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Immigrants Warned Beware of Notarios (Tengan Cuidado con los Notarios)

[wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=355 linktext='60 segundo lugar de audiencia>' /]   U.S. Bishops and Diocese Issue Warning The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Diocese of Cleveland's Immigration Legal Services are warning individuals to ?Beware of the promises of Notarios."

Pope Francis announces 2015 visit to Philadelphia for World Meeting of Families; USCCB president says Papal Visit will be 'Joyful Moment'

WASHINGTON - The visit of Pope Francis to Philadelphia in September 2015 for the World Meeting of Families will be a ?joyful moment,? said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Pope Francis made his intention to travel to the United States public, November 17, in an address to the ...

USCCB Chairman praises Sixth Circuit decision upholding Marriage

WASHINGTON - Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the USCCB Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, praised the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upholding the rights of states to legally recognize and protect the meaning of marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman. ...

Faithful Citizenship - Election Day is Tuesday, November 4

"Responsible citizenship is a virtue, and participation in political life is a moral obligation." -- Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship By our baptism, Catholics are committed to following Jesus Christ and to be "salt for the earth, light for the nations."

Ministries to divorced, remarried strive to echo pope's call for mercy

(This CNS story includes comments from employees working at the Diocese of Cleveland.) By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Divorce is never easy. From the realization that love has failed to feelings of shame and a tendency to assess blame, divorce poses an untidy conundrum for families even when a couple settles on an ...

Labor Day Statement 2014

Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami Chairman, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development United States Conference of Catholic Bishops September 1, 2014 This year Pope Francis canonized Saint John XXIII and Saint John Paul II. Both made immense contributions to the social teaching of the Church on the dignity of labor and its importance t...

The "Feast of the Assumption" is a Holy Day of Obligation - August 15

What does "The Assumption" Mean? by Fr. Larry Rice, CSP On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII declared the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which the church celebrates every year on August 15th.