Bishops vote to keep abortion as ‘our preeminent priority’ — By: The Pillar

The U.S. bishops on Wednesday approved an “introductory note” to give voting guidance to Catholics, which included the passage of a last-minute amendment emphasizing that opposing abortion is the preeminent priority for the bishops’ conference.  Share The measure was approved at the fall gathering of the U.S. bishops’ conference, held in Baltimore, with no floor…

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USCCB president urges Israel to ‘find a way to negotiate’ to protect civilians — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, meets with reporters in Baltimore on Nov. 15, 2022. / Credit: Joe Bukuras/CNA Baltimore, Md., Nov 14, 2023 / 15:03 pm (CNA). The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Archbishop Timothy Broglio, on Tuesday called on Israel to pursue negotiations…

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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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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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