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U.S. Bishops announce push for Immigration Reform in 2010

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on January 6, announced steps to push for the enactment of immigration reform legislation in 2010. Bishop John C. Wester, bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, and chairman of the USCCB Committee on Migration, and Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, bishop of Albany, New York, and chairman of the Interna...

National Migration Week, January 3-9, to focus on Migrant and Refugee Children

WASHINGTON - The Catholic Church in the United States will celebrate National Migration Week on January 3-9, 2010. The theme this year will again be ?Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice,? although the focus will be migrant and refugee children, following the lead of the Pope Benedict XVI, who has chosen the theme ?Minor Migrants and Refugees? for the 20...

TV 8 to broadcast Christmas morning 'TV Mass'

Our friends at WJW-TV FOX8 will broadcast a special half-hour Christmas Day 'TV Mass' for the homebound members of the Catholic community in Northeast Ohio.  The Most Reverend Richard G. Lennon, Bishop, Diocese of Cleveland will be the 'TV Mass' celebrant.  This special 'TV Mass' will be broadcast at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, December 25, 2009...

Resigned Priest Sentenced in Elyria Case

Patrick J. O’Connor, who resigned from active priestly ministry in the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland in June of 2008, has been sentenced by a Lorain County judge after having pleaded guilty to Corruption of a Minor. O’Connor has been sentenced to 90 days in prison and three years probation and must register as a sexual offender every si...

USCCB's UPDATED Nationwide Bulletin Insert on Health Care

As long-time advocates of health care reform, the U.S. Catholic bishops continue to make the moral case for genuine health care reform that will protect the life, dignity, consciences and health of all, especially the poor and vulnerable.Read the USCCB's 'UPDATED: Nationwide Bulletin Insert' on Health Care (11-13-09)>Visit the 'USCCB's' Hea...

The position of the Bishops of Ohio on State Issues 1, 2 & 3

The Catholic Bishops of Ohio have reviewed three state wide, non partisan, issues that will be before the electorate on November 3, 2009.Issue 1 is a proposed Constitutional Amendment that would authorize the state to issue bonds to compensate veterans of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts.  The Catholic Bishops of Ohio are...

Cemetery Sunday - November 1, 3 p.m.

The Catholic Cemeteries Association, Diocese of Cleveland wishes to announce: The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered at the following cemeteries on Catholic Cemetery Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.Review the complete cemetery schedule>