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Catholic Bishops Oppose Violence Against Women Act Because of LGBT Protections

March 8, 2013/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

After a lengthy political battle centered around specific LGBT, American Indian and migrant protection, President... Read More

Catholic Bishops Are Opposing Immigration Reform That Would Aid Same-Gender Couples

February 7, 2013/8 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

News earlier this week that President Obama and many Hispanic political organizations were backing an... Read More

Catholic Mom Takes on U.S. Bishops

December 10, 2012/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has launched an on-line advocacy campaign directed to Cardinal Timothy... Read More

Catholics Respond to USCCB’s Plan to Continue Opposing Marriage Equality

November 13, 2012/7 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

We’ve heard from the individual bishops involved in last week’s U.S. marriage equality ballot initiatives,... Read More

Bishops and Vatican React to This Week’s Marriage Equality Electoral Victories

November 10, 2012/10 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

It is understandable that certain Catholic bishops would be disappointed in Tuesday’s ballot victories for... Read More

‘No One’s Listening to the Pope’ or What Washington Catholics Taught Us This Election

November 8, 2012/0 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

With marriage equality successfully enacted in Washington State, a former Catholic in Seattle reflected at... Read More

Catholic Coalition Celebrates Marriage Equality Electoral Victories

November 8, 2012/3 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Equally Blessed, the coalition of four Catholic organizations which work for justice and equality for... Read More

New San Francisco Archbishop is Defender of Traditional Marriage

July 29, 2012/6 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, who has a strong record of opposition... Read More

It's Not Catholic for the Boy Scouts to Discriminate Against Gay People

July 28, 2012/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

During the recent news coverage of the Boy Scouts’ decision to reaffirm their ban... Read More

'Fortnight for Freedom' Campaign Ends With Protest and Op-Ed

July 7, 2012/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The U.S. bishops’ “Fortnight for Freedom” campaign, designed to try to convince people that religious... Read More

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