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Week in My Life 2017: Monday

Rita Buettner

November 14, 2017

Blog, Open Window

I’m chronicling our ordinary, but extraordinary, life every day this week. Here’s Monday.

U.S. bishops’ predecessors read ‘signs of the times’ in founding USCCB

Julie Asher

November 14, 2017

Feature, News, World News

The USCCB began as National Catholic War Council, founded in 1917 to coordinate Catholic response to the war, including recruitment of military chaplains and a focus on displaced people and child welfare.

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond listens to a speaker Nov. 13 during the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

U.S. Bishops elect new secretary and chairman of Committee for Religious Liberty

Dennis Sadowski

November 14, 2017

News, Risk Management, World News

Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, was elected over Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki of Milwaukee as chairman of the Committee on Religious Liberty by a 113-86 vote.

Coffee & Doughnuts with Erich March

Paul McMullen

November 14, 2017

Black Catholic Ministry, Coffee & Doughnuts, Commentary, Feature, Local News, Urban Vicariate

The Catholic Review sits down with Erich March, president of King Memorial Park cemetery, vice president and COO of March Funeral Homes, and parishioner of St. Ann in Baltimore.

Take action against gun violence

Christopher White

November 13, 2017

Commentary, Guest Commentary

This year alone, over 13,000 people have died as a result of gun violence in this country. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average of 93 Americans is killed by guns each day based on data from the past five years.

Father Carlos Francis Mendez, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Las Marias, Puerto Rico, blesses a woman outside her home Oct. 24 in a remote area outside the town. Father Mendez and parishioners distributed relief goods to her home and others in the poor area who were affected by Hurricane Maria. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Civility must guide debate on social challenges, USCCB president says

Dennis Sadowski

November 13, 2017

News, World News

Contemporary challenges are great, but that they can be addressed without anger and with love Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said in his first address as USCCB president during the bishops’ fall general assembly.

Catholic Church sometimes has been part of racism problem, says Bishop Murry

Rhina Guidos

November 13, 2017

Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate

Though the Catholic Church has responded to racism for many years, some leaders and church institutions have at times been part of the problem, said a bishop who is heading a committee against racism.

At Baltimore Mass, Cardinal Parolin praises USCCB for century of working for ‘a more just society’

Julie Asher

November 13, 2017

Feature, Local News, News, Video

“The church in your country seeks to bring not only material assistance but also the spiritual balm of healing, comfort and hope to new waves of migrants and refugees who come knocking on America’s door,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin said.

Couples need help forming, following their consciences, pope says

Cindy Wooden

November 13, 2017

Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News

Marriage and family life are blessings for individuals and for society, but both are filled with difficult choices that Catholic couples must be helped to face prayerfully and in the light of their consciences, Pope Francis said.

At home and abroad: Bishops’ conferences show collegiality, solidarity

Cindy Wooden

November 13, 2017

Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The role of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other bishops’ conferences around the world is “catholic” — working together to promote the church’s mission, but also “to support peacebuilding and human development throughout the world,” said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

Claire Lesegretain, a journalist for Catholic French newspaper La Croix, is pictured in Quebec City Oct. 26. Lesegretain wrote the new document by the French bishops' conference about celibacy and single laypeople. (CNS photo/Philippe Vaillancourt, Presence)

Forgotten Catholics: French author speaks on single people, celibacy

Catholic News Service

November 12, 2017

News, Vocations, World News

Single people are the forgotten members of the Catholic Church, said a Catholic journalist who has developed expertise on this issue over the past 20 years.

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