USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities on “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act”
June 24th, 2021Today, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected an opportunity to vote on the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” (H.R.18) by a vote of 209 to 218. H.R.18 would apply […]
Florida Catholic Schools Eager For Purple Star Campus Designation
June 22nd, 2021By Lisa Buie for RedefinED Military families move every two to three years, which means new homes, new cities, and most important, new schools. To help make Florida’s education system […]
U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman on the Observance of World Refugee Day
June 21st, 2021For the last twenty years, World Refugee Day (June 20) has been observed annually in the United States and around the world to increase awareness of the plight of refugees […]
Bishop Chairmen Welcome Supreme Court Decision Protecting Freedom to Serve
June 21st, 2021Three chairmen of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) responded to yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. The statement of […]
Diocese of St. Augustine Selected for Latino Pastoral Leaders Initiative
June 16th, 2021The Diocese of St. Augustine has been chosen to partner with Leadership Roundtable for the second cohort of the organization’s Latino Pastoral Leaders Initiative. Leadership Roundtable is an organization that […]
On Anniversary of DACA, Migration Chairman Reaffirms Need for Congress to Act
June 15th, 2021Today marks nine years since Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was created. DACA allows certain undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as children – known as Dreamers – […]
OneCOP Program brings faith community and law enforcement agencies together
June 10th, 2021By Fran Ruchalski On Tuesday, June 8, religious leaders and law enforcement agencies from all over northeast Florida came together at the Prime Osborn Convention Center in downtown Jacksonville to […]
The 2021 Florida Eucharistic Congress
June 7th, 2021After the cancelation of last year’s congress due to COVID-19 safety concerns, more than a thousand Catholics flocked to the 2021 Florida Eucharistic Congress on Friday, June 4 and Saturday, […]
Americans are urged to support the Hyde Amendment
June 4th, 2021A Letter from Bishop Felipe Estévez The Administration’s federal budget proposal to eliminate the Hyde Amendment and some related pro-life provisions are of deep concern. The Hyde Amendment, which has […]
USCCB to Celebrate Religious Freedom Week, June 22-29
June 3rd, 2021Each year, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) observes Religious Freedom Week. Beginning with the feast day of Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher, and including the Nativity of […]
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