Cardinal Dolan congratulates Obama, urges he give priority to vulnerable
"The people of our country have again entrusted you with a great responsibility," Dolan said in a letter to the president Wednesday.
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Trinity Health, Catholic Heath East to explore consolidation
Two of the United States' largest Catholic hospital systems are exploring a consolidation that one spokesman said benefits from "mission overlap."
Internal matters top agenda of bishops' fall assembly in Baltimore
Statements on preaching and ways bishops can respond using new technologies to modern-day challenges to their teaching authority are among the items the U.S. bishops will consider when they gather in Baltimore for their annual fall assembly.
Set for Nov. 12-15, the assembly also will consider a statement on work and the economy proposed by the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development as a way to raise the profile of growing poverty and the struggles that unemployed people are experiencing.
Hurricane Sandy a storm 'many have feared for a long time'
Catholic charities have set up relief services in the areas hit hardest, which are highly developed and have a high poverty rate.
Swing states put American Catholics in a decisive position
Analysis: For a variety of reasons, Catholics will break one way or the other in the final weeks of the presidential race, and that will decide who wins.
Bishops to consider new document on preaching at fall meeting
"My dad used to say, 'I know what happened 2,000 years ago. I need to know how to live my life today.'"
These words, from Archbishop Robert J. Carlson of St. Louis, get to the heart of a new proposed document on preaching to be considered by the U.S. bishops at the fall general meeting in November.
The document, "Preaching the Mystery of Faith: The Sunday Homily," encourages preachers to connect the Sunday homily with people's daily lives.
Study: Majority of Catholics say church should emphasize social justice, the poor
The 2012 American Values Survey found that 60 percent of Catholics prefer bishops to focus on social justice issues, even if it means less emphasis on abortion.
Bishop calls U.S. court's rejection of Defense of Marriage Act 'unjust'
The chairman of the U.S. Catholic bishops' subcommittee on marriage described as "unjust and a great disappointment" the decision by a federal appeals court striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act, which says marriage is a legal union of a man and a woman.
"Redefining marriage never upholds the equal dignity of individuals because it contradicts basic human rights," said San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage.
Catholic bishops rebuke Biden over contraception mandate claims
In a rare public rebuke, Catholic bishops chided Vice President Joe Biden for saying during Thursday's vice-presidential debate that Catholic hospitals and institutions will not be forced to provide contraception coverage to employees.
Without mentioning Biden by name, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said the "inaccurate" statement "made during the Vice Presidential debate" was "not a fact."
Biden and GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan are both Catholic.
Catholic Charities summit seeks creative ways to cut poverty
In January 2007, Catholic Charities USA launched a campaign to cut U.S. poverty in half by 2020, but the Great Recession threw up a roadblock.
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