Synod’s next steps? U.S. bishops look to Rome for guidance, say priests and poor need a voice — By: Catholic News Agency

Father Iván Montelongo, a priest from the Diocese of El Paso, Texas; Bishop Daniel Flores of the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas; and Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend, Indiana, discuss the Synod on Synodality at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ fall meeting in Baltimore on Nov. 14, 2023. / Credit:…

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Catholic Relief Services warns of disease, ‘long-term’ hunger amid devastating Ghana flood — By: Catholic News Agency

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) issued warnings on Nov. 14, 2023, of a potential humanitarian crisis in Ghana after a “devastating” flood in the southeastern part of the country.  / Credit: IAWGE (Inter-Agency Working Group on Emergency) CNA Staff, Nov 15, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is warning of a potential humanitarian…

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A Plea to the Catholic Bishops of the United States — By: Church Militant

Dear Excellency/Eminence, For the last 15 years, I have been alerting you to the fact that the Catholic Campaign for Human Development regularly provides funding to organizations that act directly against Catholic moral and social teachings. Bp. Timothy Senior We have profiled hundreds of CCHD-funded organizations that are actively promoting abortion, contraception, homosexuality, transgenderism and outright…

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Rome’s Doctrine Czar Confirms Ban on Freemasonry — By: Church Militant

VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) – Catholics are forbidden from membership in Masonic lodges “because of the irreconcilability between Catholic doctrine and Freemasonry,” the Vatican’s doctrine watchdog has confirmed. Bp. Julito Cortes In a statement published Monday responding to a question from Msgr. Julito Cortes, bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines, Cdl. Victor Manuel Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery…

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Bolivian Bishops’ Conference criticizes 5-hour interrogation of fellow bishop in abuse case — By: Catholic News Agency

Bolivian bishops express their support for Bishop Robert Flock on Nov. 13, 2023. / Credit: Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB) ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 15, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA). During its plenary assembly, the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference expressed its solidarity and closeness to the bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Robert Flock, saying he “was…

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