Who wrote this spiritual guidance, Nabisco Corp?"

USCCB tweet backfires
"Who wrote this spiritual guidance, Nabisco Corp?"

The U.S. bishops took to Twitter Monday seeking feedback on the upcoming Synod on Synodality. The 11 a.m. tweet from the Twitter account of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops backfired in a big way,

Oakland’s Bishop Barber opens up on his life, liturgy, schools27 years as Navy chaplain

Oakland’s Bishop Barber opens up on his life, liturgy, schools
27 years as Navy chaplain

….Can you tell us about how you met Thomas Aquinas College’s beloved chaplain Fr. Buckley when you were a young man? When I was in high school in Sacramento, a friend and I

Some pastors can’t even control what goes in their church bulletinPower vs. authority

Some pastors can’t even control what goes in their church bulletin
Power vs. authority

The recent Vatican directive that parishes can’t advertise their scheduled traditional Latin Masses was met with widespread mockery on social media.

Cardinal Cupich and the morality of vaccinesListen to Pope Francis on Amoris Laetitia

Cardinal Cupich and the morality of vaccines
Listen to Pope Francis on Amoris Laetitia

With so many challenges facing us today when it comes to COVID—new variants, shifting directives from numerous authorities, endless questions about so many complex factors—I was heartened to read this bit of sensitive sanity from an American Cardinal:

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San Diego diocese ask parishioners to obey state mask mandateIn Dec. 14 in a letter from Auxiliary Bishop John Dolan to all pastors.

San Diego diocese ask parishioners to obey state mask mandate
In Dec. 14 in a letter from Auxiliary Bishop John Dolan to all pastors.

The Catholic Diocese of San Diego expects all of its parishioners to wear a mask at its indoor public masses following the state mandatory indoor mask mandate. The diocese announced the mask requirement

Cardinal Pell speaks in San FranciscoBest Catholic writers now in the U.S., he says

Cardinal Pell speaks in San Francisco
Best Catholic writers now in the U.S., he says

Cardinal George Pell spoke at San Francisco’s Star of the Sea church for 34 minutes on December 8. A few excerpts: “Matthew Arnold in 1868 wrote “Dover Beach.” about

St. Agnes parish in the Haight pushes back Cordileone visitAnd NC Reporter lines up a hate chorus against the archbishop

St. Agnes parish in the Haight pushes back Cordileone visit
And NC Reporter lines up a hate chorus against the archbishop

A Catholic church in San Francisco pushed back a visit from Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone scheduled for a Dec. 19 Mass after he recently revealed that he’s unvaccinated. Pastor and Jesuit father George Williams informed

Tribunal convicts Mexico City cardinal, ex-cardinal of GuadalajaraAttacked for dissent on abortion, LGTB and for asking voters to pray

Tribunal convicts Mexico City cardinal, ex-cardinal of Guadalajara
Attacked for dissent on abortion, LGTB and for asking voters to pray

Two Mexican cardinals, a bishop, and three priests have been convicted of constitutional violations for warning the public against the ruling party’s opposition to the values of human life and family, their advocacy of the LGBT

Archbishop Cordileone gives fervent Guadalupe homilyMary is mestiza, because her Son is mestizo

Archbishop Cordileone gives fervent Guadalupe homily
Mary is mestiza, because her Son is mestizo

“Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord on that day, and they shall be his people, and he will dwell among you.”

Promise In these words from the prophet Zechariah, we hear

Archbishop Cordileone comfortable as outsiderS.F. Chronicle shows how out of step he is

Archbishop Cordileone comfortable as outsider
S.F. Chronicle shows how out of step he is

Like many Californians, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone was watching the Supreme Court Wednesday as it heard arguments in a Mississippi case that abortion rights advocates say could lead to the procedure becoming virtually illegal in as

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