Saturday, November 17, 2012

USCCB on New Evangelization and Marriage


The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has been very active in the last couple of weeks, sharing reactions to the Synod on the New Evangelization, responding to US election results, and in hosting their annual fall meeting, where many important propositions were discussed and voted on.

Check out this article about USCCB’s new strategic road map for the New Evangelization, called “Journey with Christ: Faith/Worship/Witness.”

Also, this reaction to recent initiatives legalizing same-sex marriage is worth reading. It reports on the November 7 statement published by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the USCCB Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, who said: “In a society marked by increasing poverty and family fragmentation, marriage needs to be strengthened, promoted, and defended, not redefined.”

Pope Benedict XVI’s general intention for the month of November is that “bishops, priests, and all ministers of the Gospel may bear the courageous witness of fidelity to the crucified and risen Lord.” Let us pray for our bishops then, that they may continue to be guided by the Holy Spirit. 

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