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San Diego diocese issues 55-page action plan for the environmentSchools and parishes to plant trees in September

San Diego diocese issues 55-page action plan for the environment
Schools and parishes to plant trees in September

The San Diego Catholic Diocese has launched a sweeping action plan that calls for the region’s families, parishes, schools, and other organizations to take concrete steps to urgently care for creation. The plan supports the Laudato Si’

Archbishop Cordileone cites the example of Archbishop RummelAre Biden and Pelosi any better than segregationists in the South?

Archbishop Cordileone cites the example of Archbishop Rummel
Are Biden and Pelosi any better than segregationists in the South?

Prominent politicians lost no time in reacting hyperbolically to the Supreme Court’s decision refusing to enjoin Texas’s new law banning abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat. President Biden announced a “whole-of-government effort” to find ways to overcome the

1300 bodies unclaimed at Tijuana morgue Bishop Moreno Barrón vows memorial

1300 bodies unclaimed at Tijuana morgue
Bishop Moreno Barrón vows memorial

Tijuana’s Medical Examiner’s office said that on average, it has 1,300 unclaimed bodies that have to be buried in a mass grave every year. In the past 18 months, due to the pandemic and ongoing cartel violence,

Diocese of Sacramento lifts up parish councilsFollowing Bishop Soto's 'Call to Holiness'

Diocese of Sacramento lifts up parish councils
Following Bishop Soto's 'Call to Holiness'

As chair of the Diocesan Pastoral Council, Adam Bowers envisions a significant role for the laity with their pastors in shared responsibility and accountability through developing strong parish pastoral councils. “The essence of the idea is that

Phil Lawler does some vaccine untanglingBishop Taylor and Cardinal Cupich make easy targets

Phil Lawler does some vaccine untangling
Bishop Taylor and Cardinal Cupich make easy targets

Bishop Anthony Taylor of Little Rock warns his priests they should not endorse a parishioner’s request for a religious exemption from Covid vaccination requirements, because “signing off on such a ‘religious exemption’ would indicate your support for the proposition that

Costa Rica priest sent for psychological treatment for saying Latin MassEven though he said the new Mass following canon law

Costa Rica priest sent for psychological treatment for saying Latin Mass
Even though he said the new Mass following canon law

A Costa Rican priest says he has been suspended, removed from his parish, and sent to psychological treatment by his bishop who is angry with him for celebrating the reformed liturgy in Latin and ad orientem. Fr.

Archbishop Cordileone joins Focus on the Family to decry censorshipWall Street Journal op-ed cites Sacramento Conference

Archbishop Cordileone joins Focus on the Family to decry censorship
Wall Street Journal op-ed cites Sacramento Conference

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, together with the president of the Christian group Focus on the Family, Jim Daly, authored an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday on “Social Media’s Threat to Religious Freedom.”

Bishop McElroy, Cardinal Cupich promote forced vaccinesPush pastors, lay groups to oppose religious exemption

Bishop McElroy, Cardinal Cupich promote forced vaccines
Push pastors, lay groups to oppose religious exemption

San Diego Roman Catholic Bishop Robert McElroy has sent a letter instructing priests in his diocese that there is no basis in Catholic teaching to offer a religious exemption for Covid-19 vaccinations as more employers and schools enact vaccine mandates.

Archbishop Cordileone warns against attacks on popeThose drawn to more traditional forms should affirm the validity of the new form of Mass

Archbishop Cordileone warns against attacks on pope
Those drawn to more traditional forms should affirm the validity of the new form of Mass

In response to a request from a group of the faithful in the Archdiocese of San Francisco in June, I agreed to allow a monthly first Wednesday celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass in the Cathedral

Bishop Strickland: U.S. media and officials are “liars”Fear God, not death

Bishop Strickland: U.S. media and officials are “liars”
Fear God, not death

During an all-encompassing conversation with Terry Barber of Virgin Most Powerful Radio, Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas lamented the fact that the media and elected officials in the United States are “liars” that don’t care about telling the

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CCD editor on Archbishop of Moncton: lock out the vax resisters: “Duly noted. Best to use real name, but as alternative, original pseudonyms ok. Sacrilegious or obscene names will be removed.” Sep 26, 09:37
Betty on Phil Lawler defends EWTN – where’s everyone else?: “Wasn’t Mother Angelica the Church’s first woman pontiff? I used to find her pronouncements and admonitions very much in the…” Sep 26, 08:18
Wilma on Phil Lawler defends EWTN – where’s everyone else?: “EWTN has been very unfair in it’s inaccurate reporting and commentary with regards to Pope Francis. Remember, EWTN brought us…” Sep 26, 07:49