In what has become a tradition between bishops when their hometown teams face off at the Super Bowl, Bishop James V. Johnston Jr. of Kansas City-St. Joseph and Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia kicked off the weekend with a friendly wager.
Catholic Charities win with Kansas City, Philadelphia prelates’ Super Bowl wager
Border bishops call for dignity regardless of ‘migration condition’
After two days of a gathering of bishops whose dioceses are along the U.S.-Mexico border and the apostolic nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, a joint statement was released speaking to the plight of immigrants and their pastoral needs.
Bishops welcome Commons vote to declare ISIS atrocities ‘genocide’
LONDON (CNS) — Catholic bishops have welcomed a unanimous vote by the House of Commons declaring atrocities committed by Islamic State as “genocide.” Cardinal Vincent Nichols […]