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2 Chaplains Hailed as Models of Generosity

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Military Archdiocese Issues Letter for Veterans Day
WASHINGTON, D.C., NOV. 9, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Two military chaplains who died on duty, and who have since been declared Servants of God, were presented as models of generosity by the Archdiocese for the Military Services.
Bishop Richard Higgins, archdiocesan administrator and vicar for veterans affairs of the military archdiocese, said […]

U.S. Bishops Support Child Tax Credit

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C., NOV. 7, 2007 (Zenit.org).- U.S. bishops urged the House of Representatives to make the well-being of poor families with children a central priority when they debate and vote on the Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007.
In a letter dated today, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, chairman of the conference’s Domestic Policy Committee, stated that the […]

Excommunication Looms for Would-be Women Priests

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

St. Louis, Nov. 8, 2007 (CWNews.com) - Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis has warned two local women that they face excommunication if they go through with plans for a Sunday ceremony at which they will claim to be ordained as priests.
The archbishop sent personal letters by courier to Rose Marie Dunn Hudson and Elsie […]