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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bishop Urges Compassion on World Refugee Day
June 19th, 2020First observed 20 years ago, World Refugee Day is celebrated around the world on June 20. According to a recent news release from U.S. Catholic Bishops, the world is currently […]
Diocese Celebrates Local Ordination and Universal Sanctification of Priests
June 17th, 2020This year, the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests will be celebrated Friday, June 19, just one day before the ordination of six men to the priesthood […]
Knights of Columbus Silver Rose Comes to Jacksonville
June 12th, 2020Each year, from early March through mid-December, Silver Roses are stewarded by Knights of Columbus councils along routes from Canada to Mexico. Every stop the Silver Rose makes throughout the […]
Pope Francis Congratulates Bishop Felipe Estévez for his Golden Jubilee
June 11th, 2020Bishop Felipe J. Estévez of the Diocese of St. Augustine celebrates his Golden Jubilee (50 years of priesthood) this year. Bishop Estévez was born in Havana, Cuba, and came to […]
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