• Diocese to host screening of ‘untold story’ of Roe v. Wade
    Diocese to host screening of ‘untold story’ of Roe v. Wade
    April 28, 2021
    The Rhode Island premiere of the film “Roe v. Wade” will take place on Thursday, May 6 at McVinney Auditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the movie begins at 7 p.m. Registration required.
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  • EDITORIAL: Pray for our President
    EDITORIAL: Pray for our President
    January 30, 2021
    St. Paul writes the following instruction: “First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. This is good and pleasing to God our savior, who wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth.”...
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  • General Assembly may consider vital issues for local Catholics this session
    General Assembly may consider vital issues for local Catholics this session
    January 26, 2021
    PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island General Assembly’s 2021 legislative year will occur in unusual circumstances because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. However, the next several months could still bring movement on several vital issues for Catholics in Rhode Island.
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  • U.S. Bishop Chairmen Call for End to Executions, Ask Congress to Abolish Federal Death Penalty
    U.S. Bishop Chairmen Call for End to Executions, Ask Congress to Abolish Federal Death Penalty
    January 11, 2021
    WASHINGTON —With three more federal executions scheduled in January, two bishop chairmen call on the current Administration to stop, and for the new Congress and incoming Administration to abolish the death penalty in federal law.
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  • U.S. Bishop Chairmen for Pro-Life and Doctrine Address Ethical Concerns on the New COVID-19 Vaccines
    U.S. Bishop Chairmen for Pro-Life and Doctrine Address Ethical Concerns on the New COVID-19 Vaccines
    December 14, 2020
    WASHINGTON– On December 14, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Doctrine, and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued a statement on the new COVID-19 vaccines.
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  • U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman Welcomes Court Decision Reinstating DACA and Urges Congress to Act
    U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman Welcomes Court Decision Reinstating DACA and Urges Congress to Act
    December 8, 2020
    WASHINGTON– On December 4, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to reinstate the entire Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program by December 7, and to resume accepting first-time DACA applicants. Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, auxiliary bishop of Washington and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration issued the following statement:
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  • Recalling the Meaning of Advent, U.S. Bishop Chairmen Call for End to Executions
    Recalling the Meaning of Advent, U.S. Bishop Chairmen Call for End to Executions
    December 7, 2020
    WASHINGTON —With more federal executions scheduled in December and January, two bishop chairmen call on the Administration to recall God’s mercy during Advent. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued the following statement:
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  • Getting to Know Your Seminarians: Aidan Blanchette
    Getting to Know Your Seminarians: Aidan Blanchette
    November 20, 2020
    SEMINARIAN EDUCATION IS SUPPORTED BY THE CATHOLIC CHARITY FUND APPEAL
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  • President of U.S. Bishops’ Conference Issues Statement on 2020 Presidential Election
    President of U.S. Bishops’ Conference Issues Statement on 2020 Presidential Election
    November 7, 2020
    WASHINGTON – Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued the following statement on the 2020 presidential election:
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  • Novena for Faithful Citizenship, Oct. 26 - Nov. 3
    Novena for Faithful Citizenship, Oct. 26 - Nov. 3
    October 24, 2020
    Beginning Mon., Oct. 26 and continuing to Tues., Nov. 3 - Prayer is one of the first steps in acting for justice in our world. This novena, rooted in the biblical tradition and the Church's social teaching, is intended to promote justice and peace in our neighborhoods, our country, and our world. Learn more.
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  • Bishop urges Congress to show compassion, solidarity with refugees
    Bishop urges Congress to show compassion, solidarity with refugees
    February 28, 2020
    "Today I am here to echo the Holy Father's message: to recognize that we must at all times, but particularly at this moment of great global turmoil, recognize the most vulnerable and welcome them to the extent we are able," ...
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  • Update: Archbishop Naumann calls Senate rejection of pro-life bills 'appalling'
    Update: Archbishop Naumann calls Senate rejection of pro-life bills 'appalling'
    February 28, 2020
    WASHINGTON (CNS) -- By blocking two pro-life bills from going to the floor of the U.S. Senate for a vote, senators "failed to advance two critical human rights reforms that most Americans strongly support," ...
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  • Diocese among thousands Marching for Life
    Diocese among thousands Marching for Life
    January 31, 2020
    It was a long night for the 56 travelers riding an overnight bus to the nation’s capital to participate in the annual March for Life ...
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  • Abortion, statute of limitations among key bills passed in 2019 legislative session
    Abortion, statute of limitations among key bills passed in 2019 legislative session
    July 11, 2019
    The recently-concluded 2019 legislative session in Rhode Island was a mixed bag for religiously-informed voters, notably in the passage...
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  • 06.19.2019 Statement from the RI Catholic Conference
    06.19.2019 Statement from the RI Catholic Conference
    June 19, 2019
    The significant expansion of abortion approved today by the Senate is a sad day for Rhode Island...
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  • Senate committee rejects abortion bill
    Senate committee rejects abortion bill
    May 16, 2019
    A bill that pro-life legal analysts said would have turned Rhode Island into an “abortion haven” failed to pass the Senate Judiciary Committee
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  • Senate Committee set to take up Abortion Bill
    Senate Committee set to take up Abortion Bill
    May 11, 2019
    The Senate Judiciary Committee on Smith Hill will hear the New York and Virginia style extreme abortion bill this Tuesday.
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  • Statement on Pope Francis’ Motu Proprio
    Statement on Pope Francis’ Motu Proprio
    May 9, 2019
    From Bishop Thomas J. Tobin
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  • Senate committee hears bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in R.I.
    Senate committee hears bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in R.I.
    May 2, 2019
    With bills pending in the state House of Representatives and Senate, Rhode Island is the latest state to consider physician-assisted suicide...
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  • *Life & Family Action Alert*
    *Life & Family Action Alert*
    April 23, 2019
    TAKE ACTION: There is a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee this Thursday, April 25th seeking to legalize Assisted Suicide in Rhode Island
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