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Archbishop Cordileone: Eventually, no one showed up at the door anymoreMy heart sank. I felt sick to my stomach.

Archbishop Cordileone: Eventually, no one showed up at the door anymore
My heart sank. I felt sick to my stomach.

They canceled Easter. Is Christmas next?” Matthew Hennessey asked this question in the Wall Street Journal on December 8. Lockdown regulations did indeed cancel Christmas gatherings and festivities for many. We bishops have

Father Sean Carroll to lead Western JesuitsGraduate of Servite High and Stanford

Father Sean Carroll to lead Western Jesuits
Graduate of Servite High and Stanford

Jesuits in the western United States will have a new leader as of the end of July. Jesuit Father Sean Carroll, who has been working with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border, will be

“Bringing difficult things to light is painful”In Jan. 5 statement, Santa Rosa Bishop Robert Vasa explains latest additions to diocese's list of clergy suspected of sexual abuse

“Bringing difficult things to light is painful”
In Jan. 5 statement, Santa Rosa Bishop Robert Vasa explains latest additions to diocese's list of clergy suspected of sexual abuse

The following is a statement from Bishop Robert F. Vasa, Bishop of Santa Rosa Diocese:

In the name of the Church, I want, first of all to express my sincere sorrow that so

Tijuana’s Archbishop Francisco Moreno Barrón “remarkably improved” from CovidFour bishops and more than 120 priests have died in Mexico

Tijuana’s Archbishop Francisco Moreno Barrón “remarkably improved” from Covid
Four bishops and more than 120 priests have died in Mexico

Archbishop Francisco Moreno Barrón of Tijuana, on the border of Mexico and the United States, reported January 6 that he “remarkably improved” from Covid-19, which he had contracted after undergoing a prostate surgery and put him

Bishop with San Diego ties released by Nigerian gunmenKidnapped December 27

Bishop with San Diego ties released by Nigerian gunmen
Kidnapped December 27

A Catholic bishop in Nigeria, who was kidnapped on Sunday, has been released unharmed, according to the Archdiocese of Owerri. The diocese, which is in southeastern Nigeria, announced in a social media post late

Can we use Nazi research on concentration camp victims?The weakness of the U.S. bishops on Covid vaccines

Can we use Nazi research on concentration camp victims?
The weakness of the U.S. bishops on Covid vaccines

The Vatican and the U.S. bishops have affirmed the morality of several of the recent anti-COVID vaccines, some developed using testing that involved embryonic stem cells. They have evaluated the methods employed for each of the

Bishop Rojas takes over San BernadinoDiocese is 54% Hispanic

Bishop Rojas takes over San Bernadino
Diocese is 54% Hispanic

Bishop Alberto Rojas succeeded Bishop Gerald Barnes on Monday as the bishop of San Bernardino. The Holy See press office announced Dec. 28 that Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of

Cordileone leads the way in San FranciscoChurches ignore restrictions, celebrate indoors on Christmas

Cordileone leads the way in San Francisco
Churches ignore restrictions, celebrate indoors on Christmas

On Christmas at least four San Francisco churches, including the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, ignored San Francisco’s restrictions on religious services and celebrated the Christmas Vigil and Christmas Masses indoors. In addition to

Bishops go after bad hymns'Lord of the Dance,' 'Let Us Break Bead Together,' 'Canticle of the Sun' – but what about 'Seed Scattered and Sown'?

Bishops go after bad hymns
'Lord of the Dance,' 'Let Us Break Bead Together,' 'Canticle of the Sun' – but what about 'Seed Scattered and Sown'?

It is axiomatic that nothing well-written ever comes from a committee. So, I regard as miraculous the recent report, Catholic Hymnody at
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San Bernadino diocese: 5 questions for 2021Holds back indoor Mass, ambivalent toward Biden

San Bernadino diocese: 5 questions for 2021
Holds back indoor Mass, ambivalent toward Biden

1. When will the churches of the Diocese reopen for Mass? The Diocese includes San Bernardino and Riverside counties, which, at press time, remained in the most restrictive state tier (purple) for Covid-19

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