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A high-profile member of the USCCB was running for a committee office this week — and lost. And now some are wondering if there was a message in that, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: This week, St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke lost an election for the chairmanship of the U.S. bishops’ canon law committee…

Boston’s Cardinal Archbishop isn’t mincing words. The other day, he drew a sharp line in the sand on the issue of Democratic candidates for public office, and abortion: Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston, saying the Democratic Party has been persistently hostile to opponents of abortion rights, asserted yesterday that the support of many Catholics…

Washington’s retired Archbishop, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, dropped by my neck of the woods recently (okay, Long Island) and spoke some sage words to the local priests. This, from Long Island Catholic: Showing the people good and happy priests is the best way to promote vocations, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, told a gathering…

While most of the press attention has been focused on the election of Cardinal George to head the USCCB, the new vice president has gone largely overlooked. A Chicago newspaper corrects that oversight. It turns out he has a history that may raise a few questions — and a few eyebrows: While rector of Mundelein…
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