Archbishop Defends School's Decision on Children of Lesbians
Friday, March 12, 2010
DENVER (CNS)—The decision to refuse re-enrollment at a Boulder
Catholic school to two children of lesbian parents was the only outcome
that was fair to the children, their teachers, school parents and "the
authentic faith of the church," said Denver Archbishop Charles J.
Chaput.
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Different Church Responses to Laws on Same-sex Marriage
Monday, March 08, 2010
WASHINGTON (CNS)—When San Francisco passed an ordinance more than 13
years ago requiring agencies that contract with the city to provide
spousal benefits to employees' domestic partners, then-Archbishop
William J. Levada asked for a religious exemption, arguing that it
imposed "an unconstitutional condition" on religiously affiliated
organizations like Catholic Charities.
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Archbishop Praises New Jersey Vote 'for the Truth of Marriage'
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
WASHINGTON (CNS)—The New Jersey Senate "stood for the truth of
marriage as a bulwark of the common good" with its recent vote to
defeat a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage, said the
chairman of the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of
Marriage.
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Additional Recent News
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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Vatican concerns about how some recent decisions
of the U.S. Episcopal Church will impact the search for full
Anglican-Roman Catholic unity are echoed in a reflection by Anglican
Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, the head of the Anglican
Communion.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
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ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS)—New York state's Catholic bishops called the state Legislature's effort to legalize same-sex marriage "ill-advised" and said it "would radically change the timeless institution of marriage."
Friday, June 05, 2009
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Friday, June 05, 2009
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ANAHEIM, Calif.
(CNS)—Episcopal bishops, priests and lay delegates at their church's
triennial convention in Anaheim
voted July 14 to lift a moratorium on the ordination of gay and lesbian bishops
that had been in place for three years.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
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LONDON (CNS)—The Catholic Church in England and Wales has lost a legal battle to retain its few remaining adoption agencies.
Thursday, June 04, 2009
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
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MINAS, Uruguay (CNS)—An Uruguayan bishop asked forgiveness of Catholics in his diocese after revealing that two men with whom he had sex were blackmailing him.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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WASHINGTON (CNS)—Speaking on behalf of his fellow Catholic bishops in California, Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton praised the California Supreme Court for upholding the voters' affirmation of marriage as the union of a man and a woman, but expressed disappointment that the court permitted an estimated 18,000 same-sex couples to ...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
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From Catholic Update, St. Anthony Messenger Press
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
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Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 2003
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
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From St. Anthony Messenger magazine
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
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U.S. bishops’ Committee on Marriage and Family, 1997
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
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From Catholic Update, St. Anthony Messenger Press
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
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U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2006
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