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Bishop Paprocki: Regarding Communion debate “There should be no unity with iniquity”

June 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 32

Denver Newsroom, Jun 23, 2021 / 16:56 pm (CNA). In a statement published on June 23, 2021, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois lambasted recent media coverage of the USCCB vote […]

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Bishop Paprocki: The bishops must discuss worthiness to receive the Eucharist

May 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 23

Washington D.C., May 26, 2021 / 12:59 pm (CNA). Another U.S. bishop has reproached efforts to delay discussion of “Eucharistic coherence” by the whole conference. “Sadly, there are some bishops and cardinals of the Church […]

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Bishop Paprocki: The bishops must discuss worthiness to receive the Eucharist

May 26, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Washington D.C., May 26, 2021 / 12:59 pm Another U.S. bishop has reproached efforts to delay discussion of “Eucharistic coherence” by the whole conference. “Sadly, there are some bishops and cardinals of the Church who […]

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Videos allegedly show Illinois priests engaged in homosexual acts

October 4, 2018 Joseph M. Hanneman 39

Home videos discovered in the basement of a Catholic church in south central Illinois show up to a dozen local priests dressed in drag and engaging in homosexual acts, according to sources claiming to have […]

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Bishop Paprocki discusses background, decision regarding Sen. Durbin

March 1, 2018 Jim Graves 26

“Senator Durbin was once pro-life,” says the Bishop of Springfield, Illinois. “He changed somewhere along the line.  I hope he comes back to his roots.  […]

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An important week for Eucharistic discipline–or lack thereof

February 23, 2018 Edward N. Peters 13

On Bishop Paprocki, the German bishops, and Holy Communion […]

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The 20 most popular Catholic World Report stories and articles of 2017

January 2, 2018 Carl E. Olson 0

Topics includes Freemasons, Fr. Weinandy’s letter to Pope Francis, Fr. James Martin, S.J., Marian apparitions, same-sex “marriage”, and Padre Pio. […]

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Bishop McGrath’s lacking letter on sacramental service

July 5, 2017 Edward N. Peters 6

In 1977, during the darkest period of canonical confusion that ran from the end of the Second Vatican Council until the promulgation of the 1983 Code, then-Fr Patrick McGrath earned a doctoral degree in canon law from […]

Interview

Bishop Paprocki responds to controversy, criticisms over decree on same-sex “marriage”

June 28, 2017 Jim Graves 91

On June 12, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois issued a decree regarding same-sex “marriage” (SSM) and “related pastoral issues”.  In it, he reaffirmed traditional Catholic teaching that marriage can only be “a covenant between one man […]

The Dispatch

Understanding Bishop Paprocki’s norms on ‘same-sex marriage’

June 23, 2017 Edward N. Peters 29

A few days ago, doubtless in response to pastoral questions he had been receiving from ministers in his local Church, Springfield IL Bp Thomas Paprocki issued diocesan norms regarding ministry toward persons who had entered a ‘same-sex marriage’. These […]

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