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Bishops Barron and Paprocki stress the importance of ‘inviting Catholics back to Mass’

July 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, left, and Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield with Andrew Hansen, director of communications for the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. / Credit: Diocese of Springfield

CNA Newsroom, Jul 26, 2024 / 1… […]

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Quincy, Illinois, Catholic schools implement subsidy program to encourage Mass attendance

July 22, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Parishioners attend a July 2024 Mass at St. Peter Church in Quincy, Illinois. This parish is one of many participating in the “Family School Agreement” meant to increase regular Mass attendance and activity among parishioners. / Credit: Randy Di… […]

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Thousands of pro-lifers attend ‘joy-filled’ Illinois March for Life

April 22, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pro-lifers participate in the Illinois March for Life in Springfield, April 17, 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of March for Life

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 22, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
Thousands of pro-lifers, including many groups of Catholi… […]

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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 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 […]

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