US Bishops’ Fall Meeting Preview: Document on Eucharistic Coherence Unlikely to Call Out Specific Politicians
The Nov. 15-17 gathering in Baltimore will bring the bishops together for the first time since 2019.
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2 More US Bishops Emphasize the Need for Eucharistic Document
Bishop Mark Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virgina, and Bishop Jeffrey Monforton of Steubenville, Ohio, said the bishops are responding to an apparent lack of belief in the Church’s teaching on the Eucharist.
Archbishop Cordileone Rebukes Abortion-Supporting Legislators’ Take on Communion Debate
‘First Things’ published the San Francisco shepherd’s paragraph-by-paragraph response to the ‘statement of principles.’
USCCB Pro-Life Secretariat: Congress Must Prevent Taxpayer-Funded Abortion
‘I believe unborn children need the president of the United States and members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to be their friends and advocates,’ said Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., on Tuesday, before the House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected an opportunity to vote on a prohibition of taxpayer-funded abortion.
US Catholic Bishops Approve Development of Native American Pastoral Plan
The bishops’ voted overwhelmingly to support the creation of a unified and comprehensive approach to ministry for America’s Indigenous peoples.
Congressman Dares US Bishops to Deny Him Communion Over Support for Abortion, Contraception
Rep. Ted Lieu, one of the signers of a statement by Catholic Democrats who support abortion, issued tweets from his personal Twitter account that criticized the U.S. bishops.
US ‘Eucharistic Revival’ to Begin in 2022: ‘We Want to Start a Fire’ of Devotion, Says Bishop
Auxiliary Bishop Andrew Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis and chair of the bishops’ evangelization committee, presented the plan to his fellow bishops during their virtual spring meeting June 18.
US Bishops Debate Extensively a Motion to Draft a Teaching Document on the Eucharist
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, said some public officials prompted the debate about Communion by approaching the altar rail while supporting policies contrary to Church teaching.
USCCB Meeting: Debate Erupts Over Allowing Unlimited Debate on Proposal to Draft Document on Eucharist
The controversy over the document, which intends to touch the issue of reception of Communion by Catholic politicians who promote legal abortion within a broader context of Eucharistic coherence, overtook this week’s USCCB spring assembly meeting almost as soon as it started.
