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Bishop urges co-sponsorship of bipartisan senate resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

WASHINGTON - June 13, 2007 - (USCCB) - In a letter to the Senate, the Chairman of the Committee on International Policy, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), urged co-sponsorship of Senate Resolution 224, which seeks to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Marking the 40th anniversary of the Six-Day War between Israel and...

Notice of Priest Placed on Administrative Leave

The Rev. Patrick Henry, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, has been placed on Administrative Leave as the result of a newly reported allegation of misconduct with a minor stemming from an alleged incident in the mid 1970’s. Father Henry is the Pastor of St. Christine parish in Euclid. He has fully cooperated with the investigatio...

A Muslim friend's letter to Slain Father Ragheed

ROME - June 6, 2007 - (Zenit) - Here is a translation of a letter written posthumously to Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni by a Muslim friend of his who is a professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Father Ragheed and three deacons were shot and killed in Mosul, Iraq, on Sunday after Mass.* * *In the name of the compassionate and merciful Go...

Benedict XVI's appeal to G-8 leaders

Cardinal welcomes Supreme Court decision upholding Federal Partial-Birth Abortion ban

WASHINGTON, DC (April 18, 2007) - USCCB - Cardinal Justin Rigali welcomed the Supreme Court

Statement from the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland

The announcements by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland placing several of its priests on Administrative Leave reflect the Diocese’s ongoing examination of prior instances of alleged sexual abuse of children. We remain committed to addressing this issue directly and openly. In this way, Bishop Pilla recently stated, all of us can become more a...

Pope names Bishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Duluth Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati

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