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  1. chevyontheriver

    Biden and the USCCB - The Cupich effect

    We heard about the Archbishop Gomez letter that was embargoed by the Vatican for several hours, and the harsh criticism of that letter by cardinal Cupich. Damian Thompson has a good but pointed explainer about all of that, current to just a few days ago and found here: How the Vatican tried...
  2. Fish and Bread

    Trump and the U.S. Catholic Church: The First 100 Days

    Link: Trump and the U.S. Catholic Church: The First 100 Days Excerpt:
  3. Martinius

    Will US Bishops stand up to Trump?

    Something of importance to American Catholics is what the attitude and response of US Bishops and their conference will be towards Trump's plans, policies and action. In the past, they have been somewhat tepid in defending our faith, in defending Catholic teaching, in defending the Gospel...
  4. Fish and Bread

    US bishops' conference elects first Hispanic vice president

    Link: https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/us-bishops-conference-elects-first-hispanic-vice-president
  5. Fish and Bread

    Abuse whistleblowers renew request for Vatican inquiry of US bishops

    Link: https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/abuse-whistleblowers-renew-request-vatican-inquiry-us-bishops
  6. Fish and Bread

    ELCA Approves Historic Agreement with the Roman Catholic Church

    I have the PDF file of this complete agreement and will try to attach it to the post for people to download. I can't say I read all 30+ pages, but here are some interesting bits that I came across that were jointly agreed to: Notable excerpt: This seems like a significant movement for a...