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WASHINGTON — Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, praised President Barack Obama’s promise to support conscience clauses. “Caring health professionals and institutions should know that their deeply held religious or moral convictions will be respected as they exercise their right to serve patients in need,” Cardinal Francis [...]

Catholics who can’t make it up to Gallup in a couple of weeks won’t be completely left out of the festivities. That’s because the ordination and installation of Bishop-elect James Wall will be broadcast live to TV sets and computer screens across the state. KAZT-TV (AZ-TV7, Cable 13) will broadcast the Mass at 1 p.m. [...]

The weekly televised Sunday Mass helps keep local homebound Catholics connected to their Church. But now, a few changes are coming to the broadcast. After Easter Sunday, the program will move from KUTP-TV, Channel 45 to KAZT-TV, channel 7 (Cable 13). The broadcasts will also be 90 minutes long. Currently, the program lasts only 60 [...]

From the Vatican’s own YouTube channel comes this preview of an exhibition celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Lateran Treaty, which created the Vatican City State. In order to celebrate the treaty, Mussolini built the Via della Conciliazione, a broad street that connected St. Peter’s Square to the Tiber. As the link shows, many natives [...]

The word came through this morning that Fr. Jim Wall, Diocese of Phoenix Vicar for Priests, has been named Bishop of Gallup. Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted has been serving as that diocese’s apostolic administrator for a little more than a year. We’ll be bringing you updates as they come in, but for now, here’s a [...]