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Tim Daniels

Articles By Tim Daniels

Cardinals and Bishops•Controversies•Local Church•Pro Life

The Archdiocese of Chicago and Cardinal Cupich are facing new controversy over an award given to a donor who funded access to abortion

Sacks, chairman and chief executive of investment firm GCM Grosvenor, was identified in a September 29 report by Crain’s Chicago Business as a donor to efforts to strengthen Illinois’ abortion-access infrastructure and offset federal funding cuts affecting reproductive health services. Initiatives associated with this effort have supported organizations including Planned Parenthood of Illinois and the Chicago Abortion Fund

Local Church

This is the team tasked with addressing AI within the Catholic Church in the U.S., and these are the 8 principles established by the European episcopate

The wider intellectual framework comes from Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, which calls for cooperation and a shared culture of responsibility in confronting the challenges posed by artificial intelligence. The bishops are thus positioning the Church neither as an opponent of technological progress nor as a passive observer of developments driven by commercial interests

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church•Pro Life

Biden Receives Pro-Abortion Award as U.S. Bishops Work to Oppose Referendums in Four States That Support the Killing of Babies

On November 3, voters in Virginia, Nevada, Idaho and Missouri are expected to decide measures that could significantly reshape abortion policy in their states. Catholic bishops and state Catholic conferences have responded with educational materials, videos, prayer cards, lawn signs and public statements, attempting to persuade voters that protecting unborn children should remain a political and moral priority.

Local Church•Virgin Mary

Our Lady of Guadalupe in Every Diocese in the United States: The Initiative by the U.S. Bishops You Should Know About

Under the proposed timetable, U.S. dioceses will appoint Guadalupan ambassadors by the end of 2026, begin their initial formation in January 2027 and hold diocesan enthronement ceremonies between February and December of that year. The pastoral mission accompanying the images is expected to continue until the 2031 anniversary.