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Catholic Influence Has Split Election Outcomes
Catholics came out in force on Election Day to have a dramatic impact on the presidential race on the national stage but had less effect on abortion measures on the state level.
Biden Meets with Trump, His Predecessor and Successor, at White House
President Joe Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House Nov. 13 for an Oval Office visit, a ritual part of the U.S. tradition of a peaceful transfer of power between presidents, and one that Trump declined four years earlier.
Obituaries, Week of November 16, 2024
Sister Evelyn Joyce Smith, CSJ
Confirmation’s Impact On the Youth
These days, we bishops (in Brooklyn) average 10-12 celebrations of confirmation in the spring season and 4-6 in the fall. For the past 12 years, since my ordination as a bishop in 2012, one of the most joyful experiences I have encountered is the celebration of the sacrament of confirmation.
Deacons Encouraged to Embrace Their Calling on Path to Priesthood
Taking the last liturgical step on the path to the priesthood means vowing obedience, lying prostrate before the altar, and symbolically receiving the Book of the Gospels as a sign of one’s new role in the Church.
Nuncio, USCCB President Reflect on Eucharistic Congress, Synodality, Duty to Proclaim Gospel
The public session of the fall plenary assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened Nov. 12 with remarks from Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, USCCB president, and Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the papal nuncio to the U.S.
Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden Program Shielding Undocumented Spouses from Deportation
A federal judge in Texas on Nov. 7 struck down a Biden administration program to protect from deportation and provide a path to U.S. citizenship for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants living in the country who are married to U.S. citizens.
After Hurricanes Comes the Hard Part for Displaced Floridians
The 2024 hurricane season is nearly over and the media have largely moved on from the story.
U.S. Bishops in Baltimore Urged to Beg for Wisdom ‘To Help Those Entrusted to Our Care’
As the U.S. bishops began their fall general assembly Nov. 11, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio urged his brother bishops to beg for wisdom.