Queen of Peace Parish Fundraises with “Christmas in July”
July 23rd, 2020Despite the rising temperatures this summer, Queen of Peace parishioners in Gainesville are spreading holiday cheer with their “Christmas in July” charity drive. Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26, members of the community are encouraged to bring specific items requested by Queen of Peace Ministry Partners. The drive benefits the following organizations: A Woman’s […]
Understanding the Payroll Protection Program
July 16th, 2020Why the Catholic Church Received Federal Loans? When the COVID-19 crisis abruptly shut down small businesses across the country, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to assist individuals and businesses who’d experienced a financial impact. Part of the act included a payroll protection program (PPP) designed to help small businesses […]
Man Crashes into Ocala Parish and Starts Fire
July 15th, 2020PHOTO: Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala, Fla., is seen July 13, 2020, after it was set ablaze by a suspect who drove his van through the front doors two days earlier. (CNS photo/courtesy The Florida Catholic) On Saturday morning, July 11, a man drove his van through Queen of Peace Catholic Church in […]
USCCB Chairmen Welcome Supreme Court Decision Preserving the Religious Liberty of Little Sisters
July 8th, 2020PHOTO: In this 2016 file photo, Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, mother provincial of the Denver-based Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to the media outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters) WASHINGTON – The Little Sisters of the Poor recently went to the Supreme Court of the United States again to […]
USCCB Chairmen Praise Supreme Court Decision Recognizing the Right of the Church to Choose Its Own Leaders
July 8th, 2020PHOTO: Demonstrators in Washington hold a large cross outside the U.S. Supreme Court July 8, 2020. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters) WASHINGTON –The Supreme Court of the United States has issued its decision in the consolidated cases of Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel. These cases involved the right of Catholic schools, […]
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops Statement on Recent Abortion Law
July 2nd, 2020The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops thanks Governor Ron DeSantis for signing into law today SB 404, a bill that requires parental consent before a minor has an abortion. This common-sense measure simply holds abortion to the same consent requirements as most every other medical decision involving a child, including simple interventions such as taking […]
Bishop Chairman Calls on Administration to Reverse Course on Federal Executions
July 2nd, 2020Following the U.S. Attorney General’s decision to set new federal execution dates for four federal death row inmates beginning July 13, 2020, and the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States declining to hear their appeal, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee […]
Recent Supreme Court Decision Supports Religious Liberty
July 2nd, 2020PHOTO: Montana resident Kendra Espinoza, a key plaintiff in a religious rights case involving school choice, poses for a photo in front of the U.S. Supreme Court with her daughters Sarah and Naomi Jan. 19, 2020. The court ruled June 30 that religious schools can not be excluded from Montana’s school tax-credit program. (CNS photo/Will […]
U.S. Bishops Respond to SCOTUS Decision on Abortion
June 29th, 2020On Monday, June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision in an abortion case out of Louisiana, June Medical Services v. Russo. The Court ruled 5 to 4 to strike down the Louisiana law that requires abortion doctors to have hospital admitting privileges. Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in […]
U.S. Bishops Welcome Supreme Court Decision on DACA
June 29th, 2020On Thursday, June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion preventing the Trump Administration from terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. On November 12, 2019, the Court heard the challenge to the Trump Administration’s DACA repeal efforts, in which U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of maintaining […]
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