The U.S. Catholic bishops marked Religious Freedom Day Jan. 16 by encouraging Catholics engaged in public life to examine their consciences and heed the late Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis in prioritizing truth and reason.
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Bishop Barron Disappointed by Senate Passage of Respect for Marriage Act
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth said he was “gravely disappointed” by the U.S. Senate’s passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.
Senate Passes Respect for Marriage Act; Bill Now Heads to House
Ahead of the U.S. Senate’s Nov. 29 61-to-36 vote approving the Respect for Marriage Act, the chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees reiterated the bishops’ ” firm opposition” to the “misnamed” measure legalizing same-sex marriage.
Cardinal Dolan Says Senate’s Marriage Bill Threatens Religious Liberty
A bill on same-sex marriage advancing in the Senate is “a bad deal for the many courageous Americans of faith and no faith who continue to believe and uphold the truth about marriage in the public square today,” said New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan.
Man Charged With Hate Crimes After St. Patrick’s Attack, Released on Bail
A man believed to have thrown a wrench through a glass door of Cardinal Dolan’s residence at St. Patrick’s Cathedral has been arrested, according to authorities.
Cardinal Dolan: Vandal Who Attacked St. Patrick’s Cathedral Needs ‘Compassion and Care’
The NYPD is searching for a vandal who threw a wrench through an outer glass door of St. Patrick’s Cathedral shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28.
New York City Regional Bishops Pursue New Path in Priestly Formation
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, Bishop Robert Brennan of Brooklyn, and Bishop John Barres of Rockville Centre announced Thursday the launching of new programs at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, to enhance seminary training beginning next fall.
Peggy Noonan, Alfred E. Smith Dinner Speaker, Urges Guests to Enjoy Life
At the 77th annual dinner of the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation, Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist and author Peggy Noonan asked participants: “How can you not be romantic about life?”
HHS Urged to ‘Reconsider Misguided Mandate’ on Transgender Procedures
Catholic hospitals and their workers “must not be coerced by the government to violate their consciences” by being forced to perform “gender transition procedures” against their religious beliefs, said two U.S. cardinals writing in America magazine.
Catholic Charities Scrambling to Help Migrants, Says Feds Straining NY System
It took four months for Jennifer to journey from her home in Venezuela to New York City to flee the economic and social turmoil in that troubled nation. The final leg was a bus trip up from the southern border with Mexico.